Winter Atlas: The Final Targets (1 Viewer)

With only two weeks remaing for the last Winter Atlas Season, there are still plenty of gaps to be filled. Here are just a few examples:

IX79 - Hook Head
Missing Species: Brent Goose, Pied Wagtail, Long-tailed Tit, Goldcrest, Coal Tit, Bullfinch, Pheasant, Knot, Kittiwake (!), both Godwit species, Grey Wagtail, Sprawk, Buzzard, Black Redstart
Area: From Slade to the tip of Hook Head

IM40 - Gort
Meadow Pipit, Dunnock, Starling -O), Goldfinch, Reed Bunt, House Sparrow, Mistle Thrush, Sprawk, Kestel, Skylark,Redpoll, Collared Dove, Greenfinch, Grey Wag, Herring Gull, Waders and Ducks
Area: Gort Town and Coole Park

IG51 - Tubbercurry
Goldcrest, House Sparrow, Redpoll, Treecreeper, Siskin, Lapwing, Curlew, Peregrine, Crossbill, Common Gull, Black-headed Gull, Herring Gull
Area: Tubbercurry

If you see any of these species up until the end of February, maybe you could post them in this thread (with date) and I will be happy to add them to the Atlas database.

A couple of examples of species missing from a few other squares:

Arklow (IT27): Kittiwake, Shag, Fulmar, Ringed Plover, Grey Plover

Curracloe & The Raven (IT12): Yellowhammer, Fieldfare, Raven, Redpoll, Skylark, Siskin, Fulmar, Black Guillemot

Bunratty (IR46): Linnet, Herring Gull, Stonechat, Reed Bunting

Burren National Park - Bunny Lough (IR39): Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Greenfinch, Collared Dove, Herring Gull

Mullingar (IN45): Grey Wagtail, Curlew, Skylark, Peregrine

Lough Derravarragh (IN46): Teal, Golden Plover, Shoveler, Curlew, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, House Sparrow. Includes Multyfarnham village and all but extreme western end of Derravarragh.

Carrick-on-Shannon (IM99): Greenfinch, Siskin, Curlew, Common Gull, Feral Pigeon, Linnet. Square does not include northern part of the town (Hartley's Cross and Kilboderry)

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Saturday 12th of Feb - IO33

Only a very small strip of this square is actually on the mainland (Howth Head), the vast majority lying in the Irish Sea. As such it proved quite tricky to find Passerines - in two hours of searching only Blackbird, Wren, Dunnock and Magpie were found. At sea, good numbers of Gannets, Auks, Kittiwakes, Shags and Fulmars were moving past Howth Head. Small numbers of the last three species were already back on their breeding sites on the sheer cliffs. Patient scanning of the seaweed covered rocks below the cliffs revealed single Oystercatcher and Turnstone.

New Species for IO33: Gannet, Dunnock, Shag, Fulmar, GBB Gull, Common Gull, Blackbird, Oystercatcher, Turnstone.
Missed: Peregrine, Kestrel, Skylark, Goldcrest, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Reed Bunting

February 12th of February - IO24

Scanning from the end of Howth Pier, Guillemot, Razorbill, Black Guillemot, Fulmar and Gannet were quickly added to the square list. On Ireland's Eye, a few Brent were feeding on the grassy slopes of the islands, while a Grey Heron and Shelduck were on the small beach.

New Species for IO34: Auks, Fulmar, Gannet, Grey Heron, Shelduck
Missed: Rock Pipit