Bridges of Ross 31st August 2011
Time: 07:35-10:35
Weather: Variable F2-3 E-NE, dry & dull but with relatively good visibility.
Observer(s): Niall T. Keogh
Manx Shearwater: 23 West & 245 East
Great Skua (Bonxie): 3 W
Arctic Skua: 1 pale phase adult chasing Kittiwakes
Sandwich Tern: 4 W
Common Scoter: 4 W
Fulmar: 16 W, 20 E & 5 Milling
Gannet: 100 W, 64 E & 3 M
Kittiwake: 5 W, 3 E & 4 M
Guillemot: 2 W
Razorbill: 10 W, 2 E & 4 M
Auk sp: 9 W & 20 E
Bottlenose Dolphin: c.6 travelling East close inshore.
Common Dolphin: c.10 feeding distantly offshore, travelling East.
Bridges of Ross 30th August 2011
Time: 16:30-19:30
Weather: F 1-2 N-NE, dry & dull but with relatively good visibility.
Observer(s): Niall T. Keogh
Manx Shearwater: 181 West
Common Dolphin: c.10 feeding distantly offshore, travelling East.
Sunfish: 1
Bridges of Ross 29th August 2011
Time: 06:30-12:00
Weather: F2-3 N, dry & bright, turning F2 N-NE sunny & hazy later.
Sooty Shearwater: 2
Manx Shearwater: 61
Storm Petrel: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 7
Arctic Skua: 3 (incl. 1 juvenile)
Little Gull: 1 1st cal-year
Sandwich Tern: 10
Arctic Tern: 6
Common Scoter: 2
Peregrine: 1 juvenile
Common Dolphin: 2+
Bridges of Ross 28th August 2011
Time: 06:10-20:20
Weather: F2 NW in the morning, turning F3 N-NW in the evening. Dry & bright.
Sooty Shearwater: 8
Manx Shearwater: 280 (15:30-19:45)
Grey Phalarope: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 17
Arctic Skua: 65 (incl. 5 juveniles)
Long-tailed Skua: 2 adults (Niall T. Keogh & Neal Warnock)
Sabine's Gull: 2 adults
Sandwich Tern: 20
Arctic Tern: 21
Puffin: 5
Common Scoter: 6
Wigeon: 1
Bridges of Ross 27th August 2011
Time: 06:30-09:45 & 11:00-16:00
Weather: F4 NW in the morning, slacking to a F3 but persisting NW throughout the afternoon.
Balearic Shearwater: 3
Sooty Shearwater: 17
Storm Petrel: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 42
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase adult
Arctic Skua: 39
Sabine's Gull: 1 adult
Sandwich Tern: 26
Arctic Tern: 59
Puffin: 5
Common Scoter: 3
Whimbrel: 49
Bridges of Ross 26th August 2011
Time: 06:30-09:45 & 12:00-19:40
Weather: F2 N-NW in the morning, turning F4-5 N in the afternoon & persisting for most of the evening. Dry & bright throughout with some spray starting to blow in as the day progressed. Cold!
Blue Fulmar: 1 intermediate phase
Sooty Shearwater: 18
Storm Petrel: 2
Grey Phalarope: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 11
Arctic Skua: 13
Mediterranean Gull: 1 1st cal-year
Black Tern: 1 juvenile
Sandwich Tern: 18
Arctic Tern: 40
Black Guillemot: 1
Puffin: 6
Common Scoter: 3
Whimbrel: 19
Sanderling: 10
Niall T Keogh et al
Bridges of Ross 25th August 2011
Time: 06:30-10:30 & 14:30-19:30
Weather: F3 SE for the most part today with some periods of moderate-heavy rain at times.
Balearic Shearwater: 1
Great Shearwater: 1
Sooty Shearwater: 18
Storm Petrel: 15
Grey Phalarope: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 1
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase adult
Arctic Skua: 4
Sabine's Gull: 1 adult
Mediterranean Gull: 2 1st cal-years
Arctic Tern: 28
Puffin: 1
Common Scoter: 5
Whimbrel: 15
Sanderling: 20
Bar-tailed Godwit: 12
Niall T Keogh et al
Bridges of Ross 24th August 2011
Time: 06:30-19:00
Weather: F2-3 W-SW with some light showers in the morning.
Balearic Shearwater: 3
Great Shearwater: 4
Sooty Shearwater: 80
Storm Petrel: 8
Grey Phalarope: 1 (first of the season)
Great Skua (Bonxie): 10
Arctic Skua: 29
Little Gull: 1 juvenile
Black Tern: 1 juvenile
Sandwich Tern: 7
Arctic Tern: 56
Puffin: 6
Common Scoter: 4
Whimbrel: 20
Bottlenose Dolphin: 10-12
Leatherback Turtle: 1 heading west close inshore @ 18:30
Sunfish: 1
Niall T Keogh et al
Bridges of Ross 23rd August 2011
Time: 06:30-10:30 & 16:00-19:00
Weather: F0-1 E in the morning with F1-2 SW later.
Sooty Shearwater: 18
Storm Petrel: 4
Great Skua (Bonxie): 2
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase subadult
Arctic Skua: 2
Little Gull: 1 juvenile
Mediterranean Gull: 2 1st cal-years
Sandwich Tern: 52
Arctic Tern: 12
Puffin: 3
Black Guillemot: 1 juvenile
Common Scoter: 9
Whimbrel: 19
Teal: 4
Hen Harrier: 1 male quartering the fields behind the watch point
Chough: 2
Minke Whale: 1 close inshore heading west @ 07:05
Common Dolphin: 10-20
Bottlenose Dolphin: 10-12
Basking Shark: 1 off Loop Head
Sunfish: 1 off Loop Head
Niall T Keogh et al
Bridges of Ross 22nd August 2011
Time: 06:30-19:45
Weather: F1-2 N-NW in the morning turning F1-2 W in the afternoon.
Little Shearwater: 1 at 09:35 (Dan Brown, Tom Lowe, Keith Langdon & Mikey Hoit)
Balearic Shearwater: 8
Great Shearwater: 7
Sooty Shearwater: c.225
Manx Shearwater: 800+ (07:15-10:15)
Storm Petrel: 5+
Great Skua (Bonxie): 6
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase subadult
Arctic Skua: 6
Little Gull: 1 juvenile
Sandwich Tern: 24
Arctic Tern: 11
Puffin: 5
Common Scoter: 8
Whimbrel: 5
Shelduck: 2
Common Dolphin: c.10
Bottlenose Dolphin: 10+
Sunfish: 2+
Niall T Keogh et al
Time: 07:35-10:35
Weather: Variable F2-3 E-NE, dry & dull but with relatively good visibility.
Observer(s): Niall T. Keogh
Manx Shearwater: 23 West & 245 East
Great Skua (Bonxie): 3 W
Arctic Skua: 1 pale phase adult chasing Kittiwakes
Sandwich Tern: 4 W
Common Scoter: 4 W
Fulmar: 16 W, 20 E & 5 Milling
Gannet: 100 W, 64 E & 3 M
Kittiwake: 5 W, 3 E & 4 M
Guillemot: 2 W
Razorbill: 10 W, 2 E & 4 M
Auk sp: 9 W & 20 E
Bottlenose Dolphin: c.6 travelling East close inshore.
Common Dolphin: c.10 feeding distantly offshore, travelling East.
Great Skua (Bonxie): 3 W
Arctic Skua: 1 pale phase adult chasing Kittiwakes
Sandwich Tern: 4 W
Common Scoter: 4 W
Fulmar: 16 W, 20 E & 5 Milling
Gannet: 100 W, 64 E & 3 M
Kittiwake: 5 W, 3 E & 4 M
Guillemot: 2 W
Razorbill: 10 W, 2 E & 4 M
Auk sp: 9 W & 20 E
Bottlenose Dolphin: c.6 travelling East close inshore.
Common Dolphin: c.10 feeding distantly offshore, travelling East.
Bridges of Ross 30th August 2011
Time: 16:30-19:30
Weather: F 1-2 N-NE, dry & dull but with relatively good visibility.
Observer(s): Niall T. Keogh
Manx Shearwater: 181 West
Common Dolphin: c.10 feeding distantly offshore, travelling East.
Weather: F2-3 N, dry & bright, turning F2 N-NE sunny & hazy later.
Sooty Shearwater: 2
Manx Shearwater: 61
Storm Petrel: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 7
Arctic Skua: 3 (incl. 1 juvenile)
Little Gull: 1 1st cal-year
Sandwich Tern: 10
Arctic Tern: 6
Common Scoter: 2
Peregrine: 1 juvenile
Time: 06:10-20:20
Weather: F2 NW in the morning, turning F3 N-NW in the evening. Dry & bright.
Sooty Shearwater: 8
Manx Shearwater: 280 (15:30-19:45)
Grey Phalarope: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 17
Great Skua (Bonxie): 17
Arctic Skua: 65 (incl. 5 juveniles)
Long-tailed Skua: 2 adults (Niall T. Keogh & Neal Warnock)
Sabine's Gull: 2 adults
Sandwich Tern: 20
Arctic Tern: 21
Puffin: 5
Common Scoter: 6
Time: 06:30-09:45 & 11:00-16:00
Weather: F4 NW in the morning, slacking to a F3 but persisting NW throughout the afternoon.
Balearic Shearwater: 3
Sooty Shearwater: 17
Storm Petrel: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 42
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase adult
Arctic Skua: 39
Sabine's Gull: 1 adult
Sandwich Tern: 26
Arctic Tern: 59
Puffin: 5
Common Scoter: 3
Time: 06:30-09:45 & 12:00-19:40
Weather: F2 N-NW in the morning, turning F4-5 N in the afternoon & persisting for most of the evening. Dry & bright throughout with some spray starting to blow in as the day progressed. Cold!
Blue Fulmar: 1 intermediate phase
Sooty Shearwater: 18
Storm Petrel: 2
Grey Phalarope: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 11
Arctic Skua: 13
Mediterranean Gull: 1 1st cal-year
Black Tern: 1 juvenile
Sandwich Tern: 18
Arctic Tern: 40
Black Guillemot: 1
Puffin: 6
Common Scoter: 3
Whimbrel: 19
Time: 06:30-10:30 & 14:30-19:30
Weather: F3 SE for the most part today with some periods of moderate-heavy rain at times.
Balearic Shearwater: 1
Great Shearwater: 1
Sooty Shearwater: 18
Storm Petrel: 15
Grey Phalarope: 1
Great Skua (Bonxie): 1
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase adult
Arctic Skua: 4
Sabine's Gull: 1 adult
Mediterranean Gull: 2 1st cal-years
Arctic Tern: 28
Puffin: 1
Common Scoter: 5
Whimbrel: 15
Sanderling: 20
Bar-tailed Godwit: 12
Niall T Keogh et al
Niall T Keogh et al
Time: 06:30-19:00
Weather: F2-3 W-SW with some light showers in the morning.
Balearic Shearwater: 3
Great Shearwater: 4
Sooty Shearwater: 80
Storm Petrel: 8
Grey Phalarope: 1 (first of the season)
Great Skua (Bonxie): 10
Arctic Skua: 29
Little Gull: 1 juvenile
Black Tern: 1 juvenile
Sandwich Tern: 7
Arctic Tern: 56
Puffin: 6
Common Scoter: 4
Whimbrel: 20
Bottlenose Dolphin: 10-12
Leatherback Turtle: 1 heading west close inshore @ 18:30
Time: 06:30-10:30 & 16:00-19:00
Weather: F0-1 E in the morning with F1-2 SW later.
Sooty Shearwater: 18
Storm Petrel: 4
Great Skua (Bonxie): 2
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase subadult
Arctic Skua: 2
Little Gull: 1 juvenile
Mediterranean Gull: 2 1st cal-years
Sandwich Tern: 52
Arctic Tern: 12
Puffin: 3
Black Guillemot: 1 juvenile
Common Scoter: 9
Whimbrel: 19
Teal: 4
Hen Harrier: 1 male quartering the fields behind the watch point
Chough: 2
Minke Whale: 1 close inshore heading west @ 07:05
Common Dolphin: 10-20
Bottlenose Dolphin: 10-12
Basking Shark: 1 off Loop Head
Time: 06:30-19:45
Weather: F1-2 N-NW in the morning turning F1-2 W in the afternoon.
Little Shearwater: 1 at 09:35 (Dan Brown, Tom Lowe, Keith Langdon & Mikey Hoit)
Balearic Shearwater: 8
Great Shearwater: 7
Sooty Shearwater: c.225
Great Shearwater: 7
Sooty Shearwater: c.225
Manx Shearwater: 800+ (07:15-10:15)
Storm Petrel: 5+
Great Skua (Bonxie): 6
Pomarine Skua: 1 pale phase subadult
Arctic Skua: 6
Little Gull: 1 juvenile
Sandwich Tern: 24
Arctic Tern: 11
Puffin: 5
Common Scoter: 8
Whimbrel: 5
Shelduck: 2
Common Dolphin: c.10
Bottlenose Dolphin: 10+
Sunfish: 2+
Niall T Keogh et al
Bridges of Ross 21st August 2011
Time: 06:30-19:00
Weather: F2-3 W-NW with light showers in the morning.
Little Shearwater: 1 heading west at 08:45 (Dave Cooper)
Great Shearwater: 38
Sooty Shearwater: 512
Manx Shearwater: c.10,000
Storm Petrel: c.25
Great Skua (Bonxie): 21
Arctic Skua: 23
Long-tailed Skua: 2 adults (Niall T Keogh & Dan Brown)
Sabine's Gull: 8 adults
Mediterranean Gull: 1 3rd cal-year
Sandwich Tern: 11
Arctic Tern: 52
Puffin: c.12
Black Guillemot: 1
Common Scoter: 2
Whimbrel: 48
Common Dolphin: 2
Bottlenose Dolphin: c.6
Niall T Keogh et al
Bridges of Ross Friday 19th August 2011
Great Shearwater 1
Balearic Shearwaters 2,
Pomarine Skua 1 adult
Arctic Skuas 10
Bonxies 5
Whimbrels 209
Storm Petrels 12
Minke Whale 1
Bridges of Ross Thursday 18th August 2011
Tom Lowe & Dan Brown
Bridges of Ross Tuesday 16th August 2011
One adult Sabine's Gull, one Pomarine Skuas, one Bonxie and eight Arctic Skuas were at the Bridges.
Eanna O'Flynn
Bridges of Ross Sunday 14th August 2011
At the Bridges or Ross this afternoon there were two Sooty Shearwaters, four Arctic Skuas, one Pomarine Skua, two Whimbrel and 50 Arctic Terns.
Jeff Copner.
Bridges of Ross Saturday 13th August 2011
There were three adult Sabine's Gulls, for Balearic Shearwaters, 50 Sooty Shearwaters, two Pomarine Skuas, 18 Bonxies, 12 Arctic Skuas, three Storm Petrels, eight Common Scoters, 14 Whimbrel and 16 Arctic Terns, 12 Bottle-nosed Dolphins and two Sunsfish at the Bridges of Ross today.
Alan Lauder, John N Murphy & Brian Finnegan.Bridges of Ross Tuesday 9th August 2011
One Arctic Skua, five Bonxies and two Sooty Shearwaters were at the Bridges today.
Angus Murray & Chris McGuigan.
Bridges of Ross Monday 8th August 2011
There were five Sooty Shearwaters, seven Bonxies, two Pomarine Skuas and two Arctic Skuas at the Bridges of Ross.
Dave McNamara.
Bridges of Ross Friday 5th August 2011
One Blue Fulmar was at the Bridges today along with 30 Whimbrel and few other birds of note. Off the tip of Lop Head there was one Pomarine Skua, one Bonxie and one Sooty Shearwater.
John N Murphy, Finbarr MacGabhann & Clodagh Glasgow.
Loop Head Thursday 4th August 2011
Off a fishing boat 4km out to sea off Loop Head were three Sooty Shearwaters, one Bonxie and ten Storm Petrels.
Stan Nugent.
Loop Head Thursday 4th August 2011
Off a fishing boat 4km out to sea off Loop Head were three Sooty Shearwaters, one Bonxie and ten Storm Petrels.
Stan Nugent.
Sooty Shearwater © Stan Nugent
Bonxie © Stan Nugent
Storm Petrel © Stan Nugent
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