Ireland’s third Isabelline Wheatear was showing very well over the border in Dungarvan this morning. Hopefully have something more colourful to post tomorrow from west Cork.

A great June seawatch off Galley Head today with 13 Wilson’s storm petrels. The 2nd highest count from land in Cork I think. Also good numbers of Cory’s and one of 7 Great Shearwaters below.

Russian White fronted Goose at Kilcolman fen in north Cork a few days ago. About the 7th county record per The Birds of County Cork.

Finally got in on the Hoopoe action today with this bird at Guileen village.

Both male Northern Harriers that had been in Wexford earlier in the autumn turned up in east Cork, a movement of over 100km, during November and December but have now moved on. I wonder where they will breed next summer.

The Yellow crowned Night Heron in Mayo last May was lucky to find a river with Crayfish as they are rapidly disappearing from rivers countrywide due to plague. An Ark population has now been established at Fota wildlife park to hopefully secure the species’ future in case they go extinct in the wild

Challenging conditions at Ballycotton this morning but with arrivals elsewhere it wasn’t a complete surprise to come across this juv White rumped Sandpiper. A juvenile American golden Plover 100m away may have been new also

The long staying American golden Plover at Clonakilty was having trouble staying upright during Storm Ashley this morning, as indeed was I. Seawatching was a bit disappointing off Galley head earlier with about 40 large Shearwaters

Some of the thousands of Great Shearwaters passing the Bridges of Ross last Tuesday. Uncountable numbers passing at times and almost all gone by 9 am. It’s thought they were a huge flock that roosted overnight, maybe in Galway bay, and moved off after dawn.