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Wednesday, August 19, 2009

waders on the move

Not much sign of wader action on the patch, with only 2 common sandpipers on the lakeshore this afternoon, however a ruff was at White's Marsh this afternoon, with 2 sanderling, 3 turnstone, 60 dunlin and 85 ringed plover at Owenahincha tonight.  One bar tailed godwit was in amongst black tailed godwits at Rosscarbery, with 15 greenshank and a juvenile med gull also there this evening. The wind died altogether this evening, with only 1 arctic skua, 1 balearic shearwater and c. 60 storm petrels off Galley tonight.