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A hugely significant publication from the great RJ Ussher in the Irish Naturalist of 1897: Great Auk bones in kitchen middens at Tramore Sandhills - barely 2 km (as the auk can’t fly!) from the 1834 live capture of the species between Brownstown Head & Ballymacaw, Co Waterford
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A hugely significant publication from the great RJ Ussher in the Irish Naturalist of 1897: Great Auk bones in kitchen middens at Tramore Sandhills - barely 2 km (as the auk can’t fly!) from the 1834 live capture of the species between Brownstown Head & Ballymacaw, Co Waterford
16/11 1405: female/1st-winter-type MARSH HARRIER at Clashmore Broads, Blackwater Valley (MC)
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
16/11 1405: female/1st-winter-type MARSH HARRIER at Clashmore Broads, Blackwater Valley (MC)
15/11 1026: Spotted Sandpiper again inside Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (CF)
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
15/11 1026: Spotted Sandpiper again inside Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (CF)
14/11 1126: Spotted Sandpiper still at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (FO’C)
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
14/11 1126: Spotted Sandpiper still at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (FO’C)
13/11: juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan this morning (RT) - 7th Co Waterford record
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
13/11: juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan this morning (RT) - 7th Co Waterford record
9/11: a few shots of the lingering Red-breasted Flycatcher & Pallas’s Warbler on Helvick Head today (PMW)
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
9/11: a few shots of the lingering Red-breasted Flycatcher & Pallas’s Warbler on Helvick Head today (PMW)
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The tiny Pallas's Warbler at Helvick Head, Co. Waterford today. #rare #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @watbirds.bsky.social #IrishBirding
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The tiny Pallas's Warbler at Helvick Head, Co. Waterford today. #rare #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @watbirds.bsky.social #IrishBirding
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8/11: Red-breasted Flycatcher & Firecrest ringed today along with 3 Blackcaps & 5 Chiffchaffs (AA)
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
8/11: Red-breasted Flycatcher & Firecrest ringed today along with 3 Blackcaps & 5 Chiffchaffs (AA)
8/11 1314: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & Siberian Chiffchaff, Ardmore (AO’B)
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
8/11 1314: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & Siberian Chiffchaff, Ardmore (AO’B)
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8/11 1124: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER (new), Red-breasted Flycatcher, Firecrest, Black Redstart & Swallow on Brownstown this morning (DW MC PA AA)
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
8/11 1124: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER (new), Red-breasted Flycatcher, Firecrest, Black Redstart & Swallow on Brownstown this morning (DW MC PA AA)
8/11 0950: Pallas’s Warbler still at Helvick (DO’S GK TK AK JAP), also the Red-breasted Flycatcher (CF)
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
8/11 0950: Pallas’s Warbler still at Helvick (DO’S GK TK AK JAP), also the Red-breasted Flycatcher (CF)
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8/11 0820: Red-breasted Flycatcher still present on Brownstown Head (MC)
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
8/11 0820: Red-breasted Flycatcher still present on Brownstown Head (MC)
7/11: PALLAS’S WARBLER (5th county record), YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER on Helvick Head (JAP)
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
7/11: PALLAS’S WARBLER (5th county record), YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER on Helvick Head (JAP)
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7/11: RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER (6th site record) at the chalet garden before heading inland towards the willow garden, FIRECREST at ‘Paddyfield corner’, Black Redstart, Siberian Chiffchaff (in willow garden), 8 Common Chiffchaffs & a Blackcap (DW)
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 PM
7/11: RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER (6th site record) at the chalet garden before heading inland towards the willow garden, FIRECREST at ‘Paddyfield corner’, Black Redstart, Siberian Chiffchaff (in willow garden), 8 Common Chiffchaffs & a Blackcap (DW)
22/10: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Helvick Head (BP per irishbirding)
October 22, 2025 at 5:39 PM
22/10: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Helvick Head (BP per irishbirding)
19/10 (Sunday): CATTLE EGRET at airport / Cloghernagh cross, near Tramore Backstrand (JR); Garden Warbler at Ballymacart Cove (RT)
October 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
19/10 (Sunday): CATTLE EGRET at airport / Cloghernagh cross, near Tramore Backstrand (JR); Garden Warbler at Ballymacart Cove (RT)
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17/10: Another YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER ringed on Brownstown Head this morning (MAD PMW) - 3rd in 6 days !
October 17, 2025 at 1:24 PM
17/10: Another YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER ringed on Brownstown Head this morning (MAD PMW) - 3rd in 6 days !
17/10 1352: FIRECREST at entrance to Fenor Bog (AMcN)
October 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
17/10 1352: FIRECREST at entrance to Fenor Bog (AMcN)
15/10 1320: HOBBY at Lisselan, Tramore Backstrand (AK)
October 15, 2025 at 12:25 PM
15/10 1320: HOBBY at Lisselan, Tramore Backstrand (AK)
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A few more of today’s Radde’s Warbler - part of a good catch of 66 new birds including 14 Chiffs, 3 Blackcaps, 7 Goldcrests, 16 Goldfinches & 2 Meadow Pipits
October 14, 2025 at 5:05 PM
A few more of today’s Radde’s Warbler - part of a good catch of 66 new birds including 14 Chiffs, 3 Blackcaps, 7 Goldcrests, 16 Goldfinches & 2 Meadow Pipits
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14/10: RADDE’S WARBLER ringed in the willow garden, Brownstown Head this morning (PMW) - the 3rd ringed in same garden in the last 10 Octobers (2016-2025), 6th Co Waterford (& 3rd Brownstown) record
October 14, 2025 at 1:33 PM
14/10: RADDE’S WARBLER ringed in the willow garden, Brownstown Head this morning (PMW) - the 3rd ringed in same garden in the last 10 Octobers (2016-2025), 6th Co Waterford (& 3rd Brownstown) record
12:10 1704: female RING-NECKED DUCK at Knockaderry Reservoir (MC), with 8 Tufted Duck
October 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
12:10 1704: female RING-NECKED DUCK at Knockaderry Reservoir (MC), with 8 Tufted Duck
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12/10: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER ringed in the willow garden, Brownstown Head this morning (PMW)
October 12, 2025 at 11:25 AM
12/10: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER ringed in the willow garden, Brownstown Head this morning (PMW)
Late roundup of some other recent GLOSSY IBISES from Monday (6/10), when 17+ at 3 west Waterford locations - 12+ at Kinsalebeg flying towards Youghal Bridge (DCl), 2 in flooded fields near Killongford, Dungarvan (DW), & 3 near Ballinclamper / Ballynacourty, Clonea Bay (DCl)
October 8, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Late roundup of some other recent GLOSSY IBISES from Monday (6/10), when 17+ at 3 west Waterford locations - 12+ at Kinsalebeg flying towards Youghal Bridge (DCl), 2 in flooded fields near Killongford, Dungarvan (DW), & 3 near Ballinclamper / Ballynacourty, Clonea Bay (DCl)
8/10: 2 SPOONBILLS & a GLOSSY IBIS at Kilmacleague, Tramore Backstrand (JR)
October 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
8/10: 2 SPOONBILLS & a GLOSSY IBIS at Kilmacleague, Tramore Backstrand (JR)