Category Archives: Limerick Sightings

Wednesday 1st February 2023

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen in a garden at Ahane (Margaret Jackson).


Saturday 28th January 2023

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen and heard drumming at Curraghchase (Rachel Bromell).


Thursday 26th January 2023

Great Spotted Woodpeckers have been heard drumming near Murroe for the past ten days (Mike Quirke & Gordon Young).


Wednesday 25th January 2023

A Peregrine was at Ballysimon (TT).
A Buzzard was at Rosbrien (TT).


Tuesday 24th January 2023

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen in the arboretum at Curraghchase (Matt Kelleher).
A Buzzard was at Foynes (John N Murphy).


Monday 23rd January 2023

Buzzards were at Bunlickey, Rosbrien and O’Rourke’s Cross (John N Murphy).
A Peregrine was also at Bunlickey (JNM).


Friday 20th January 2023

A Buzzard was on the Limerick/Cork border just north of Charleville.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)


Thursday 19th January 2023

A Buzzard and a Blackcap were at Clashganniff, Shanagolden (Clodagh Glasgow).
The sub-adult Iceland Gull was at Arthur’s Quay (TT).


Wednesday 18th January 2023

Wednesday 18th January 2023

Adult winter Mediterranean Gull White 3NYT ©Tom Tarpey

A Black-necked Grebe was at Foynes (Tom Tarpey). This is the sixth record for the County coming 11 years after the last records at Lough Gur in April 2012 and September 2008.
Two adult Mediterranean Gulls and a Common Sandpiper were also in the area (TT). One of the Mediterranean Gulls was colour ringed White 3NYT as a chick in Ijesselmeer, Holland in June 2015.


Tuesday 17th January 2023

154 Whooper Swans were at Cooperhill and 14 were at King’s Island (TT).
A Buzzard was at Tervoe (TT).


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