Clare Bird Sightings

June 2006

Friday 30th June 2006
There was one female Yellowhammer and a Jay at the
Lees Wood Road in Ennis this morning.  One male Blackcap was
still singing at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
2 Common Sandpipers at Lough Bunny.

Thursday 29th June 2006
One male Hen Harrier flew over Boolynegleeragh Bog, Lissycasey.
One Blackcap at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Wednesday 28th June 2006
One male Blackcap was at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Tuesday 27th June 2006
There were two Common Sandpiper, three Ravens and a Water Rail with chicks at Lough Bunny.
 
Monday 26th June 2006
One male Blackcap was at Ballycar Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Sunday 25th June 2006
There was a flock of 30 Common Scoter at Dougmore Bay, Doonbeg this morning.

Saturday 24th June 2006
Over 400 Puffins were seen below the Cliffs of Moher on a cruise around the cliffs today.
There were two wWater Rails at Ballycar Lough, Newmarket-on-Fergus along with one
male Blackcap.

Puffin  John N Murphy

Friday 23rd June 2006
There was a Long-eared Owl doing wing claps at Ballycar,
Newmarket-on-Fergus in the early hours of the morning.
A male Blackcap was also heard singing at Ballycar.

Thursday 22nd June 2006
One male Blqckcap was singing at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Tuesday 20th June 2006
There was one Jay on the Lees Wood Road in Ennis.

Sunday 18th June 2006
The male Blackcap was still at Ballycar.

Saturday 17th June 2006
One male Blackcap was singing at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Friday 16th June 2006
The two drake Garganey’s were reported at the Shannon Airport 
lagoon  after an absence of a couple of weeks.

Wednesday 14th June 2006
Two Storm Petrels were off the beach near Lough Donnell, Quilty.
A pair of Spotted Flycatchers were found nesting in a shed in the Roche factory, Clarecastle.

Tuesday 13th June 2006
There was a Spotted Flycatcher at the church near Cloghera, near the Trough River.
One male Hen Harrier was also seen near Ballycar North, Fishermans Hill.

Sunday 11th June 2006
There was one Jay at Darragh today.

Saturday 10th June 2006
There were two Little Egrets, 400 Black-tailed Godwits, 60 Knot,
20 Dunlin and a pair of Shoveler at the Shannon Airport Lagoon.
A Turtle Dove was in a garden in Ballyvaughan.

Friday 9th June 2006
Two Storm Petrels were seen off the Pier at Lurga Point, Quilty.

Thursday 8th June 2006
One male Blackcap was singing at the Lees Road Wood.

Sunday 4th June 2006
There were 300 Black-tailed Godwits, 50 Bar-tailed Godwits, 70 Knot,
one pair of Gadwall and one pair Shovelor in the Shannon Airport Lagoon.
 
Saturday 3rd June 2006
There was on Blackcap singing at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Thursday 1st June 2006
There were two Blackcaps singing at Castle Lake, Sixmilebridge.

One Blackcap was on the Lees Road in Ennis. 


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