IRISH RARE BIRD
RECORDS
Today is Tuesday 18th June 2013. Rare birds found in Ireland in past years on 18th June:
Macaronesian Shearwater
Off Brandon Point, Kerry, 2002.
Frigatebird sp.
Dalkey, Dublin, 1989.
3rd Irish Record
Broad-billed Sandpiper
Ballycotton, Cork, 1989.
7th Irish Record
Red-footed Falcon
Phoenix Park, Dublin, 1976.
4th Irish Record
Scops Owl
Lisnarick, Fermanagh, 1974.
Heard calling. 10th Irish Record
Statistics compiled by Joe Hobbs. E&OE.
First Records for
WESTERN PALEARCTIC
Today is 18th June. The following first records for the Western Palearctic were found on this date:
Tropical Shearwater
18th June, 1992.
Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel.
Treated by some as Baillon's Shearwater, a race of Audubon's Shearwater. ID originally assigned to Mascarene Shearwater of which status is uncertain
Shirihai, H. 2001. The Mascarene Shearwater. Birding World 14(2): 78-85
Other Western Palearctic Records for Summer
Statistics compiled by Joe Hobbs. E&OE.
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