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Seawatching 2010 (1 Viewer)

Kilcummin Head, 29th August, 0620 - 1320hrs.

1 Red-throated Diver
10+ Leach's Petrels
4 Sooty Shearwater
3 Common Scoter
1 adult & 6 juvenile Long-tailed Skuas (knocking around for 2 hours and harassing some of the Leach's and the Sabs).
4 Arctic Skua
7 Pomarine Skua
51 Great Skua
1 juv Sabines Gull

Dermot
 
Melmore Head Donegal, Saturday
1 Wilsons Petrel
Sootys 17
Bonxie 19
Artic Skua 13
Pom 4
Arctic Tern 9

(Wilton Farrelly also had a Wilsons Petrel on nearby Fanad Head, watched for an hour)

Melmore Head Sunday
1 Wilsons Petrel
Sooty 1
Bonxie 24
Arctic Skua 4
Pom 2
Arctic Tern 10

full account here
http://nibirding.blogspot.com/

derek
 
Biscay 26 - 29 Aug 2010

Bird highlights at sea included a Little Shearwater (once again in a region where 75% of our records come from!), 3 Sabine's Gulls, 1 Grey Phalarope, 1 Cory's Shearwater, 4 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Storm Petrel, 3 Pomarine Skuas, 3 Great Skuas and 3 Arctic Skuas. Migrants at sea or on the ship included Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Wheatear and Sand Martin.

For cetacean sightings from this trip go to:

http://www.companyofwhales.co.uk/html/news/news_fr.htm

Cheers

Hugh
 
Hugh Harrop said:
Biscay 26 - 29 Aug 2010

Bird highlights at sea included a Little Shearwater (once again in a region where 75% of our records come from!), 3 Sabine's Gulls, 1 Grey Phalarope, 1 Cory's Shearwater, 4 Manx Shearwaters, 1 Storm Petrel, 3 Pomarine Skuas, 3 Great Skuas and 3 Arctic Skuas. Migrants at sea or on the ship included Ringed Plover, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Wheatear and Sand Martin.

For cetacean sightings from this trip go to:

http://www.companyofwhales.co.uk/html/news/news_fr.htm

Cheers

Hugh
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Hope it picks up a bit in the next weeks otherwise it'll be hard work ! Looking forward to our upcoming trip though.
 
Still VERY quiet out there seabird-wise folks :-(

Biscay: 29 Aug - 1 Sep 2010

2 Sabine's Gulls, 1 Manx Shearwater, 4 Storm Petrels and 14 Great Skuas was a poor tally for us in Biscay at this time of year. We sincerely hope it picks up!

Undoubted highlight was a Leatherback Turtle - pix of this plus cetacean sighting summary and cetacean encounter maps are at http://www.companyofwhales.co.uk/html/news/news_fr.htm

Cheers

Hugh
 
Lots of terns passing Strumble Head in West Wales over the weekend. Indeed, the biggest number was on Saturday and on Sunday there were at least 14 Black Terns so with a Roseate on Saturday 'all' the terns were noted - Common, Arctic, Little, Sandwich, Black and Roseate. Saturday was also notable for a small passage of Swifts with 10+ noted after an initial 'September' Swift over Fishguard Harbour on Friday evening. Around the 'Head' on Sunday afternoon there were many warblers - presumably all held up by the freshing S or SSE wind. Waders were passing in small numbers with a good variety - Dunlin, Sanderling, Turnstone, Knot. All in all, a 'busy' weekend over and in off the sea.
 
After working Spurn Point yesterday for no reward an enjoyable couple of hours in the seawatch hide late afternoon produced 30 Arctics, 3 Bonxie, one Pom, 2 ad Little Gulls and a Sooty Shear. And to finish off, in-hand views of Wryneck, first i've seen for a while - i'd forgotten how small they look!
 
Biscay 4 - 7 Sep 2010

30 Sabine's Gulls, 2 Little Gulls, 6 Sooty Shearwaters, 62 Storm Petrels, 9 Pomarine Skuas, 40 Great Skuas, 8 Arctic Skuas, 3 Common Scoter, 8 Sandwich Terns, 3 Common Terns, 6 Arctic Terns, 10 Black Terns and 12 'Commic' Terns.

It was another great trip for cetaceans once again - a full cetacean sighting summary and encounter map is at http://www.companyofwhales.co.uk/html/news/news_fr.htm

Cheers

Hugh
 
So far at the Bridges of Ross this morning

2 Wilson's Petrels
60 Leaches Petrels
1 Great Shearwater
22 Sooty Shearwater
51 Bonxie
4 Pomarine Skua
4 Arctic Skua
4 Grey Phalarope
3 Black Tern
4 Sabines Gull
1 Little Gull
100 + arctic tern
20 common Scoter
1 Pectoral sandpiper

Owen
 
The full Tally from the Bridges today
7am to 7pm

2 Wilson's Petrels
170 Leaches Petrels
80 Sooty Shearwater
1 Great Shearwater
80 Bonxie
45 Arctic Skua (3 of which were juveniles)
4 Pomarine Skua ( Including one 3rd summer type)
35+ Grey Phalarope
6 Sabines Gull (1 adult, 5 Juveniles)
1 Little Gull (juvenile)
20 Black Tern (all Juveniles)
300+ Arctic tern (Mostly Juveniles)
15 Red Throated Diver (Mostly Adult summers, with some juveniles)
25 Common Scoter
1 Pectoral Sandpiper

A Buff Breasted Sandpiper, though not on a seawatch, was present near the Lighthouse on Loop Head.

Not the worst day I have ever had.

Owen
 
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Pariah said:
The full Tally from the Bridges today
7am to 7pm

2 Wilson's Petrels
170 Leaches Petrels
80 Sooty Shearwater
1 Great Shearwater
35+ Grey Phalarope
6 Sabines Gull (1 adult, 5 Juveniles)
1 Pectoral Sandpiper

A Buff Breasted Sandpiper, though not on a seawatch, was present near the Lighthouse on Loop Head.

Not the worst day I have ever had.

Owen
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I think many of us would be more than happy with those totals!!

CB
 
Awesome stuff from The Bridges today Owen! I'm rather impressed by the number of Black Terns more than anything!!!

Hope to be out there on Tuesday all going well.

One Black-browed please...

All the best,
Niall
 
Mini pelagic out of Cork harbour yesterday

1 Leaches petrel
6 Storm petrel
1 Sooty Shearwater
1 Arctic Skua
2 Grey phalarope

It was a mini pelagic as the sea conditions were so bad that we were puking more than birding! ;)

Owen
 
Hiya,

Bridges of Ross, Co. Clare 22nd-31st August 2010:
Some VERY slow days mid-trip & on the last two days lead to a rather poor total of only 66 hours & 15 minutes watched!!!

Fea's Petrel - 1 on 24th (Ian Boustead)...WHICH I DIPPED!!!
Balearic Shearwater - 23
Sooty Shearwater - 46
Manx Shearwater - only count made was of 2,100+ between 06:30 & 11:00 on 22nd
Leach's Petrel - 6
Storm Petrel - 35
'Blue' Fulmar - 2
Long-tailed Skua - 1 juv. on 22nd (Finbarr MacGabhann)
Pomarine Skua - 7 (5 pale phase & 2 juvs.)
Arctic Skua - 81 (only 6 juvs.)
Bonxie - 73 (no juvs.)
Arctic Tern - 131
Sandwich Tern - 18
Black Tern - 1 juv.
Sabine's Gull - 6 (5 adults & 1 2nd cal-year)
Little Gull - 1 juv/1st winter
Grey Phalarope - 13
Black Guillemot - 2
Puffin - 13
Common Scoter - 34
Great Northern Diver - 1
Red-throated Diver - 1
Light-bellied Brent Geese - 13
Teal - 12

Bottlenose Dolphin - c.15 seen regularly
Common Dolphin - c.25 seen regularly including one melanistic individual
Minke Whale - 1 on 29th
Leatherback Turtle - 1 seen very well on 29th
Ocean Sunfish - 1-2 seen daily

All the best,
Niall
 
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Hiya,

14th Sept 2010, Bridges of Ross, Co. Clare:
07:00-19:45, F5-6 W-NW, sunny, little or no rain for most of day.

Balearic Shearwater - 1
Sooty Shearwater - 130+
Manx Shearwater - c.1500
Wilson's Petrel - 1 @ 14:05 seen at very close range with a Leach's Petrel for 3-4 minutes (John Murphy)
Leach's Petrel - 180+
Storm Petrel - 24
Long-tailed Skua - 1 distant adult @ 08:10 (Niall T. Keogh)
Pomarine Skua - 11 (10 pale phase & 1 juv.)
Arctic Skua - 44 (24 dark phase, 17 pale phase, 1 intermediate phase, 1 2nd cal-year & 1 juv.)
Bonxie - 93
Sabine's Gull - 37 (3 adults & 34 juvs.)
Little Gull - 1 juv./1st winter
Arctic Tern - c.420
Sandwich Tern - 34
Common Tern - 1 juv.
Black Tern - 1 juv.
Grey Phalarope - min.35
Common Scoter - 8
Red-throated Diver - 14
Puffin - 2

15th Sept 2010, Bridges of Ross, Co. Clare:
07:00-11:30, F5-6 NW, overcast, good visibility, lots of spray.

Balearic Shearwater - 1
Sooty Shearwater - 17
Manx Shearwater - c.1000
Leach's Petrel - 8
Storm Petrel - 4
Pomarine Skua - 3 pale phase
Arctic Skua - 6 (5 dark phase & 1 pale phase)
Bonxie - 11 (incl. 2 juvs.)
Sabine's Gull - 3 juvs.
Arctic Tern - 134
Sandwich Tern - 19
Grey Phalarope - 19
Common Scoter - 27
Great Northern Diver - 1
Red-throated Diver - 10 (incl. 1 juv.)
Puffin - 1
Light-bellied Brent Geese - 7
Teal - 3
Wigeon - 5

19th Sept 2010, Carnsore Point, Co Wexford:
Seatrack Survey, 08:00-11:00, F4-5 S-SW, overcast, dry, mild.

Balearic Shearwater - 2
Sooty Shearwater - 1
Manx Shearwater - 10
Arctic Skua - 2 pale phase
Bonxie - 5
Black Tern - 1 juv.
Roseate Tern - 1
Red-throated Diver - 1
Red-breasted Merganser - 1
Common Scoter - 4

All the best,
Niall
 
Kilcummin Head Mayo 15th September

1 stunning Zinos/Feas "type" Petrel watched for 5 minutes
Long Tailed Skua 37 virtually all juveniles
Pomarine Skua 36 mostly adult but one dark juvenile was fabulous skua.
Arctic Skua 28
Bonxie 485
Leachs Petrel 97
Storm Petrel 20+
Sooty Shearwater 359
Balaeric Shearwater 3 including one dark individual
Grey Phalarope 69
Black Tern 1
Arctic Tern 350+
Little Gull 5 juveniles
Sabines Gull 51

derek
 
Over 1000 Sooty Shearwaters following pods of Minke whales off Mizen/3 Castles head today.
12 Balearics
20-30 Bonxies
1/2 Juvenile Sabines Gulls.

Owen
 
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