Chough'd

I have spent so much time at Loop Head over the last two weeks searching for rareties that I have neglected local birds like Chough.  But we have had a few nice birds at Loop this year like the Richards's Pipits, Bluethroat, Yellow-browed Warblers and the controlled Red-breasted Flycatcher from Skokholm Island in Wales.  But I am Chough'd with these shots of Red-billed Chough at the tip of the peninsula.

 

Chough at Loop Head Lighthouse John N Murphy

Chough

There are good numbers of Chough at Loop Head over the last few weeks.  This bird was picking out grubs on the cliff face in the Horseshoe Bay at the Bridges of Ross.

Chough at the Bridges of Ross © John N Murphy

Chough

I was back at Ballinclamper beach, Clonea in Waterford last week to try and get a better shot of the Bluethroat and Buff-bellied Pipit. Unfortunately I did not relocate either on the day but did manage to snap of a few shots of the resident flock of Choughs.

Chough

I spent a lot of time over the past week at Loop Head in search of rare, vagrant birds.  During my visits there were lots of corvids, especially mixed flocks of Rooks, Jackdaws and Choughs.  Most days there are at least ten birds around the fields of the lighthouse.