Irish Birding Sighting Record
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Irish Birding Sighting Record |
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/168800/Blackeared_Wheatear.html | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting Ref : | IB168800 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting Date : | 06 May 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name : | Black-eared Wheatear | ||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name : | Oenanthe hispanica | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location : | South Slob | ||||||||||||||||||
| County : | Wexford | ||||||||||||||||||
| Number Seen : | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Principal Observer(s) : | Stephen King Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Reported By : | Not Specified | ||||||||||||||||||
| Comments : | Crop field between the Piggery and the channel. Showing well all afternoon and evening (21:00). Western Black-eared Wheatear (3 records) - Tuskar Rock Lighthouse, Wexford, 16th May 1916. - Cape Clear Island, Cork, 26th to 27th May 1992. - Great Saltee Island, Wexford, 15th to 16th May 2010. Eastern Black-eared Wheatear (2 records) - Great Saltee Island, Wexford, 7th to 10th May 1987. - South Slob, Wexford, 6th May 2023. Unidentified Black-eared Wheatear sp. (1 record) - Great Saltee Island, Wexford, 22nd May 1997. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Status : | See IRBC Appendix 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Photographer(s) : | © Derek Brennan. Image 1. Luke Geraty. Images 2-3. John Coveney. Image 4. Brian McCloskey. Image 5 | ||||||||||||||||||
