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26/12 1055: CETTI’S WARBLER heard singing at Ballinlough, near Kill (DW) - new (3rd) location for the species in Co Waterford
December 26, 2025 at 11:49 AM
26/12 1055: CETTI’S WARBLER heard singing at Ballinlough, near Kill (DW) - new (3rd) location for the species in Co Waterford
25/12: 2 unseasonal male Ring Ouzels (apparently 1st-winter & adult) at Mahon Falls, Comeragh Mountains this morning (DW)
December 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
25/12: 2 unseasonal male Ring Ouzels (apparently 1st-winter & adult) at Mahon Falls, Comeragh Mountains this morning (DW)
22/12 1250: 4 CATTLE EGRETS at Kilmacleague, Tramore Backstrand (DW)
December 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
22/12 1250: 4 CATTLE EGRETS at Kilmacleague, Tramore Backstrand (DW)
14/12: Dusky Warbler still present at Anne Valley & Spotted Sandpiper at Ballynagaul, Dungarvan (SG)
December 14, 2025 at 2:02 PM
14/12: Dusky Warbler still present at Anne Valley & Spotted Sandpiper at Ballynagaul, Dungarvan (SG)
12/12: DUSKY WARBLER still present at Anne Valley (JDM), Marsh Harrier at Blackwater Valley (ADM) & Slavonian Grebe off pitch & putt course, Dungarvan (TM)
December 12, 2025 at 4:19 PM
12/12: DUSKY WARBLER still present at Anne Valley (JDM), Marsh Harrier at Blackwater Valley (ADM) & Slavonian Grebe off pitch & putt course, Dungarvan (TM)
9/12 1014: DUSKY WARBLER still at Dunhill end of Anne Valley (SM TB)
December 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
9/12 1014: DUSKY WARBLER still at Dunhill end of Anne Valley (SM TB)
7/12 1304: DUSKY WARBLER still showing at Anne Valley, same area (just below N carpark) as yesterday (MC)
December 7, 2025 at 1:12 PM
7/12 1304: DUSKY WARBLER still showing at Anne Valley, same area (just below N carpark) as yesterday (MC)
6/12 1017: DUSKY WARBLER still showing well along Anne Valley (MC), further N towards Dunhill village & c.250 S of car park at N end of Anne Valley walk
December 6, 2025 at 11:35 AM
6/12 1017: DUSKY WARBLER still showing well along Anne Valley (MC), further N towards Dunhill village & c.250 S of car park at N end of Anne Valley walk
4/12 1009: DUSKY WARBLER at Anne Valley, feeding & calling frequently along stream 1.2 km upstream from Dunhill Castle (DS) - 2nd ever Co Waterford record (same finder as the Brownstown Head October 2024 bird!)
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
4/12 1009: DUSKY WARBLER at Anne Valley, feeding & calling frequently along stream 1.2 km upstream from Dunhill Castle (DS) - 2nd ever Co Waterford record (same finder as the Brownstown Head October 2024 bird!)
2/12 1507: SPOTTED SANDPIPER again at Ballynagaul, Dungarvan (GK)
December 2, 2025 at 4:12 PM
2/12 1507: SPOTTED SANDPIPER again at Ballynagaul, Dungarvan (GK)
22/11: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER at Ardmore, in willows near W end of cliff walk (AA); Scaup & CATTLE EGRET at Lisselan, Tramore Backstrand (MC); male GOOSANDER at Ballyneety, Dungarvan (AA)
November 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
22/11: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER at Ardmore, in willows near W end of cliff walk (AA); Scaup & CATTLE EGRET at Lisselan, Tramore Backstrand (MC); male GOOSANDER at Ballyneety, Dungarvan (AA)
21/11 0919: 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS (male, female & 1st-w male) at Knockaderry Reservoir this morning (MC)
November 21, 2025 at 10:55 AM
21/11 0919: 3 RING-NECKED DUCKS (male, female & 1st-w male) at Knockaderry Reservoir this morning (MC)
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A hugely significant publication from the great RJ Ussher in the Irish Naturalist of 1897: Great Auk bones in kitchen middens at Tramore Sandhills - barely 2 km (as the auk can’t fly!) from the 1834 live capture of the species between Brownstown Head & Ballymacaw, Co Waterford
November 16, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A hugely significant publication from the great RJ Ussher in the Irish Naturalist of 1897: Great Auk bones in kitchen middens at Tramore Sandhills - barely 2 km (as the auk can’t fly!) from the 1834 live capture of the species between Brownstown Head & Ballymacaw, Co Waterford
16/11 1405: female/1st-winter-type MARSH HARRIER at Clashmore Broads, Blackwater Valley (MC)
November 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
16/11 1405: female/1st-winter-type MARSH HARRIER at Clashmore Broads, Blackwater Valley (MC)
15/11 1026: Spotted Sandpiper again inside Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (CF)
November 15, 2025 at 11:24 AM
15/11 1026: Spotted Sandpiper again inside Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (CF)
14/11 1126: Spotted Sandpiper still at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (FO’C)
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
14/11 1126: Spotted Sandpiper still at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan (FO’C)
13/11: juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan this morning (RT) - 7th Co Waterford record
November 13, 2025 at 8:18 PM
13/11: juvenile SPOTTED SANDPIPER at Ballynagaul Pier, Dungarvan this morning (RT) - 7th Co Waterford record
9/11: a few shots of the lingering Red-breasted Flycatcher & Pallas’s Warbler on Helvick Head today (PMW)
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
9/11: a few shots of the lingering Red-breasted Flycatcher & Pallas’s Warbler on Helvick Head today (PMW)
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The tiny Pallas's Warbler at Helvick Head, Co. Waterford today. #rare #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @watbirds.bsky.social #IrishBirding
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The tiny Pallas's Warbler at Helvick Head, Co. Waterford today. #rare #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @watbirds.bsky.social #IrishBirding
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8/11: Red-breasted Flycatcher & Firecrest ringed today along with 3 Blackcaps & 5 Chiffchaffs (AA)
November 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
8/11: Red-breasted Flycatcher & Firecrest ringed today along with 3 Blackcaps & 5 Chiffchaffs (AA)
8/11 1314: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & Siberian Chiffchaff, Ardmore (AO’B)
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
8/11 1314: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & Siberian Chiffchaff, Ardmore (AO’B)
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8/11 1124: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER (new), Red-breasted Flycatcher, Firecrest, Black Redstart & Swallow on Brownstown this morning (DW MC PA AA)
November 8, 2025 at 11:30 AM
8/11 1124: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER (new), Red-breasted Flycatcher, Firecrest, Black Redstart & Swallow on Brownstown this morning (DW MC PA AA)
8/11 0950: Pallas’s Warbler still at Helvick (DO’S GK TK AK JAP), also the Red-breasted Flycatcher (CF)
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
8/11 0950: Pallas’s Warbler still at Helvick (DO’S GK TK AK JAP), also the Red-breasted Flycatcher (CF)
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8/11 0820: Red-breasted Flycatcher still present on Brownstown Head (MC)
November 8, 2025 at 9:51 AM
8/11 0820: Red-breasted Flycatcher still present on Brownstown Head (MC)
7/11: PALLAS’S WARBLER (5th county record), YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER on Helvick Head (JAP)
November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
7/11: PALLAS’S WARBLER (5th county record), YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER & RED-BREASTED FLYCATCHER on Helvick Head (JAP)