Video of Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper, Kilelton Polder, 3rd August 2013 (Davey Farrar).

Black Duck, Ballylongford

 Black Duck, presumed female, Ballylongford, 3rd July 2013.

 Wood Sandpiper, Kilelton polder, 3rd July 2013.

Curlew Sandpiper, Kilelton polder, 3rd July 2013.

Whitethroat map for 2013

Following an earlier post HERE, an updated map of sightings of Whitethroats this summer is shown below. The 23 records for Kerry in 2013 is more than double the total from the last 20 years combined. Undoubtedly birds have gone unnoticed in previous years, but there seems to have been a genuine surge in records this year. For example, at one site near Castlemaine, where regular summer visits were made to monitor other species, four Whitethroat territories were noted in a small area where none had been recorded previously. Let's hope they are in Kerry to stay.

Records of Whitethroats, Co Kerry, summer 2013.

Wood Sandpiper

Wood Sandpiper at Killelton polder, 26th July 2013 (Ed Carty).

Black Duck, Ballylongford

Black Duck, Ballylongford, 23rd July 2013 (Davey Farrar).

Wood Sandpiper, Kilelton Polder

Wood Sandpiper, Kilelton Polder, 22nd July 2013 (Davey Farrar).

White-rumped Sandpiper, Blennerville

Adult White-rumped Sandpiper, Blennerville, 21st July 2013 (David O'Connor).

Med. and Ring-billed Gulls, Black Rock

Ring-billed Gull, Black Rock, 20th July 2013 (David O'Connor).

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull, Black Rock, 20th July 2013 (David O'Connor).

Keeled Skimmer

Keeled Skimmer, North Kerry, 18th July 2013 (Kerry Birding).

Ruff, Blennerville

Ruff, Blennerville, 15th July 2013 (Kerry Birding).