We awoke late and I went with Tom mid-morning to bird around the Ballyferriter area. We had a good time but saw little but were looking forward to the afternoon as we were sure we would turn up something. However, a Mourning Dove was reported at Garnish Point, Cork, so we decided to go. Despite being less than one hundred miles, the journey was horrendous and took over three hours. Upon arrival we found that the bird had departed before we'd set out! A complete waste of an afternoon. We hung around to dusk before the long drive home, seeing a couple of Red Deer in Killarney National Park. Birds new for the day:
Greater Black-backed Gull
Rock Pipit
Song Thrush
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Raven
House sparrow
Goldfinch
Linnet
