Eastern Subalpine Warbler Gerard Murray

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Eastern Subalpine Warbler

Brian Mc Cluskey and Gerard Murray are on for a couple of days. 3 White billed Divers yesterday and todays list below

1 Eastern Subalpine Warbler (first for tory)
2 Tree Pipit
17-20 Chiffchaff
5-6 Willow Warbler
2 Spotted Flycatcher
4 Collared Doves

Subalpine still present and looked like it was going asleep @8.30. Good luck to all who travel tomorrow.

Paul Lynch and Brian Carruthers 12th-14th May

Hi Peter

Greylag Goose	3 west end
Mute Swan	2 east end
Shelduck	2 east end
Mallard
Tufted Duck
Eider	2 males in harbour
Great Northern Diver	4 highest count
White-billed Diver	moulting Adult on 13th
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater
Gannet
Shag
Cormorant
Corncrake	Calling males 3 east end, 7 west end
Oystercatcher
Lapwing
Ringed Plover
Snipe
Whimbrel	up to 4 each day
Curlew	1 near harbour 14th
Redshank
Turnstone
Dunlin
Kittiwake
Black-headed Gull
Common Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
Iceland Gull	1 east end on 12th
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Little Tern	2 from harbour road
Arctic Tern	30 around lighthouse
Great Skua	2 east end on 13th
Guillemot
Razorbill
Black Guillemot
Puffin	400+ on 13th
Rock Dove
Woodpigeon	1 east end on 13th
Collared Dove	1 east end on 12th, west town on 13th
Merlin	1 east end 12th
Peregrine	1 east end 12th & 13th
Chough
Hooded Crow
Raven
Skylark
Sand Martin	1 east end on 12th
Swallow
House Martin	1 west town on 14th
Willow Warbler	at least 3 west town
Chiffchaff	2 or 3 west town, 4 east town
Sedge Warbler	4 singing males west town
Goldcrest	1 west town 13th & 14th
Wren
Starling
Redwing	1 in Gracies garden on 12th
Wheatear
Tree Sparrow
Pied Wagtail
White Wagtail	3 or 4 every day
Meadow Pipit
Rock Pipit
Linnet	2 west town
Goldfinch	2 west town

Derek Brennan 28th-29th April

Weather was excellent for a change, very calm and warm. Good sea conditions.

Whimbrel 12
Mallard 6
Tufted 5

Shellduck 2
Greylag 5
Corncrake 3 (west)
Jack snipe 1
Merlin 1
Swallow 20
Wheatear at least 25
Puffin at least 200
Great northern diver 6
White billed diver 1 (east - in early moult)
Chough 2

Golden Plover 11

Goldfinch 3

Chiffchaff (12 on 28th, 4 on 29th).

Blackcap 1

As I think Chris already mentioned, we had a Minkie Whale on the 29th, along with a few Bottlenose Dolphins, a Basking Shark and at least 6 Porpoise.

Chris Ingram 29th 30th April

Hi Peter,

I was on Tory on 29th and 30th April. Sightings as follows:

Greylag  maximum of 9 on 30th

Eider  1 pair + 2 males on 30th

Great Northern Diver  maximum of 8 off shore

White-billed Diver  1 on 29th, probably same bird seen by Derek

Manx Shearwater  small numbers passing west

Peregrine  2 possibly 3 on 29th

Corncrake  3/4 singing

Dunlin  maximum of 15 on 30th

Whimbrel  up to 5 birds present

Snipe  1 on 30th

Great Skua  1 off east both days

Black-headed Gull  10 at north lake on 30th

Collared Dove  2 in east on 29th

Chiffchaff  up to 4 present

White Wagtail  maximum of 6 on 29th

Goldfinch  maximum of 4 on 29th

Siskin  male on 29th

Linnet  maximum of c.20 on 30th

Also Minke Whale on 29th, and multiple sightings of Basking Sharks and Bottlenose Dolphins both days.

Chris