Yellowhammer

55-60 Yellowhammer in the garden today at Ardee.

Argentatus Herring gulls today at Cruiestown.

Sub adult argentatus washing

Sub adult bird far right

Sub adult bird far right

Sub adult  bird far right before take off plus adult  argentatus to left

Spot the Jackdaw.  Blackrock/Lurgangreen

Yellowhammers at Saebank.

Wish you, were here (The Rosse gull, in Louth)

Thr Rosses gull at Ardglass.

1st. winter Lesser black backed gull at Cruiestown on 15 Jan.

1. Herring gull at Lurgagreen.

1st win.L.B.B. gull.

Lurgangreen

Plenty of birds at Lurgangreen at lunchtime. The geese were very mobile moving between Commins Road/River Fane and Lurgangreen. About 1000 Brent Geese with one Barnacle Goose and 400 odd Greylag Geese. about 50 Greenland White fronted Geese in the tall grass on the marsh with one Russian White fronted Goose. Plenty of Common Scotor at Salterstown but no sign of the Velvet Scotor or the 'Orange billed' Scotor

Eider

3 Eider off Dunany Point this afternoon. A colour ringed Great Black backed Gull at Clogher Head. Almost certainly ringed by Chris Honan on Irelands eye. Strangley enough Chris Honan floated by on a canoe not 50 yards away. Whats the chances of that?

Carrion Crow hybrid

A Carrion Crow hybrid was at Seabank today, 15 January. It was very mobile and moving between the mud, the river and the beach.

Yellowhammer

I had a garden high count of 25 Yellowhammer this week near Ardee. The previous high was 16 last spring. I managed to get a couple of shots through the downstairs toilet window with the new camera.......

Diver reported at Soldiers Point.

A Black Throated Diver was reported at the weekend on the Navy Bank/Soldiers Pt. area, I had a quick look today  and one diver was  seen at great distance (b.t.d. or r.t.d.) but not relocated.
Update today wed. 11 jan. diver seen yesterday at Navy bank is a Red Throated diver......
The Bewick swan was seen again in the fields at the north end of Cruistown with no sign of the Velvet Scoter at Salterstown.A high count of c.1400 Brent and one Canada goose at Lurgangreen also on Sunday.

Russian Whitefront at Commons rd Dromiskin today

Third bird from the left.

   

Canada Goose

The Canada Goose was on show today at Lurgangreen fields feeding with 265 Brent Geese. No sign of the Barnace Goose or the Dark bellied Brent. They might have been with the 60 or so Brent that were missing.

The grey geese arrived out on the mud at just before 3.30pm. Too far out to pick out anything unusual.

Review of rare birds of Louth 2011

1.SERIN, MAY 1 ,TOWNLEY HALL.
2.SEMI.P SANDPIPER,SEP 24, DUNDALK DOCKS.
3.HOOPOE, OCT 18, ANNAGASSAN.NOV.14 CLOGHER HD,25/26 NOV. ALMONDSTOWN,11/12 DEC.BLACKHALL CROSS.
4.BEAN GOOSE, LURGANGREEN,24/26 MARCH # 6 ,NOV.21 #1,DEC 3 #6.
5.FORSTERS TERN 13/17 OCT. CRUIESTOWN
6.LESSER WHITETHROAT, JAN.13 TO APRIL 3. DROGHEDA .

SABINES GULLS

OSPREY, LURGANGREEN

7.BLACK NECKED GREBE,28 OCT. ANNAGASSAN
8.GREY PHALOROPE OCT.9 GYLES QUAY, 28 OCT TO NOV.1 SALTERSTOWN.
9.OSPREY AUG.3 TO SEP.9 LURGANGREEN.
10.YELLOW LEGGED GULL, 30 OCT ,BALLAGAN.
11.LITTLE STINT 28 SEP. TERMINFECKIN
12.RED KITE,21 SEP. DROGHEDA.
13.VELVET SCOTER, 6 NOV.  SALTERSTOWN.
14.WHITE STORK {RINGED} MAY 19,DUNDALK.
15.REDPOLL FEB. 10,COOLEY
16.EIDER 10 APRIL BALLAGAN
17.SOOTY SHEARWATER CARLINGFORD LOUGH.
18.SABINES GULLS 25 SEP. CLOGHER HD.
19.GOSHAWK,22/27  NOV .SALTERSTOWN.
20.GOOSANDER, LURGANGREEN
21.TREE PIPIT ,7 MAY ,CLOGHER HD.
22.BLACK THROATED DIVER ,22 JAN. ANNAGASSAN AND DEC.5 SALTERSTOWN
BARACLE GOOSE ,JUNE 15 ,DUNDALK DOCKS
PINKFEET ,#76 LURGANGREEN
SNOW BUNTING ,29 DEC.HERMITAGE.
WHITE TAILED SEA EAGLE ,MARCH 19,SOUTH MARSH,DUNDALK.