2001 Sightings
| DECEMBER 2001 |
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29th December: 2 Garganey, Rahasane Turlough. 28th December: Black Redstart, Rusheen Bay (again). 28th December: 2 (1st Win., 2nd Win.) Iceland Gull and Little Egret, Rossaveal. 28th December: Dotterel and ♀ Garganey, Rahasane Turlough. 27th December: Drake 'Lesser Scaup-type' Aythya hybrid, 75 Scaup and a Long-tailed Duck, Lough Atalia, Galway City. 27th December: Iceland Gull, Silver Strand. 26th December: 12 Long-tailed Duck, Traught. 26th December: Black Redstart, Rusheen Bay (again). 26th December: 2 Pink-footed Goose, Belclare Turlough. 26th December: Barn Owl, Kilcolgan. 23rd December: Black Redstart, Rusheen Bay. 20th December: Grey Phalarope, Luimnagh, Loch Corrib. 17th December: Ad. Win. Mediterranean Gull, Woodquay (by the Salmon Weir), Galway City. 15th December: 1st Win. Iceland Gull, 2 (Ad., 2nd Win.) Ring-billed Gulls, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. 15th December: Juv. 'smithsonianus' Herring Gull, 2 Iceland Gulls (1st Win., 2nd Win.), Rossaveal. 12th December: Black Redstart, Kilternan, Kilcolgan. 11th December: Common Sandpiper, Newtownsmith. 11th December: Pink-footed Goose, Belclare Turlough. 10th December: Juv. Swallow, Salthill, Galway City. 9th December: Drake 'Lesser Scaup-type' Aythya hybrid, drake Long-tailed Duck, Lough Atalia, Galway City. 9th December: 1st Win. 'smithsonianus' Herring Gull, 2nd Win. Iceland Gull, Rossaveal. 8th December: 12 Long-tailed Duck, Traught. 8th December: 1st Win. Iceland Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. 7th December: 7 Long-tailed Duck and 2 Sandwich Tern, Traught. 6th December: Ad. Mediterranean Gull, 2 (1st Win., Ad.) Little Gull, Ad. Ring-billed Gull, 1st Win. Iceland Gull and 1st Win. Glaucous Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. |
| NOVEMBER 2001 |
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23rd November: Little Auk, Cloghmore. 20th November: Jack Snipe, Lough Rusheen. 17th November: Inner Galway Bay Count (Barna, Co. Galway to Ballyvaghan, Co. Clare) produced 4 Black-throated Diver, 137 Great Northern Diver, 148 Brent Geese, 28 Scaup, 1 Long-tailed Duck, 160 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Sandwich Tern and 9 Black Guillemot. A grand total of 13,145 waders, gulls and waterfowl. 17th November: Little Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. 10th November: Pomarine Skua, Cloghmore South. 10th November: Ad. Little Gull, Blackrock. 4th November: Iceland Gull, Rossaveal. |
| OCTOBER 2001 |
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29th October: 2nd Win. Glaucous Gull, Rossaveal. 28th October: 2 Black Tern, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City (again). 27th October: Iceland Gull (1st Win.), Rossaveal. 27th October: Black Tern, Lough Corrib. 27th October: Grey Phalarope and 2 Black Tern, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. 26th October: 2nd Win. Mediterranean Gull, Galway City Centre. 26th October: Grey Phalarope and Mediterranean Gull, Ballyloughaun. 25th October: 2 Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. 25th October: Lesser Yellowlegs, Rahasane Turlough (again). 23rd October: 3 Black Tern and Little Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. 20th October: Red-breasted Flycatcher, Pied Flycatcher, Snow Bunting, Inishmore, Aran Islands. 17th October: Hoopoe, Craughwell. 14th October: 20 Grey Phalarope, Aran Ferry. 9th October: Ad. Little Gull, Rusheen Bay. 8th October: Lesser Yellowlegs (again), 6 Curlew Sandpiper, 10 Ruff, Rahasane Turlough. 7th October: Ring-billed Gull, Rahasane Turlough. 6th October: Rough-legged Buzzard, a juvenile was found with a broken leg at Recess (Connemara) and taken into care. 6th October: 1st Win. Mediterranean Gull, Inverin. 5th October: Ad. Mediterranean Gull, 3 Ring-billed Gull, Nimmo's Pier. 5th October: 38 Grey Phalarope, Inverin. |
| SEPTEMBER 2001 |
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30th September: Little Egret, Rossaveal. 29th September: Pomarine Skua, Baile na hAbhann. 26th September: Ad. Mediterranean Gull, Nimmo's Pier, Galway City. 24th September: Curlew Sandpiper, Inverin. 23rd September: Pomarine Skua, Baile na hAbhann. 22nd September: Jack Snipe, Rahasane Turlough. 22nd September: Little Egret, Traught. 21st-27th September: Wood Sandpiper, Rahasane Turlough. 21st September: Lesser Yellowlegs, Rahasane Turlough. 21st September: Sabine's Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Ad. Little Gull, Baile na hAbhann. 20th September: Ad. Little Gull, Galway City Docks. 19th September: Curlew Sandpiper, Rusheen Bay. 12th September: 2 Great Skua, Baile na hAbhann. 6th September: Rose-coloured Starling, Clonmoylan, Portumna. 2nd September: Hoopoe, Cnoc na Ti, Spiddal. 2nd September: Pomarine Skua, Inverin. 2nd September: Sabine's Gull, Silver Strand. 1st September: Leach's Petrel, Silver Strand. 1st September: 2 Great Skua, Baile na hAbhann. |
| AUGUST 2001 |
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30th August: Long-tailed Skua, Inverin. 29th August: Mediterranean Gull, Waterside. 24th August: 79 Arctic Skua, 9 Great Skua, 8 Pomarine Skua, 1 Leach's Petrel, Manx Shearwater passage est. 10,000 per hour, 10 Common Dolphin, Spiddal Pier. |
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