19th March, 2011
Rossbeigh Bay
Great Northern Diver 3
Raven 2
Chough 6
Black Guillemot 3
Common Scoter 200
Stejnegeri Scoter 1 drake
Glenbeigh River
Dipper 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Kingfisher 1
Dingle Harbour
1stw Iceland Gull 1
Pale Breasted Brent Geese 12
Ventry Bay
Black Duck 1 drake
Pale Breasted Brent Geese 10
Mediterranean Gull 2nd Summer
Good numbers of Hooded Crows seen throughout the trip.
20th March, 2011
Rossbeigh Bay
Common Scoter 300
Stejnegeri Scoter 1 drake
Great Northern Diver 5
Chough 3
Red Throated Diver 2
Red Breasted Merganser 6
Black Guillemot 1
Cuskinny Marsh
Ring Billed Gull 5 Adult types including 1 in full summer plumage.
Cobh
House Crow 1
21st March, 2011
Rossbeigh Bay
Great Northern Diver 16
Common Scoter 300
Stejnegeri Scoter 1 drake
Black Guillemot 1
Razorbill 2
Glenbeigh River
Dipper 1 building a nest
Cromane
Pale Breasted Brent Goose 20
Bay 5kms of Rossbeigh
Great Northern Diver 76
Common Scoter 200
Ring of Kerry Drive
Great Northern Diver 7
Scaup 4
Long Tailed Duck 4 drakes
Common Scoter 300
Wheatear 2
The road leading from Glenbeigh to Rossbeigh.
Arriving at the beach at Rossbeigh.
The Bay at Rossbeigh
Doreen arriving at Rossbeigh
Doreen at the Scoter lookout.
The Sandbar with the estuary behind at Rossbeigh.
The Rossbeigh sandbar in early morning light.
Looking South from the Stejnegeri Scoter lookout.
Another view from the Scoter lookout.
Doreen looking at the Stejnegeri Scoter from the lookout.
David looking at the Stejnegeri Scoter from the lookout.
Seal on a rock just below the lookout.
Drake Stejnegeri Scoter with Common Scoters off Rossbeigh.
Drake Stejnegeri Scoter with Common Scoter.
The ruined Abbey at Ballinskelligs Bay along the Ring of Kerry.
HERRING GULL Sp.
David & Myself came across this Herring Gull sp. on a beach at Ballinskelligs Bay, when we were driving around the Ring of Kerry. It seemed to show some American Herring Gull features, ie Large bulky size, pale eye, large two-toned bill (similar to immature Glaucous Gull bill), overall darker plumage than Herring Gull, dark hindneck and upper mantle, very dark underwing coverts, its primarily dark tertials and the lack of a mirror on p10. Unfortunately its whitish rump and tail pattern are unconvincing, as are its undertail coverts and barred upperparts rendering it presumably a second-winter Scandinavian Herring Gull L.a. argentatus. The following pictures shows these various differences, and although they have been cropped and sharpened, no adjustment has been made to the plumage tones.
The Herring Gull sp. beach at Ballinskelligs Bay
Herring Gull Sp. around the Ring of Kerry.
View of Cuskinny Marsh
Mullett in the lake.
Adult type Ring Billed Gull on Cuskinny Marsh.
Two adult types Ring Billed Gulls with Common Gulls
on Cuskinny Marsh
Two adult types Ring Billed Gulls with Black headed Gulls.
Adult type Ring Billed Gull with Herring Gull.
Adult type Ring Billed Gull (back) with Common Gull (front).
Adult type Ring Billed Gull on Cuskinny Marsh.
Adult summer plumage Ring Billed Gull.
Adult type Ring Billed Gull.
Adult type Ring Billed Gull with Herring Gull.
1st w Iceland Gull in Dingle Harbour.
1stW Iceland Gull in Dingle Harbour
2s Med. Gull in Dingle Harbour
Cobh - Home to the House Crow
Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior anchored off Cobh.
Where is the Titanic, I would like to hitch a lift!!
House Crow at Cobh.
House Crow at Cobh.
Cobh Cathedral.
Rook at Cobh
Hooded Crow at Cobh
The Great Northern Diver Bay about 5kms South of Rossbeigh.
Flock of 28 Great Northern Divers seen about 5 kms. from Rossbeigh.
Great Northern Divers seen on the Ring of Kerry.
David & John checking on the Great Northern pictures.
John at the Great Northern Bay.
Views taken around the Ring of Kerry
Looking across to Valentia Island
The Skellig Rocks Gannet colony.
View along the Ring of Kerry
Standing Stones near Waterville.
David & John watching the Long Tailed Ducks near Waterville
Looking back towards Waterville
Doreen on the Ring of Kerry.
St. Finian's Bay
St. Finian's Bay
Doreen & John on the Ring of Kerry on their 47th
Wedding Anniversary.
Castlecove
Castlecove
Castlecove
Irish Dipper collecting nest material on the river at Glenbeigh.
The Towers Bar & Restaurant at Glenbeigh.
Choughs on the Ring of Kerry.
Drake Black Duck with female Mallard in the rain
at Ventry Bay Harbour.
Pale Bellied Brent Geese at Ventry Bay
Pale Bellied Brent Geese at Cromane
