Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus)

Sighting Ref :

IB220165

Sighting Date :

26 Feb 26

Common Name :

Harlequin Duck

Scientific Name :

Histrionicus histrionicus

Location :

Magheraroarty

County :

Donegal

Number Seen :

Principal Observer(s) :

Not Specified Not Specified

Reported By :

Trevor Hunter, Steve Waldren

Comments :

14:00 Magheraroarty Pier. Continuing bird. 14.00 - 15.45: feeding with a group of Black Guillemot, often very close to the pier. After about an hour one adult summer Black Guillemot occasionally showed aggression to the duck. Harlequin Duck few off t 15.45 and landed out off the spit (SW).

Status :

See IRBC Appendix 1

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