(Eastern) Yellow Wagtail

Per Irish Birding; 'The flava wagtail found yesterday at East Town. Showing well today, has characteristics of Motacilla tschutschensis (Eastern race)'

Other good birds today;

1 Jack Snipe
1 Rose-coloured Starling
1 Brambling
1 Snow Bunting
1 Greenland Redpoll
and the Yellow wagtail

Gerard Murray and I are going to Tory tomorrow and  coming home Tuesday. Hopefully the Wagtail and Greenland Redpoll will be still there and a new bird or two....

Jim Fitzharris left today...

12th October

News via Irishbirding (JD JF VC)


1 Rose-coloured Starling
1Lapland Bunting
1 Yellow Wagtail
3 Snow Bunting
4 Jack Snipe
70 Barnacle Geese

11th October

News from Tory via Irishbirding (JD VC JF)

88 Barnacle Geese
16 Snow Bunting
1 Rose-coloured Starling

10th October

News from the 10th per Irishbirding : V.C, J.D, J.F.

100+ Barnacle Geese
1 Rose-coloured Starling
6 Snow Bunting

9th October

per Irishbirding VC JD JF

30 Whooper Swan
6   Barnacle Goose
10 Sooty Shearwater
3   Great Skua
3   Arctic Skua
1  Snow Bunting
1  Rose-coloured Starling

October 8th

Victor Caschera, Jim Dowdall, Jim Fitzharris are on Tory at the moment (per Irishbirding)

4 Greylag Geese
5 Barnacle Geese
1 Iceland Gull
7 Great Skua
1 Buzzard
1 Rose-coloured Starling
1 Chiffchaff

Weather conditions are to improve for birding over the weekend with the winds turning from north to north easterly backing east. It should prove to be an interesting week.....

Anton Meenan

Anton reported the Rosy Starling present till late last night in the harbour and a Goldcrest in the garden. 18 Greylag Geese flw south this morning.