Great white Egret - Sandfield Marsh ,Liscannor

Driving along the road the Great white Egret caught my eye on the marsh at Sandfield.

The bird was in cover walking about and I could not get a clear view from the road.

I parked up roadside a few hundred metres down the road with intention to walk down to it and hope for the best but the bird flew upto me and landed 15m away from the car and seemed to not be bothered that I was there .and carried on the search for what looked like Newts

 

Buff bellied Pipit Clahane 2nd Morning

 I was back down to Clahane during the morning to check if the Buff bellied Pipit was still about as it was not seen yesterday after I left.

Brian was up earlier than me and had managed to have seen the bird ,we just needed to re-find it.

Its a very difficult bird to pin down and mobile at times but we stayed on the same seaweed dump and Croc  going through Pipits and eventually patience paid off. Myself , Brian and Ray got views that we knew couldnt get any better.

The Cameras were firing, Snap away boy`z snap away ..

American Buff bellied Pipit at Clahane

Delighted to find an American Buff bellied Pipit at Clahane today.

 I was asked a question today. How did you find That ?

Well its in putting factors together

 Previous birds seen in the county have been seen during the first weeks of October

,A  bird was seen last week in Iceland

A great seaweed dump that was already noted , 

A westerly storm that just passed over the Atlantic

And making the effort to be there when these factors play out.

Stormed out Seafield

 Mad westerly winds took me to Lurga point Seafield for a sort of local seawatch.

Conditions were insane but offshore  9 Sabines gulls passed by as upto 5 Leaches Petrels were also further out. A Storm Petrel passed by close in and a Black throated Diver passed inside of Mutton
Gannets everywhere including inland where I got 1 in the air over Ennistymon

5 Curlew Sandpiper were on the beach and 2 Arctic Tern also

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