Irish Birding Sighting Record |
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/232375/Whitewinged_Black_Tern.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||