Irish Birding Sighting Record

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Sighting Ref : IB152002
Sighting Date : 21 Feb 22
Common Name : Fulmar
Scientific Name : Fulmarus glacialis
Location : Lough Beg
County : Derry
Number Seen : 1
Principal Observer(s) : David Steele Not Specified
Reported By : Not Specified
Comments : Blue phase (Presumably this bird was displaced by storm "Franklin" as it turned up the day after the storm went through). There is only one previous record of Fulmar from Lough Beg and that was more than fifty years ago so they don't come along very often!
Photos :
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Photographer(s) : © David Steele