Garden visitor

Blackcap

First blackcap of the season in the garden today - a male. He was attacked by a blue-tit.

Wing Tag Buzzard

A wing tagged Buzzard was seen yesterday Sunday just south of Castlebellingham.It had a red tag on upper left wing and a yellow tag on upper right wing.info on this birds puts it as this year bird from a site in N.I.{Down}

Black Throated Diver

Commons road geese

The Black throated diver and female Velvet scoter were again at Salterstown on monday.A count of 37 pinkfeet at Lurgangreen fields with no sign of thr Bean geese,(5 Tundra Bean seen at Lough Swilly could be the Louth birds )Above photo of geese on south side of the Fane river on the Commons road,Dromiskin.

Above  Brent geese at Salterstown.

Lurgangreen geese.

Beans Back

Bean Geese Lurgangreen March 2011

6 Tundra Bean Geese were seen again today  in the stubble fields behind Iveco truck garage just west  of Lurgangreen,30  Greenland Whitefronts also seen in the same area.These could be the same 6  Bean geese that were here back in March 2011.                                                                                                                          
The Spotted  Sandpiper was seen again today at Sonairte Centre Ninch near Julinstown Co. Meath.

Seabank today.

Redpoll at seabank  with pale wingbar in a mixed flock of yellowhammers and goldfinches.Redpolls also seen at Annagassan and Velvet Scoter  again at Salterstown.

Waxwing today.

A  Waxwing was seen today  at Dundalk Retail Park in flight heading towards Dunnes stores.Also the female Velvet Scoter was seen again at Salterstown with Common Scoter.