Two American Golden Plovers in Kerry over the past two days ain't too bad, especially considering the dearth of Nearctic waders in the Kingdom this autumn.
The first, a juvenile, was at Carrahane yesterday, the second, an adult, was at Trabeg today.
Juvenile American Golden Plover, Carrahane, 6th October 2018 (M.O'Clery).
Juvenile American Golden Plover, Carrahane, 6th October 2018 (M.O'Clery).
Juvenile American Golden Plover, Carrahane, 6th October 2018 (M.O'Clery).
The adult at Trabeg was a striking-looking individual, with prominent white forehead and 'wrap-around' white supercilium, contrasting with a greyish, spangled back and the remnants of the summer plumage black underside taking the form of a 'summer Dunlin' black rectangle on the lower breast and belly.
These record shots don't do it justice and fall firmly into the category of 'Just about good enough to identify it by, and aren't you ashamed to be posting low quality crap shots like that on the internet?'.
Adult American Golden Plover, Carrahane, 6th October 2018 (M.O'Clery).
Adult American Golden Plover, Carrahane, 6th October 2018 (M.O'Clery).
Adult Mediterranean Gull, Trabeg, 7th October 2018 (M.O'Clery).
The 49 Mediterranean Gulls at Trabeg sets a record high count for this species on the Dingle Peninsula. 55 is the county record so far, set in 2016... for details see this post HERE
