Juvenile Turtle Dove, Valentia Island, 29th September 2016 (M.O'Clery).
Juvenile Turtle Dove, Valentia Island, 29th September 2016 (M.O'Clery).
A fair bit of seawatching pulled in a good variety of seabirds at Coosgorm on 28th and 29th September, with (combined from about 6 hours over the two days) about 2000 Sooty Shearwaters, a Long-tailed Skua, a Great Shearwater, 9 Leach's Petrels, 15 Grey Phalaropes, 3 Balearic Shearwaters and 1 Pomarine and about a dozen Great Skuas. Some of these came close enough to get half decent photos. Well, quarter decent.
Grey Phalaropes, Coosgorm, Valentia Island, 29th September (M.O'Clery).
Grey Phalaropes, Coosgorm, Valentia Island, 29th September (M.O'Clery).
Great Skua, Coosgorm, Valentia Island, 29th September (M.O'Clery).
Great Skuas, Coosgorm, Valentia Island, 29th September (M.O'Clery).
