Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Inch

Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Inch Beach, 12th September 2013 (M.O'Clery).

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Adult Semipalmated Sandpiper, Beale, 11th September 2013 (Davey Farrar).

Little Stint & Arctic Skua

Little Stint, Black Rock, 6th September 2013 (David O'Connor).

Arctic Skua, Rough Point, 5th September 2013 (David O'Connor).

Wader & Shorebird Walk, Tralee, Sunday 8th September

The Kerry Branch of the Irish Wildlife Trust are hosting a public outing in Blennerville this Sunday 8th September at 11.am. which will be lead by Frank King. 

Frank will lead the group a short walk to observe and identify some of the inhabitants of the inner Tralee Bay estuary. Wellies & rain jackets recommended. Bring binoculars and cameras too, if you have them.

A €5 (individual/family) donation to the branch is requested for non-IWT members.

For details see the IWT Kerry blog HERE.

Sabine's Gull, pelagic

Couldn't resist one more photo from last weeks' pelagic.

Sabine's Gull, 5km NW of Inishtearaght, 27th August 2013 (Seamus Enright).

Curlew Sandpiper, Black Rock

Curlew Sandpiper, Black Rock, 2nd September 2013 (David O'Connor).

Pomarine Skua, pelagic

An additional photo from the pelagic last week.

Pomarine Skua, 5km NW of Inishtearaght, 27th August 2013 (Seamus Enright).

Pelagic off the Blaskets

Great Skua, 5km NW of Inishtearaght, 27th August 2013 (Eric Dempsey).

Blue Fulmar, 5km NW of Inishtearaght, 27th August 2013 (Eric Dempsey).

Great Shearwater, 5km NW of Inishtearaght, 27th August 2013 (Eric Dempsey).

Sabine's Gull, 5km NW of Inishtearaght, 27th August 2013 (Eric Dempsey).

Common Dolphins, 1km S of Great Blasket, 27th August 2013 (Eric Dempsey).

Green Sandpipers, Trabeg

Green Sandpipers, Trabeg, 26th August 2013 (Eric Dempsey).

Peregrine Falcon

Peregrine Falcon, with a Teal it had just caught, Ballylongford, 25th August 2013 (Kerry Birding).