Pink-footed Geese

Two Pink-footed Geese flew in of the sea today and landed on fields at the Fodry Loop Head where they looked tired and rested for a long period on the side of the small pond close to the cliff edge.

Two Pink-footed Geese at the Fodry, Loop Head John N Murphy

Yellow-browed Warblers

So far this season we have had ten Yellow-browed Warblers at Loop Head and here are a few of the ones I managed to catch on camera.  Four birds were also trapped and ringed a good tally for the season.

 

Yellow-browed Warblers at Kilbaha, Loop Head John N Murphy

Chough'd

I have spent so much time at Loop Head over the last two weeks searching for rareties that I have neglected local birds like Chough.  But we have had a few nice birds at Loop this year like the Richards's Pipits, Bluethroat, Yellow-browed Warblers and the controlled Red-breasted Flycatcher from Skokholm Island in Wales.  But I am Chough'd with these shots of Red-billed Chough at the tip of the peninsula.

 

Chough at Loop Head Lighthouse John N Murphy

Lapland Bunting

This Lapland Bunting was feeding around the Bee-hive Monastic settlements on Skellig Michael Island for the last few weeks.

 

Lapland Bunting on Skellig Michael John N Murphy

Humpback Whales

If Carlsberg did Humpback Whales this is how they would look.  Coming off Skellig Michael Island last Thursday afternoon there were 8 of these stunning creatures feeding, breaching and hanging around the calm waters of south Kerry.  The first series of shots are of a humpback eating a shoal of sprat.

Humpback Whales off Skelligs John N Murphy