Juvenile Mediterranean Gull, Blennerville, 18th August 2020 (Michael O'Clery).
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull, Blennerville, 18th August 2020 (Michael O'Clery).
Buzzard, Milltown, 15th August 2020 (Cait O'Neill).
Nesting Buzzards are continuing to spread slowly in Kerry. Nesting has occurred near Tralee for at least the last two summers, and one pair nested further west, close to Fenit, this summer. A slow and gradual re-colonisation.
Green Sandpiper Blennerville, 16th August 2020 (Cait O'Neill).
Green Sandpiper, Blennerville, 16th August 2020 (Cait O'Neill).
Dunlin, Blennerville, 18th August 2020 (Cait O'Neill).
Of the 250 or so Dunlin at Carrahane this evening, all but about 6 were adults, many of those still showing the full black belly of summer plumage. Perhaps they have had a bad nesting season, as juveniles would certainly be migrating as well by now.
