Showing posts with label October Seawatch. Show all posts
Showing posts with label October Seawatch. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 9, 2012

October Seawatch

Wheatear on the edge of the cliffs at Kilcummin Head © John N Murphy

I was back at Kilcummin Head in Maya early last Friday morning 5th October 2012, where I met Joe Donaldson and Joe Shannon.  We had a light passage of seabirds including four Snow Bunting on the head and two Wheatears.

Balearic Shearwater 1
Long-tailed Skua  1 juvenile
Pomarine Skua 7
Arctic Skua 8
Bonxie 23
Grey Phalarope 1
Storm Petrel 1
Common Scoter 1 male
Snow Bunting 4
Wheatear 2
Merlin 1
Peregrine 1