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Woodchat Shrike, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Great Saltee Island, Co. Wexford. June 9th, 2019.
Woodchat Shrike, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Woodchat Shrike (Lanius senator)
Great Saltee Island, Co. Wexford. June 9th, 2019.
Broad-billed Sandpiper, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford. June 7th, 2019.
Broad-billed Sandpiper, Co. Wexford, Ireland.
Broad-billed Sandpiper (Calidris falcinellus)
Tacumshin Lake, Co. Wexford. June 7th, 2019.
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Past Irish Rare Birds
Found on 19th June
2013
Red-backed Shrike
Tacumshin Lake, Co Wexford
1998
Caspian Tern
Ballycotton & Ballymacoda, Co Cork
6th Irish Record
1985
Savi's Warbler
Near Youghal, Co Cork
3rd Irish Record
1957
Great Grey Shrike
Blackrock Lighthouse, Co Mayo
First WP Records
on 19th June:
Pacific Swift
Shell Oil Platform, Leman Bank, North Sea. 19th June, 1981.
Caught when exhausted, taken ashore and released at Beccles, Suffolk. Subsequently observed at Shadingfield, Suffolk on 20th July, aka Fork-tailed Swift.
Parker, M. 1990. Pacific Swift: new to the Western Palearctic. British Birds 83(2): 43-46