IRISH RARE BIRD
RECORDS
Today is Saturday 18th May 2013. Rare birds found in Ireland in past years on 18th May:
Black Kite
Boora Lake, Offaly, 2011.
Franklin's Gull
St. John's Point, Down, 2006.
4th NI Record
Tawny Pipit
Pilmore Strand, Cork, 1996.
Bluethroat
Copeland Island Bird Observatory, Down, 1985.
Race svecica. 3rd NI Record
Bluethroat
Great Saltee Island, Wexford, 1985.
2 birds. Races cyanecula and svecica
Great Reed Warbler
West Bog, Cape Clear Island, Cork, 1979.
3rd Irish Record
Whiskered Tern
Ballycotton, Cork, 1968.
3rd Irish Record
Red-headed Bunting
Near Newcastle Railway Station, Wicklow, 1966.
10th Irish Record. Assigned to Category D1
Little Bittern
River Barrow at Carlow, Carlow, 1895.
Shot
Statistics compiled by Joe Hobbs. E&OE.
First Records for
WESTERN PALEARCTIC
Today is 18th May. The following first records for the Western Palearctic were found on this date:
Yellow-headed Blackbird
18th May, 1982.
Polder Waal en Burg, Texel, Noord-Holland , Netherlands.
Remained until 20th May and seen again on 14th June, later refound on Terschelling 2nd - 3rd July. Not accepted by the CDNA until 2007
van der Vliet, R.E. et al 2007. Rare birds in the Netherlands in 2006. Dutch Birding 29(6): 368.
Other Western Palearctic Records for Spring
Statistics compiled by Joe Hobbs. E&OE.
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