Theo and I were on Tory today. On the boat out from Bunbeg were 10+ Great Northern Divers and Theo had brief views of 3 Minke Whales. On return the usual flock of Barnacle Geese were on Inishbofin and numbered probably over 100 but difficult to estimate.
The list for the island as follows:
Barnacle Goose 1 north over west town
Kestrel 1
Merlin1
Fieldfare c.6
Redwing 60+
Song Thrush c.10
Blackbird c.6
Robin 1/2
Dunnock 1
Blackcap 3/4
Chiffchaff 6/7
Chaffinch 1/2
Goldfinch 1
Little Bunting 1 around the houses by the magic bush
Regards Chris
6th Island record. About 40+ Irish records mostly from Cork
Hi Peter,
ReplyDeleteBy any chance do you have copies of the Tory Bird Obs Report for 1958-1965. I have been compiling the ringing records for Ireland and I'm having a little difficulty getting records pre 1977. I have come across a number of nice birds trapped on Tory in the early 60's and was hoping to get the complete record.
Cheers
Richard D