There were three Buzzard, an immature Hen Harrier and two Wheatear at Loop Head Lighthouse.(John N. Murphy)
Two Chough and a Whimbrel were at Aylevarroo.(Sean Whelan)
A Buzzard was at Kilrush.(SW)
A Purple Sandpiper were near The Diamond Rocks Café, Kilkee.(SW)
A Ruff was at Islandavanna.(Chris Cullen)
Two White-tailed Eagle were at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)
There were two Curlew Sandpiper at Claughaun Lough, Kilbaha.(Chris Cullen)
A Wilson’s Petrel was at the Bridges of Ross.(per Irish Birding)
A Barn Owl was at Aylevarroo around 22.00.(Sean Whelan)
A Barolo Shearwater flew south-west past the Bridges of Ross at 17.00.(Keith Langdon, Des Higgins et al)
From 06.30-18.45 at the Bridges of Ross there were 6585 Great Shearwater, (6000 of those during the first three hours), 1870 Cory’s Shearwater, (including two that looked like Scopoli’s but not photographed, Chris Cullen & Niall T. Keogh), 98 Sooty Shearwater, 9000 Manx Shearwater, 68 Leach’s Petrel, 60 Storm Petrel, one blue Fulmar, 16 Long-tailed Skua, (8 adult, 1 subadult, 7 juvenile), 22 Pomarine Skua, 23 Arctic Skua, 64 Sabine’s Gull, (38 adult, 26 juveniles), one cy Little Gull, 365 Arctic Tern, 80 Sandwich Tern, one Black Tern, six Grey Phalarope, eight Puffin, 120 Light-bellied Brent Goose and four Common Scoter.(KL, DH, CC, NTK, and 14 more observers)
At the Bridges of Ross between 06.30-08.30 there were over 4870 Great Shearwater and 720 Cory’s Shearwater.(Niall Keogh, Des Higgins et al)
A large Skua(possible immature South Polar Skua) was reported at the Bridges of Ross at 14.05. Flying west. Footage obtained for review. (Andrew Parisi)
Also at the Bridges of Ross between 07.20-12.20/14.40-19.00 there were 1165 Cory’s Shearwater, one Scopoli’s Shearwater(Keith Langdon@17.52), 680 Great Shearwater, 85 Sooty Shearwater, over 12500 Manx Shearwater, seven Leach’s Petrel, one Wilson’s Petrel, 100 Storm Petrel, 21 Arctic Skua, five Pomarine Skua, seven Great Skua, one adult Long-tailed Skua, 32 Sabine’s Gull(30 adult and two juvenile), seven Grey Phalarope, over 275 Arctic Tern, 33 Sandwich Tern and one Red-throated Diver.(Niall Keogh plus 16 observers)
A Curlew Sandpiper was at Rinvella Beach along with one Arctic Tern, three Sandwich Tern and 70 Ringed Plover.(Chris Cullen)
A Sabine’s Gull was off Loop Head.(CC)
An immature Sabine’s Gull and an immature Mediterranean Gull were at the Lahinch Corkus.(Geoff Pearson, Jeff Copner)
A Peregrine and 42 Little Egret were at the Rine, Ballyvaughan.(Jeff Copner)
A White-tailed Eagle and a Buzzard were at Corofin.(Jonathan Windsor)
A Fea’s type Petrel flew west past the Bridges of Ross at 11.40.(Brian McCloskey et al)
Between 06.30-11.15 at the Bridges of Ross there were 660 Great Shearwater, 124 Cory’s Shearwater, 282 Sooty Shearwater, three Balearic Shearwater, 7170 Manx Shearwater, one Wilson’s Petrel, 14 Storm Petrel, 13 Sabine’s Gull, three Grey Phalarope, six Great Skua, four Pomarine Skua, nine Arctic Skua and ten Long-tailed Skua, including one juvenile.(Keith Langdon, Des Higgins et al)
Two juvenile Mediterranean Gull were at Clahane.(Jeff Copner)
The seawatch at the Bridges of Ross today produced a Fea’s or Zino Petrel at 17.40(Keith Langdon), three Scopoli’s Shearwater at 11.30, 11.50, 16.33,(BMcC, AGK, SM), one Wilson’s Petrel, 15 Sabine’s Gull, 22 Long-tailed Skua, three Leach’s Petrel, 29 Storm Petrel, 527 Great Shearwater, 1045 Cory’s Shearwater, 740 Sooty Shearwater, two Balearic Shearwater, 23 Arctic Skua, seven Great Skua, seven Pomarine Skua and five Grey Phalarope. (BMcC, VC, AGK, NK, SM, KL, JA, DH, CMcN, AMcM, MB, JFD, MS, DM et al)
A Scopoli’s Shearwater was off Ross Ringing Station at 11.00.(JNM)
Also at Ross Ringing Station between 10.00-13.00 there were 532 Cory’s Shearwater, 210 Great Shearwater, over 450 Sooty Shearwater, five adult Sabine’s Gull, two Long-tailed Skua,(2CY +adult) four Pomarine Skua, nine Arctic Skua, one Great Skua, four Common Scoter, five Storm Petrel, 30 Arctic Tern, 15 Sandwich Tern and four Whimbrel.(John N Murphy)
At Black Head from 09.15-12.10 there were nine Sooty Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, eight Storm Petrel, four Common Scoter, one Great Skua, one Pomarine Skua and five Arctic Skua.(Paul Troake)
Two Sabine’s Gull (one juvenile and one aged not determined) were at Black Head at 12.45.(PT)
A juvenile Sabine’s Gull and three Sandwich Tern were at Quilty this afternoon.(Geoff Pearson)
There were 31 Cory’s Shearwater and one Sooty Shearwater was off Castle Point, Kilkee.(JNM)
Two Golden Plover(present for a month) and a Wheatear were at Loop Head.(JNM)
A Golden Plover was at Liscannor. (Jeff Copner)
At the Bridges of Ross between 06.15-18.30 there were five Wilson’s Petrel, 53 Sabine’s Gull,(four juveniles) three Long-tailed Skua(adult and two juveniles) six Leach’s Petrel, 53 Storm Petrel, 29 Great Shearwater, 217 Cory’s Shearwater, 145 Sooty Shearwater, three Balearic Shearwater, 24 Arctic Skua, six Great Skua, three Pomarine Skua, nine .Grey Phalarope, three Puffin and 11 Brent Goose.(BMcC, AMcM, DH, MB, JA, JFD, CMcN, VC, AGK, NK, et al)
A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 06.00-18.30 produced 20 Storm Petrel, six Wilson’s Petrel, four Leach’s Petrel. 300 Cory’s Shearwater, 30 Great Shearwater, four Balearic Shearwater, 200 Sooty Shearwater, two Great Skua, eight Long-tailed Skua, 45 Arctic Skua, three Pomarine Skua, five Grey Phalarope, 25 Sabine’s Gull, three Common Scoter, 51 Whimbrel and eight Brent Goose.(Des Higgins, Noel Keogh et al)
Three Sabine’s Gull, one Arctic Skua and a Pomarine Skua were at the tip of Loop Head at 14.29. (Chris Cullen)
At Black Head this morning between 07.05-10.35 there were three Sabine’s Gull, eight Great Shearwater, eight Cory’s Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwater, 35 Sandwich Tern, two Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, eight Storm Petrel and 21 Whimbrel.(Paul Troake)
A Fea’s Petrel flew past the Bridges of Ross at 14.02.(Noel Keogh, Chris Cullen, plus eight others.)
At Black Head between 07.20-10.35 there were seven Pomarine Skua, eight Arctic Skua, one Great Shearwater, one Cory’s Shearwater, seven Storm Petrel and one Puffin.(Paul Troake)
At the Bridges of Ross between 06.20-13.40 a seawatch produced 161 Cory’s Shearwater, 115 Sooty Shearwater, 68 Great Shearwater, 28 Arctic Skua, four Pomarine Skua, 64 Whimbrel, three Puffin, one Red-throated Diver, one Great Northern Diver, one Wilson’s Petrel, 15 Storm Petrel, two Balearic Shearwater, seven Sabine’s Gull, four Great Skua and 85 Arctic Tern.(Noel Keogh, Chris Cullen, Ray Glynn et al)
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