Irish Birding Sighting Record

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Sighting Ref : IB230508
Sighting Date : 15 Sept 26
Common Name : Swainson's Thrush
Scientific Name : Catharus ustulatus
Location : Dursey Island
County : Cork
Number Seen : 1
Principal Observer(s) : Chris O'Sullivan Not Specified
Reported By : Not Specified
Comments : 18:55. Scott's Garden (2nd island record). 15th Irish Record. Seen briefly along the track leading down from the black chair above the main garden. Shelagh’s chair-cast iron, painted black-sits on the wall overlooking the garden. Shelagh was Noel Linehan’s wife's aunt. From now on, it is an chathaoir dhubh draíochta (the magic black chair).
Status : See IRBC Appendix 1
Photos :
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Photographer(s) : © Shelagh's chair - an chathaoir dhubh draíochta.