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Thursday 15 February 2018

Ring-necked Duck, Lough Yganavan

Male Ring-necked Duck with Tufted Duck, Lough Yganavan, near Cromane, 15th February 2018 (M.O'Clery).

Male Ring-necked Duck with Tufted Duck, Lough Yganavan, 15th February 2018 (M.O'Clery).

Male Ring-necked Duck with Tufted Duck, Lough Yganavan, 15th February 2018 (M.O'Clery).

Male Ring-necked Duck with Tufted Duck, Lough Yganavan, 15th February 2018 (M.O'Clery).

No sign of the reported female.

Glaucous Gull, Cromane, 15th February 2018 (M.O'Clery).

Plenty of 'White-wingers' around these days, with perhaps twenty or more reported in Kerry in just the past couple of days. Pretty much any spot were gulls gather has a good chance of having one and/or the other.

Iceland Gull, Inch beach, 15th February 2018 (M.O'Clery).

Of the mere 20 or so gulls on the 3km of strand at Inch, two were Iceland Gulls.

Iceland Gull, Fahamore, 15th February 2018 (M.O'Clery).

Another huge gathering of mostly Common Gulls around Fahamore and Rough Point today, but this was the only unusual bird of note. It'll do. Always good to see.