It's been
fairly quiet in north Co. Wexford since my last posting - was it really two
weeks ago? I've done a fair bit of
walking in between gales and rain and even in gales and rain but it's been slow
going building up my Patch list.
Another walk
around Kilgorman marsh on 26th provided four species in the form of a pair of Ravens, Goldfinch, a Kingfisher - which has since probably
starved to death because it couldn't possibly have been able to see any fish in
the silt laden Kilgorman River, and completely unexpected, 8 Crossbills feeding in some stunted Scots
Pines in the mobile home park.
I tried
seawatching in south easterlies, north westerlies and south westerlies and only
managed a single Gannet and a patch
rarity, Great Northern Diver. A calm period on 2nd produced two Great Crested Grebes at sea. I've seen this species in the same area in
the last two winters - wonder is it the same pair?
Got out again
this morning before the rain and finally managed to connect with Ringed Plover.
So 61 species
and 68 points. Still haven't got Linnet or Greenfinch.
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