Saturday, 19 April 2014

Chris Ingram 17th April

Chris was on Tory last thursday..

I went over to Tory on Thursday to leave some reports for Jacqui to sell at the shop. Owing to tides and a late departure I only had just over 2 hours on the island.  List as follows:

Great Northern Diver  2 in Magheroarty harbour.
Mute Swan  2 on east lake
Mallard
Pintail  a drake on east lake
Tufted Duck
Eider   one at Magheroarty and 3 offshore Tory
Gannet
Fulmar
Manx Shearwater  2 from ferry
Shag
Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Lapwing
Redshank
Turnstone
Arctic Skua  pale phase bird from ferry
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black Back
Iceland Gull  1st year bird on east lake
Kittiwake passage of birds on return crossing
Razorbill few from ferry
Rock Dove
Rock Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Blackcap  1 in Anton's  (AM)
Chiffchaff   1 by cemetery
Chough
Hooded Crow
Raven
Starling
Reed Bunting  1 in Anton's
Tree Sparrow

The ferry goes to Killybegs for its annual overhaul just after Easter so the Whispering Dawn will be in service and departure times will very from normal.

Chris

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