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Thursday, January 24, 2013

DUNMORE EAST:  1st-winter CASPIAN GULL (2nd county record) - photos - & 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull (PA).

LISMORE CANAL:  Kingfisher (DC).

WEST WATERFORD:  2 Buzzards (").

DUNGARVAN (I-WeBS count): 2 redhead Goosanders at Killongford, SPOONBILL nr pitch & putt course, adult dark-bellied Brent Goose at Cunnigar tip, 1st-winter SURF SCOTER inside Cunnigar tip, Slavonian Grebe & 2 Long-tailed Ducks off Ballynacourty pier, & totals of 103 Great Crested Grebes & 12 Great Northern Divers around bay (BD, PS, PMW).

CLONEA STRAND (I-WeBS count):  350 Brent Geese, 6 Great Northern Divers & 11 Red-throated Divers (PMW).

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