Irish Birding Sighting Record |
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| Website : | www.irishbirding.com |
| Sighting URL : | https://www.irishbirding.com/birds/web/Display/sighting/73638/Hen_Harrier.html |
| Sighting Ref : | IB73638 |
| Sighting Date : | 16 Nov 14 |
| Common Name : | Hen Harrier |
| Scientific Name : | Circus cyaneus |
| Location : | Portmore |
| County : | Antrim |
| Number Seen : | 1 |
| Principal Observer(s) : | K Kirkham-Brown Not Specified |
| Reported By : | Not Specified |
| Comments : | Male Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) quartering over the flooded fields of Golden Plover (Pluvialis apricaria) circa 300, Lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) circa 500 & Black-headed Gulls (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) 100+ to the north of Portmore Lough, Co Antrim at 16:17 this evening. Mute Swan (Cygnus olor), Whooper Swans Cygnus cygnus) also evident with other common waterfowl. |