Red throated Pipit

A fall on Tory yesterday.. best

 Red throated Pipit Tory first
Richard's Pipit
Yellow browed Warbler
Pied Flycatcher
Spotted Flycatcher
Jack Snipe
Yellow Wagtail

Rob Vaughan via Chris and Gerard

Anton had a Whinchat and Spot fly a few days ago also

Derek Brennans photos

Derek Brennan 18th19th September

Friday
Iceland gull 1
Wheatear 4
Sooty shear 1
Arctic Skua 1
Puffin 3
Teal 16
Wigeon 3
Heron 3
Lapwing 14
Lapland bunting 1
Reed bunting 1
Willow warbler 3
Lesser whitethroat 1 (back of mickeys garden)
Whinchat 1 (East)
Rosefinch still at mickeys.
Kestrel 1

Sat
Kestrel 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Merlin 1
Lapland bunt 1
Willow warbler 2
Chiffchaff 1
Lesser whitethroat still at mickeys.
Rosefinch still at mickeys.
Spotted fly at mickeys.
Whinchat (west)
Meadow pipit everywhere (min 300)
Redstart at antons house (which I'm sorry to have missed - looks like a cracking male).

Also had a bird on 2 occasions beside graces house. Theres a little drainage ditch to the left of the house that you step over when walking towards the back garden. Twice, I had a fleeting glance of the arse end of a small rail. It ran into cover on both occasions. I'm assuming water rail, but who knows!

Derek.

Todds Canada Goose

From Chris....

Hi Peter,
 
Theo and I were on Tory on 19th and 20th August.  The woodpecker had gone and there was little else on the 19th apart from 2 Herons, a Kestrel and a Willow Warbler.  However a late afternoon visit to south lake produced a juvenile Ruff and a very brief American Golden Plover, which landed and immediately flew off and out to sea.  It was identified solely on call.  On the 20th was the resident Buzzard, 2 Whimbrels and a Black-tailed Godwit.
 
Ralph Sheppard, Theo and I were on Tory on 10th September. The list as follows:
 
Sooty Shearwater  5 from boat.
Manx Shearwater 5/6 from boat
Puffin 2 from boat
Heron  1 east lake
Canada Goose  Flew into the beach  and from its behaviour seemed to be a new arrival. From 
                            Ralph's photos we consider it to be a Todd's Canada Goose, b.c. interior
Hen Harrier  female type seen briefly on a few occasions in reeds around east lake area
Sparrowhawk  1 seen on a few occasions around the island
Chough  A pair near west town, not an easy bird to find on Tory this year
Swift  3 around west town
Swallow  10-15 around the island
Robin  1 magic bush
Chiffchaff  1 in Grace's garden
Yellow-browed Warbler  Eamonn reported he saw one in his garden on 6th
White Wagtail 2 adults
Rosefinch   1 with the sparrow flock around east town.  It was photographed by Micky's 
                  daughter in their garden on 6th.
 
Regards Chris   
 

Theo Campbell

Hi Chris ,below is a list of birds recorded by myself with Richard Smith ,Roger Murray on Tory,5th and 6th September.

Magheraroarty.......2 Whimbrel,1 sickly looking Gannet in Harbour close to Pier .

12 Manx Shearwaters en route .

South lake 5th sept ,1 -1st winter Glaucous gull

4 Mute Swans (family party)

1 Teal

1 Whimbrel

2 Golden plovers

2 Ringed Plovers

2 Dunlin

1 female Sparrowhawk

35 Oystercatchers

1 Wheatear

5 Lapwing

Harbour,1 Redshank,

35 Turnstone

3 Ringed Plover .

West Town 

c6 Swallows

4 Pied wagtails 

1 White wagtail

6th Sept

Harbour

2 juv Knot

5 Redshank

51 Turnstone

1 female Sparrowhawk

4 Pied Wagtails 

1Dunlin

"Magic bush"

1 Chiffchaff

c8 Linnets

Max 10 Swallows 

1 Robin

front of Hotel,1 Robin,(different from magic bush bird)

1 Buzzard

4Raven

South lake 

7 Teal 

4 Mute swans

30 Meadow pipits

1 Heron (AD)

12 Ringed Plover

1 Dunlin

1 Tufted duck

8 Mallard

16 Curlew

All the best ,Theo .

Great spotted Woodpecker

Another first for tory..

Chris Ingram and Theo Campbell 13th August

Theo and I were on Tory on 13th and 14th August.  List as follows:

Storm Petrel  2 from boat over on 13th
Heron  1 at  south lake both days
Common Buzzard  1 on 14th
Kestrel  1 male on 14th
Corncrake  An adult with 6 downy young beside the road in west town
Golden Plover  2 over west town on 14th
Lapwing  1 on 14th
Dunlin  c.12 on west beach and 3/4 by south lake
Curlew   3 east off east end and a few by south lake
Green Sandpiper  1 on south lake on 13th

Redshank   6 on west beach
Turnstone  40-45 on west beach

Arctic Skua  A pale phase skua was on west beach on or around 9th/10th was  presumably

                      this species from descriptions given by islanders and boatmen.

Black-headed Gull  1 off west beach on 13

Common Gull  1 off west beach on 13th

Herring Gull  An adult with an un-marked ring on its right leg.  Also a badly oiled 1st year bird 

                        and 2 other partially oiled 1st years on west beach

Arctic Tern  2 at south lake

Puffin   Still c.10 on sea in east

Chough   Just one calling on 14th

Swallow   25/30 feeding in both east and west

Goldcrest  1 in west on 14th

Chiffchaff  1 in east on 13th

Willow Warbler   1/2 on 13th and 3/4 on 14th

Wheatear  c.10 both days

Linnet  7 in east on 13th

 

Regards Chris