Irish Birding Sighting Record |
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Website : | www.irishbirding.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sighting URL : | http://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/65698/Common_Scoter.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sighting Ref : | IB65698 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sighting Date : | 22 Feb 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name : | Common Scoter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scientific Name : | Melanittia nigra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location : | Laytown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
County : | Meath | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number Seen : | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Principal Observer(s) : | Aidan G. Kelly Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reported By : | Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Comments : | Aberrant yellow-billed Common Scoter in with the Common Scoter flocks between Laytown and Bettystown. This bird also has dull reddish coloured legs. It has been returning to this stretch of coastline (from Balbriggan, Co. Dublin, north as far as Salterstown, Co. Louth) for a number of years now. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Photographer(s) : | © Aidan G Kelly |