Pectoral Sandpiper, Carrahane, 3rd September 2017 (Ed Carty).
Pectoral Sandpiper, Carrahane, 3rd September 2017 (Ed Carty).
Spotted Redshank, River Maine, 30th August 2017 (Michael O'Clery).
Spotted Redshank, River Maine, 30th August 2017 (Michael O'Clery).
Early September is wader bonanza time in Kerry, with a few Nearctic species already recorded, including this obliging Pectoral Sandpiper at Carrahane today. Also a great time of year to catch up with Kerry wader scarcities such as this Spotted Redshank, and the likes of Ruff, with a few around Blennerville and Trabeg, and a Green Sandpiper or two (such as at Trabeg today) though curiously, not a single Curlew Sandpiper or Little Stint as yet. Still, early days.
