A Merlin was at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(per Irish Birding)
Wednesday 20th December 2023
A Ruff was at Ballyallia.(John N. Murphy)
Two Rock Pipit were at Clarecastle Quay.(JNM)
One Buzzard and two Jay were at Lough Muckanagh.(JNM)
There were 46 Whooper Swan at Ballygireen.(JNM)
Tuesday 19th December 2023
One drake Ring-necked Duck, one Marsh Harrier, 90 Pintail, 220 Shoveler, 400 Teal, 328 Wigeon, 14 Whooper Swans, six Dunlin and 404 Lapwing were at Ballyallia Lake and Drumcliffe this morning. (John N Murphy)
A White-tailed Eagle, a male Hen Harrier, a Peregrine, 26 Pintail, 150 Wigeon and 100 Teal were at O’Toole’s Lough.(Jeff Copner)
There were 48 Gadwall at Lake Inchiquin.(JC)
Sunday 17th December 2023
There were 15 Barnacle Goose on Mutton Island.(Dixie Collins)
Thirteen Whooper Swan were at Lough Donnell.(DC)
Saturday 16th December 2023
One ring-tailed Hen Harrier was hunting the marshlands at Rath, Corofin.(James Organ)
There were 300 Black-tailed Godwit at Lake Atedaun.(JO)
Twenty nine Whooper Swan were at Drumcliffe.(JO)
A Manx Shearwater and two Common Scoter were at the Bridges of Ross.(Chris Cullen);
A Siberian Chiffchaff and a Chiffchaff were at Kilbaha.(CC)
Fifteen Common Scoter were at Rineville. (CC)
Sunday 10th December 2023
One Marsh Harrier was hunting in floodplain between Toulles Lough and Atedaun. (James Organ)
Twelve Barnacle Geese were at Killard.(Chris Cullen)
Saturday 9th December 2023
Two Borolo’s Shearwater flew past the Bridges of Ross at 12.25.(John N. Murphy and Geoff Pearson)
Also at the Bridges between 09.30-13.30 were one Sooty Shearwater, 21 Manx Shearwater, one Great Skua, one Blue Fulmar, one Storm Petrel, one first-winter Little Gull, two Grey Phalarope and four Common Scoter.(JNM and GP)
Seven Manx Shearwater were off Black Head.(Paul Troake)
Another Manx Shearwater, two Whimbrel and 80 Common Scoter were at Coolshiva.(PT)
Among the birds seen during the Clare Branch Outing to Ballyallia were 12 Gadwall, 90 Dunlin, 20 Whooper Swan, a Peregrine, a Jay and seven Pintail Duck.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Sean Whelan, James Organ et al)
Two Green-winged Teal were at Lough George.(James Organ)
Eight White-fronted Geese and two Whooper Swan were at the Goose Fields in Tubber.(JO)
One juvenile White-tailed Eagle was spotted flying at Ballyboy (Tubber to Gort Road) towards Gort. (Maura Crowe)
A Barn Owl was at the Rocky Road roundabout, Ennis.(John Glynn)
Thursday 7th December 2023
A Pink-footed Goose and a Buzzard were at Applewood, Ballycar.(John N. Murphy)
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