Thursday 4 October 2012

Arranmore Island 3rd October

A day on a very pleasent Arranmore Island yesterday with Rob Vaughan and Ger Murray.. No yanks but Rob found a Rose coloured Starling and we managed 3 Yellow browed Warblers

Car Ferry to Arranmore

East End


Ger at the lighthouse

Snowy Owl Country

One and a half hours later no snowy

Snowy Owl pellet. The closest we got...


Lots of migrant cover





Stonechats Robins and Great Tits were much in evidence


Yellow browed Warbler. 3 found with 4 Chiffchaff and 1 Goldcreast the only other warblers



Rosy Starling


Time to go

50 odd Barnacle Geese flying south

Single Eider off the ferry


Father Ted moment...

1 comment:

  1. You should take a trip to Owey Island. Great wee island and lots of birds.

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