29th August 2011 Beachy Head N1 Clear

Sparrowhawk 4
Wryneck 1 Chat Vale
Swift 1
Sand Martin 105W
House Martin 5
Swallow 50
Yellow Wagtail 6W
Grey Wagtail 3W
Tree Pipit 3
Wheatear 8
Whinchat 2
Stonechat 10
Redstart 2
Blackcap 2
Whitethroat 30
Reed Warbler 5
Willow Warbler 20
Pied Flycatcher 1
Raven 2

 Pied Flycatcher in the Hotel Garden



Willow Warblers along Icky Ridge



Male Wheatear at Belle Tout 

 Whinchat at Belle Tout

Male Pheasant at Birling

28th August 2011 Beachy Head. Overcast with sunny periods & cool. Wind W4-5

Shag 1-2
Sparrowhawk 2
Kestrel 1 juv.
Wryneck 1 Chat Vale
Swallow 22W
Wheatear 2
Yellow Wagtail 62W
Blackcap 1 singing male
Whitethroat 12
Willow Warbler 2
Raven 1

Silver-spotted Skipper 1

 Wheatear at Chat Vale

Whilst the richness and extent of the colour of the underparts caused us to consider the possibility of this being a Greenland Wheatear O.o. leucorhoa we concluded that nothing about its size, structure or stance supported such an identification. As nominate O.o. oenanthe birds from Fenno-Scandian and Russian tundras are similarly saturated in autumn (Collins Guide), that would seem a more likely origin for this individual. 

Wryneck in Chat Vale 

Silver-spotted Skipper at Belle Tout

26th August 2011 Bridges Of Ross, Co. Clare

Blue Fulmar 1 intermediate phase
Manx Shearwater c.750S
Sooty Shearwater 7S
Scoter 3S
Bonxie 5
Pomarine Skua 1S
Arctic Skua 10S
Mediterranean Gull 1
Sandwich Tern 18S
Arctic Tern 29S
Black Tern 1S
Puffin 1S

Views from the hollow that provides shelter from a westerly wind at Bridges Of Ross

25th August 2011 Bridges of Ross, Co. Clare

Manx Shearwater c.250S
Sooty Shearwater 1
Storm Petrel 1
Arctic Skua 1S
Arctic Tern 1S
Raven 1

Querrin & Doonbeg
Ruff 1
Greenshank c.20
Common Sandpiper 2

Doonbeg Beach

24th August 2011 Bridges Of Ross, Co. Clare SW1

Manx Shearwater c.2,500S
Sooty Shearwater 63S
Great Shearwater 2S
Scoter 3S
Hen Harrier 1
Bonxie 4S
Arctic Skua 12S
Sabine's Gull 3S
Little Gull 1 juv.
Sandwich Tern 1S
Arctic Tern 47S
Puffin 2S
Curlew 2S
Whimbrel 4S
Bar-tailed Godwit 3S

23rd August 2011 Bridges of Ross, Co. Clare

Manx Shearwater c.250S
Sooty Shearwater 18S
Storm Petrel 1S
Scoter 17S
Teal 4S
Hen Harrier 1 male
Arctic Skua 2S
Sandwich Tern 29S
Arctic Tern 6S
Curlew 27S
Whimbrel 37S
Bar-tailed Godwit 1S
Dunlin 3S
Guillemot 2
Black Guillemot 1N w/p
Puffin 3S
Chough 2

 Horseshoe Bay looking east from the path to Bridges Of Ross

 Loop Head looking west from the path to Bridges of Ross

 Kilbaha from the path to Bridges of Ross

 Horseshoe Bay from the path to Bridges of Ross

  Horseshoe Bay from the path to Bridges of Ross

Bridges Of Ross