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Wednesday 16 October 2019

White-rumped Sandpiper at Rough Point

Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, Rough Point, 16th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).

With two more White-rumped Sandpipers found in Kerry today - this, and one near Ballylongford (per Davey Farrar) - the total for Kerry this autumn is now seven, assuming none are relocating birds. With White-rumpeds popping up all over the European Western seaboard over the past week, the more pertinent question might be, 'how many are being missed?'.

White-rumped Sandpiper, Rough Point, 16th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).

White-rumped Sandpiper, Rough Point, 16th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).

White-rumped Sandpiper with Sanderling, Rough Point, 16th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).