One of the nine Twite at Loop Head © John N Murphy

The First-winter Lesser Scaup was at Lough Gash (Tom Tarpey & Frank O’Duffy).
At Loop Head today there were nine Twite, 15 Snow Bunting, one Brambling, over 50 Song Thrushes, one Merlin, one Peregrine, ten Greenfinches, 200 Chaffinches, five Great Northern Divers, one Red-throated Diver, 140 Golden Plover, 30 Snipe, 110 Curlew, 130 Lapwing and hundreds of seabirds off te tip of Loop Head this morning.
One Merlin and 17 Purple Sandpipers were at Ross Bay.
Two Peregrines were at Clahane.
One Merlin, two Crossbills and one Jay were at Kilnamona.