UK400 Rare Bird Alert-Issue 4
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This is the UK400 Club Rare Bird Alert for Monday 17th February 2008, utilising information gleaned from the Regional Birdlines, local email groups and websites, www.Birdguides.com and Rare Bird Alert pagers (www.rarebirdalert.com). All Irish rare bird news is by kind courtesy of John Coveney and BINS
Irish NewsUK400 Club Rare Bird Alert February 2008
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In County Galway, the Nimmo’s Pier/Galway Harbour area continues to attract a juvenile NORTH AMERICAN HERRING GULL, 3 different adult RING-BILLED GULLS, up to 17 Iceland Gulls and 3 Glaucous Gulls, with the neighbouring coastline and Mutton Island Causeway attracting the adult winter FORSTER’S TERN at high tide.
At least 20 CATTLE EGRETS remain in Ireland (including 8 at Clogheen Marsh, Cork), with an adult female SNOWY OWL between Spiddal and Marycullen (Co. Galway) on 15th and the AMERICAN BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT still at Redbarn Strand, Youghal (Co. Cork). In Northern Ireland, the adult drake BARROW’S GOLDENEYE remains at Quoile Pondage.
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