[rpharvey]

Just returned from a very snowy vacation driving around Ireland. As always seems to be the case when I make a trip to a location new to me, I returned with a camera full of bird photos with only a tourist information card to identify them by.

If you folk could check out this album link and give some pointers, it would be much appreciated.

http://picasaweb.google.com/harveyronp/IrelandBirds#

[Andrew Whitehouse]

Going from left to right:
1. Pied Wagtail
2. Curlew
3. Pied Wagtail
4. Black-headed Gull
5. Song Thrush
6. Black-headed Gull
7. Chaffinch
8. Eurasian Oystercatcher
9. Chaffinch
10. Common Redshank
11. Black-headed Gull
12. Chaffinch
13. European Goldfinch
14. Blue Tit
15. Pied Wagtail
16. Whooper Swan
17. Mute Swan
18. Eurasian Wigeon
19. Robin

[nickderry]

1, 3 and 15 - Pied Wagtail
2 Curlew
5 Song Thrush
6 and 11 - Black-headed Gull
7, 9 and 12 Chaffinches
8 Oystercatcher
10 Redshank
13 Goldfinch
14 Blue Tit
16 Whooper Swans
17 Mute Swan
18 Wigeon
19 Robin

[rpharvey]

Thanks guys. Great info.

I'll probably have to put up a few more by the time i plow through all my photos.

[rpharvey]

I also saw another bird of interest that I was not able to photograph. I was swimming with the Whooping Swans in County Clare. It was a large duck/goose type bird, mostly a dull brown/grey but with a very clear white patch on its face. It was a large bird but was still significantly smaller than the Swans it was with. The only significant marking I could make out was the clear white patch.

I first thought a Barnacle Goose but thought I'd check with the experts to see if there are other likely possibilities.

[rpharvey]

Sigh... It was swimming with the swans... At -5 degrees, I'm not that dumb...