A White-tailed Sea Eagle was at Ruan this morning.(Cliff Baxter)
Two Buzzard were also at Ruan.(Jeff Copner)
A Peregrine was harassing a large flock of Wigeon at Lake Atedaun.(JC)
Another Peregrine was at Drumcliffe(Páidí Cullinan)
Tuesday 6th February 2018
Monday 5th February 2018
OnePink-footed Goose was with a flock of 460 Barnacle Geese at Killard, Doonbeg. (Elaine Keegan)
A Glaucous Gull was feeding on a dead Pilot Whale and a first winter Glaucous Gull was feeding on a Leather-backed Turtle in Liscannor Harbour.(Jeff Copner)
The Spotted Redshank, a Ruff, a Green Sandpiper and 30 Whooper Swan were at Drumcliffe.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Sunday 4th February 2018
Drake Goosander ©Tom Tarpey
Two drake Goosanders were on the Shannon upstream of St. Thomas’s Island (Tom Tarpey).
A flock of over 400 Barnacle Geese were in a field near Killard graveyard.(Dixie Collins)
Friday 2nd February 2018
This small short-tailed & short winged Common Sandpiper has been over-wintering at Clarecastle Quay for the past four years John N Murphy
There was one Green Sandpiper, three Common Sandpipers and a Chiffchaff at Clarecastle Quay today. (John N Murphy)
Thursday 1st February 2018
Five Ruff, two male Brambling and 19 Whooper Swan were at Ballyallia Lake.(Páidí Cullinan, Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Wednesday 31st January 2018
Three Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper were at Clarecastle Pier (Páidí Cullinan)
Monday 29th January 2018
A female Marsh Harrier, a male Peregrine, a Spotted Redshank and 11 Whooper Swan were at Ballyallia Lake.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Páidí Cullinan)
Two Spotted Redshank and three adult Mediterranean Gull were at Corraunroo.(Paul Troake)
There were four Glaucous Gulls feeding on a dead whale carcass at Liscannor. (Geoff Pearson)
Seven Black-throated Diver, 65 Great Northern Diver, 17 Common Scoter and two Sandwich Tern were at Bishops Quarter.(PT)
A Whimbrel was at the Rine.(PT)
Sunday 28th January 2018
Glaucous and Great Black-backed Gulls feeding on a dead Risso’s Dolphin Nick Larter
One Little Auk was found dead today on a footpath along the Strand Line, Kilkee. (John N Murphy)
One first-winter Glaucous Gull, one second-winter Iceland Gull, one Jack Snipe, 250 Golden Plover and 15 Purple Sandpipers were at the Bridges Of Ross. (JNM)
There was one first-winter Iceland Gull at Quilty. (JNM)
Two second-winter Glaucous Gulls were at Liscannor. (Nick Larter)
One Merlin was at Loop Head while a flock of 150 Snipe were in Kilbaha Harbour. (JNM)
Saturday 27th January 2018
A Snow Bunting was at the Martello Tower, Aughinish.(Paul Troake)
Over 60 Purple Sandpiper were seen at the Branch outing to Seafield, Quilty.(Austin Cooney, Tom Lynch et al)
Friday 26th January 2018
Buzzard near Tarmon Gerry Slattery
One Buzzard was near Tarmon on the Clare/Galway Border. (Gerry Slattery)
One 2CY Iceland Gull was at the Killimer Ferry Terminal.(Alex Ash)
Eighteen Yellowhammer were at Tubber and 12 more were at Boston.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
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