Friday 24 February 2012

Nimmo's Pier and Doorus


Miserable weather conditions all day and only got worse... Tried Nimmo's first. Good numbers of Icelands present on the slipway with a few out on the beach and Mutton Island. Minimum of seven first-winters, four second-winters and an adult Iceland. One adult Ring-bill also.


 Second and first-winter Iceland.

 Adult Iceland Gull.

 Adult Iceland Gull.

 Second-winter Iceland Gull

 First-winter Iceland Gull

  First-winter Iceland Gull

 First-winter Iceland Gull

 Second-winter Iceland Gull

 Second-winter Iceland Gull (same bird as above).

 First-winter Iceland Gull

Second-winter Iceland Gull. The long staying Iceland/Kumlien's candidate.

 Scrum of six Iceland Gulls


Quick look at Brandy Harbour produced a single Spotted Redshank that promptly diasppeared. On to Newtownlynch Pier (Doorus Pier/Traught Beach, take you pick) next. Thankfully the Forster's Tern was sat out on Goat Island, the small rock just offshore with three Sandwich Terns. Only the second time I've seen it here this winter. They all took off to the west out in the direction of Aughinish Island. I would have got some half decent shots of the Forster's had I  stayed on the pier itself but them the breaks.

 Forster's Tern, Goat Island, Newtownlynch Pier.

 Forster's Tern, Goat Island, Newtownlynch Pier.

 Sandwich Terns, Newtownlynch Pier

The clutch in my car went when I was only 15 minutes from home which was a great finish to the day. Won't be fixed till Monday at the earliest. Could be worse, it could have gone when I was all the way down at Kinvara!

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