Inishbofin 11th Nov 2014

A selection of birds out on Inishbofin from last week. Nothing too unusual out there on the day - 2 Greenfinch, female Eider, 3 Chiffchaffs and oddly a full summer plumaged Sanderling.



Grey Heron



Sanderling and Ringed Plover



Summer plumaged Sanderling on 11th November?!



Lesser Black-backed, Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls.

Female and male Blackbird



Song Thrush

Dunnock

Chiffchaff behind bars!

Male Stonechat



European Starling

 

Inishmore Sept 2014 part 3

A selection of some of the rest of birds I had out on Inishmore last weekend, mostly passerines. A fairly quite trip on the passerine front with only around half a dozen Chiffchaffs, ten Goldcrests, Spotted and Pied Flycatchers seen. I was a little surprised to see a covey of eight Red-legged Partridge on the island. Some shooter or group of shooters obviously has brought the birds out onto the island probably in notion of improving the avifauna of the island. It's about as beneficial to conservation as introducing giraffes onto the island!

Wheatear

Wheatear

Chiffchaff

Goldcrest

Pied Flycatcher

Pied Flycatcher

 

Starling

Red-legged Partridge