Two Yellow-browed Warbler, two Chiffchaff, a Blackcap, three Merlin, 80 Golden Plover, a Kingfisher and 12 Chough were at Loop Head.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Three Black-throated Diver, two Grey Plover, 18 Red-breasted Merganser and a Brent Goose were at Rine Point, Ballyvaughan.(Páidí Cullinan)
Two Whooper Swan and five Great Northern Diver were at Finvarra Point.(Páidí Cullinan)
Wednesday 26th October 2016
Sunday 23rd October 2016
There were two Yellow-browed Warblers, four Chiffchaff and 50 Redwing at Kilbaha, Loop Head this morning (Philip Brennan)
One Buzzard was at Killula, Newmarket-on-Fergus (Johnny Moore).
Saturday 22nd October 2016
Yellow-browed Warbler in Kilbaha John N Murphy
At Loop Head and Kilbaha today were four Yellow-browed Warblers, three Blackcaps, two Chiffchaff, one late Swallow and a Housemartin, one Woodcock, three Merlin, 30 Chaffinches, one Brent Goose and 140 Golden Plover in the plover fields (Nuala & Tom Lynch, John N Murphy)
Leave a commentFriday 21st October 2016
A Buzzard, a Little Egret, 36 Black-tailed Godwit, 226 Wigeon, 258 Lapwing, four Shoveler, 18 Little Grebe, 46 Mallard, five Curlew and two Raven were at Ballyallia this afternoon.(Tom Lynch)
Three Whooper Swans flew south past Quilty (Tom Tarpey).
Wednesday 19th October 2016
A lone juvenile Brent Goose at Ross Bay, Loop Head John N Murphy
Three Yellow-browed Warbler, three Chiffchaff, a male and female Peregrine, a Blackcap, a Fieldfare, a Kingfisher, five Great Northern Diver, 35 Brent Geese and two Otter were at Loop Head this morning.(Páidí Cullinan, John N. Murphy)
Leave a commentMonday 17th October 2016
There were two Green Sandpipers,ten Black-tailed Godwits, 22 Tufted Duck, 12 Wigeon and 30 Little Grebes at Lough Gash this morning (John N Murphy).
Leave a commentSunday 16th October 2016
Pied Flycatcher at Loop Head John N Murphy
The Bonaparte’s Gull and one Little Stint were at Quilty (Paidi Cullinan)
Today at Loop Head there was one Pied Flycatcher, two Yellow-browed Warblers, three Blackcaps, four Chiffchaff, six Fieldfare, 14 Chaffinch and two Grey Plover (John N Murphy & Mark Gibson)
Friday 14th October 2016
Chiffchaff at Kilbaha John N Murphy
One adult Bonaparte’s Gull was at Quilty this afternoon (Dave McNamara & Geoff Pearson).
One Yellow-browed Warbler, one Short-eared Owl, one Lapland Bunting, two Jack Snipe, two Blackcap, one Chiffchaff, one Peregrine, two Merlin, one Wheatear and 24 Rock Doves were at Loop Head this morning.(John N. Murphy, Dougie Dickson and Mark Gibson)
Thursday 13th October 2016
This is the second Yellow Wagtail at Ross Bay and a lot more juvenile than the first John N Murphy
One adult Bonapart Gull was at Quilty village this afternoon along with one juvenile Little Stont at Seafield (Mark Gibson & Doug Dickson).
Four Yellow-browed Warbler, a Willow Warbler and five Chiffchaff were in the gardens at Kilbaha. Two more Yellow-browed Warbler along with three Lapland Bunting, three Swallow, a Fieldfare, three Wheatear, two Merlin and a first winter Med Gull were on the headland at Loop Head. This evening a Hen Harrier was seen after taking a Water Rail being mobbed by a Peregrine and Kestrel. An American Golden Plover and 200 Golden Plover were in the Plover Fields. Two Yellow Wagtail and a Common Sandpiper were at Ross Bay.(John N. Murphy, Páidí Cullinan, Phil Brennan, Jeff Copner, Louise Moyles, Mark Gibson and Dougie Dickson)
Two adult Mediterranean Gulls were st Kilkee (Dougie Dickson and Mark Gibson).
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