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Yesterday pm at Myros Island, West Cork I had a brief sighting on a bird on the north side of the island. It was flying over my head, away from the lagoon and over the island. It was the size of a Redshank with a deeply forked tail. As it was silhouetted against the sky it appeared to be completely dark coloured but of slender form, more like a Swallow than a Redshank, with fine pointed wings. It’s flight was fast, straight and level and with a rapid beat, similar to a Snipe but without the zigzag.
The deeply forked tail was the thing that had really caught my attention.
I have looked through my Peter Hayden and etc “Shorebirds” guide, my Collins bird guide and my “Fieldguide to Jizz Identification” and, despite it seeming highly unlikely, I can not see any possibility of it being anything other than a Collarded Pranticole. - Worth checking out(Oriental Pratincole Glareola maldivarum?)
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