White-rumped Sandpiper, The Cashen, 30th October 2019 (Davey Farrar).
Thursday, 31 October 2019
Friday, 25 October 2019
Wednesday, 16 October 2019
Pinkfeet twosome still at Trabeg
Pink-footed Geese, Trabeg, 16th October 2019 (Cait O'Neill).
Still present after more than a week.
Whaaat? ANOTHER White-rumped?
Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper with Ringed Plover, Reenroe, 16th October 2019 (Pat McDaid).
Wow! White-rumped number 8 for Co. Kerry, a new record for this species in a Kingdom birding year. Fair play to Pat, who has been flogging this site for rarities all autumn without much success, until this evening.
White-rumped Sandpiper, Reenroe, 16th October 2019 (Pat McDaid).
White-rumped Sandpiper with Ringed Plover, Reenroe, 16th October 2019 (Pat McDaid).
Two more White-rumped Sandpipers
Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, Black Rock, 15th October 2019 (Davey Farrar).
It's raining White-rumpeds. You don't get to hear that exact phrase very often...
Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper with a Dunlin, near Ballylongford, 16th October 2019 (Davey Farrar).
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).
Monday, 14 October 2019
Grey Phalarope, Rough Point
Grey Phalarope, Rough Point, 14th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
This bird was feeding in the surf just off the headland, in a modest NW breeze. Most are seen in strong NW gales off headlands like Brandon Point so, like the Sabine's Gull a couple of weeks back (see below), it was great to enjoy one that didn't seem to be in any great hurry.
Grey Phalarope, Rough Point, 14th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
Grey Phalarope, Rough Point, 14th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
Grey Phalarope, Rough Point, 14th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
Sunday, 13 October 2019
Another White-rumped Sandpiper at Ferriter's Cove
Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, Ferriter's Cove, 13th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
A juvenile bird moulting into winter plumage, and already showing a lot of moulted feathers, most noticeably on the mantle. A very confiding bird, coming to within 30 feet (10m)
White-rumped Sandpiper, Ferriter's Cove, 13th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
White-rumped Sandpiper, Ferriter's Cove, 13th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
White-rumped Sandpiper, Ferriter's Cove, 13th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, Ferriter's Cove, 13th October 2019 (Michael O'Clery).
Yep, there's that white rump...
Friday, 11 October 2019
White-rumped Sandpipers (yes, PLURAL) at Carrahane
Three White-rumped Sandpipers, Carrahane, 11th October 2019 (David O'Connor).
A really remarkable record, but amazingly, not the first time that three have been seen in Ireland - three were at the Roe Estuary in Derry in October 2018 - but this first time that three have been seen together in Kerry. However David thought there was a minimum of three, with flocks of waders highly mobile and unsettled. Be great if it proved to be four and the Kingdom could secure that record!
White-rumped Sandpiper, Carrahane, 11th October 2019 (David O'Connor).
White-rumped Sandpipers, Carrahane, 11th October 2019 (David O'Connor).
White-rumped Sandpipers, Carrahane, 11th October 2019 (David O'Connor).
Lesser Yellowlegs, Blennerville
Lesser Yellowlegs, Blennerville, 6th October 2019 (Ger Scollard).
Late news of a Lesser Yellowlegs on a small pool near Blennerville. The 21st record for Co. Kerry.
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