Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Monday 16th January 2017

One first-winter Glaucous Gull was at Clahane (Jeff L Copner).

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Saturday 14th January 2017

Saturday 14th January 2017

Snow Bunting at Loop Head John N Murphy

Two Snow Bunting and a first-winter Iceland Gull were at Loop Head (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann).
One adult male Hen Harrier was south of Kilkee (JNM & FMacG).
One first-winter Iceland Gull was at Kilkee Bay along with one Purple Sandpiper (FMacG & JNM).
There were 14 White-fronted Geese at Tullagher (FMacG & JNM).
Over 300 Barnacle Geese were at Doonbeg (JNM & FMacG).
There were 17 Little Egrets at the Falls, Ennistymon (Dave McNamara).
At Lahinch Marsh there was one Merlin, 150 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwing, 70 Curlew and one Water Rail (DMcN).

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Thursday 12th January 2017

One Glaucous Gull was at Seafield, Quilty (Geoff Pearson).
One Iceland Gull was at Clahane, Liscannor (GP).
One male Blackcap was in a Housing Estate near Rosslevan on the Tulla Road, Ennis (John N Murphy).

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Wednesday 11th January 2017

Wednesday 11th January 2017

Adult Iceland Gull along the Flaggy Shore Paul Troake

Five Black-throated Diver were at Coolshiva Pier.(Paul Troake)
An adult Iceland Gull and a Purple Sandpiper were at the Flaggy Shore.(PT)
Seventeen Whooper Swan and 43 Curlew were at Drumcliffe.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
One female Hen Harrier,50 Teal and 100 Lapwing were at Lahinch Marsh (Dave McNamara).
There were 17 Little Egret, one Woodcock and one Dipper at The Falls, Ennistymon (DMcN).

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Tuesday 10th January 2017

There were four Snow Bunting and one Glaucous Gull at Loop Head (Geoff Pearson).

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Wednesday 10th January 2017

A small flock of 18 Greylag Geese were at Ballycar this morning (John N Murphy).

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Tuesday 9th January 2017

There were two Common Sandpipers at Clarecastle Quay (Finbarr MacGabhann).

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Saturday 7th January 2017

One Velvet Scoter, three Black-throated Divers, 19 Great Northern Divers, 50 Common Scoter, nine Long-tailed Duck one Sandwich Tern and 65 Golden Plover were at Aughinish Island causeway (Paul Troake & Finbarr MacGabhann).
Off Black Head near Gleninagh there were 41 Black-throated Divers, three Red-throated Divers, 27 Great Northern Diver, 15 Red-breasted Mergansers and 18 Common Scoter (FMacG).
At Bishop’s Quarter there was one Long-tailed Duck, 18 Great Northern Divers and 15 Common Scoter (FMacG).
There were 198 Brent Geese at Lough Murree (FMacG).
A flock of 14 Greylag Geese were at Lough Atedaun (FMacG).

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Friday 6th January 2017

One adult male Snow Bunting was in the grounds of Loop Head Lighthouse this morning (John N Murphy & Elaine Keegan).
There was one Kingfisher at Carrigaholt and another in Kilbaha Harbour (JNM & EK).
One Merlin was at the White Strand, Doonbeg (EK & JNM).
Two Tree Sparrows were at Doonbeg (JNM & EK).
A flock of 42 Whooper Swans were at Farrihy Lake (EK & JNM).
There were 80 Brent Geese at Querrin Creek (JNM & EK).

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Thursday 6th January 2017

One Black Redstart was near the Cliffs of Moher (Janne & Hanna Aalto).
One Common Sandpiper was at Clarecastle Quay (John N Murphy).
One female Hen Harrier was at Lough Atedaun (Janne & Hanna Aalto).
The drake Greater Scaup was still at Ballyallia Lake (Finbarr MacGabhann).
There were 36 Greylag Geese, 50 Tufted Ducks and four Goldeneye at Fenloe Lake (JNM).

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