There were days not long ago where you could see rafts of Black throated Divers along the North Clare coast between Black Head , Coolsiva, the Rhine of Ballyvaughn round to Finvarra.
. I have to say spring is a better time to see these birds in numbers before they go north to breed and you could have often seen 60-100 birds offshore on a mild glassy day.
Stories from the older lads Id say had even larger numbers, but sadly those days are gone.
Yesterday I found two BTD a long way out of Coolsiva harbour , same with one way out from Carnsafin.
I had come down to the rocks shelf at Black head to photo some Razorbills when all of a sudden 200 metres out five BTD were passing me heading into Galway bay quite quickly. To distant to photo I fought to get some precious video from the Phonescope.
Question is - Are there anymore? and what year will produce a zero count.
