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Sighting Ref : IB232375
Sighting Date : 06 Oct 26
Common Name : White-winged Black Tern
Scientific Name : Chlidonias leucopterus
Location : Dun Laoghaire
County : Dublin
Number Seen : 1
Principal Observer(s) : Niall T. Keogh Not Specified
Reported By : Noel Keogh, Jim Bowman
Comments : 08:45. Moulting adult. Scotsman's Bay, Sandycove (R831). Flew West towards the east pier. Continuing bird. 10:25 off Sandycove again. 12:00 Between the Forty Foot and Bulloch / Bullock Harbour (NK). 12:15. Roosting on the rocks below the James Joyce Martello Tower, Sandycove Point. 15:45 Flying West of Bulloch / Bullock Harbour towards the Forty Foot and drifted out into Dublin Bay. Not seen subsequently. Sandycove checked but no sign (JB). 17:30 opposite Otranto Park, Sandycove.
Status : See IRBC Appendix 2
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Photographer(s) : © Noel Keogh
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