There were three Curlew Sandpipers and one Little Stint at Seafield, Quilty. (Chris Booth et al)
Four Sooty Shearwater, two Bonxie and a Common Scoter were at the Bridges of Ross.(Hugh Wright)
Six Lapland Bunting, five Golden Plover and 17 Chough were at the Fodry.(Hugh Wright)
Wednesday 21st September 2016
Tuesday 20th September 2016
Juvenile Little Stint at Seafield Barry Howell
An adult summer BONAPARTE’S GULL was at Seafield, Quilty around 9a.m. The bird flew off north over the sea when flushed by dogs. (Ian Jones and Geoff Pearson) This is only the 5th county record of this rare North American gull.
Also at Seafield Quilty were two Arctic Skuas, one immature Hen Harrier flew in off the sea, four Common Scoter, three Little Stints and three Curlew Sandpiper. (John N Murphy et al)
One first-winter Mediterranean Gull was on the sand banks at Lahinch Marsh. (John N Murphy)
Three Green Sandpiper were at Lough Gash.(John N. Murphy)
Monday 19th September 2016
Lapland Bunting at Loop Head John N Murphy
There were five Little Stint, three Curlew Sandpipers and one Peregrine at Seafield, Quilty. (Nuala & Tom Lynch and John N Murphy)
There were eight Lapland Bunting, one male Hen Harrier, 60 Skylark, 19 Golden Plover, one Wheatear and 20 Chough at Loop Head. (John N Murphy, Tom & Nuala Lynch & Des Finnamore)
One Spotted Redshank and 150 Wigeon were at Moyasta Creek. (Des Finnamore et al)
Sunday 18th September 2016
Juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper at Seafield Hugh Wright
The juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper was back at Seafield, Quilty again this afternoon. (Hugh Wright)
There were three Little Stints and four Curlew Sandpipers at Seafield this morning with no sign of the Baird’s Sandpiper. (Jeff Copner)
One Spotted Redshank was at Moyasta Creek. (Tom Tarpey)
One female Hen Harrier was at Lahinch Marsh. (Dave McNamara)
Saturday 17th September 2016
One juvenile BAIRD’S SANDPIPER was at Sefield, Quilty this evening (Hugh Wright), along with two Little Stints and four Curlew Sandpipers.
There were 35 Lapland Buntings were at the Fodry, Loop Head this afternoon.(John N. Murphy & Dixie Collins)
Also at Loop Head were one adult male Hen Harrier, two Peregrines, 28 Colden Plover, 16 Snipe, 54 Rock Dove, six Wheatear and a flock of 300 Herring Gulls at Ross Bay. (John N Murphy)
One Lapland Bunting and one adult Mediterranean Gull were at the Rine, Ballyvaughan. (Paul Troake)
A juvenile Ruff was at Blackweir Bridge, Poulnasherry Bay.(John N. Murphy)
A Spotted Redshank and 140 Wigeon were at Moyasta Creek.(John N. Murphy)
Twenty eight Gadwall, eight Little Egret, four Golden Plover, two Water Rail and a Grey Plover were at Shannon Airport Lagoon this morning.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Bernard Crowley et al)
Seventeen Golden Plover were seen later close to Loughbeg Point.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
One male Hen Harrier was at Lisheen this evening. (Dixie Collins)
One Fin Whale was seen blowing of the Fodry, Loop Head. (John N Murphy)
Friday 16th September 2016
One Buzzard was at Ardclooney. (John N Murphy & Muiread Kelly)
One Green Sandpiper was at Lough Gash this evening. (John N Murphy)
Thursday 15th September 2016
Five Lapland Bunting were close to the Lighthouse at Loop Head this morning. Three more were at the Fodry along with two male Peregrine. Six Wheatear and eight Chough were also in the area.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Two Curlew Sandpiper, over 200 Curlew, eight Bar-tailed Godwit, 19 Little Egret, 32 Greenshank, 76 Redshank,12 Dunlin, three Snipe and 300 plus Hirundine were at Querrin Creek this afternoon. Six more Bar-tailed Godwit were at Kilcredaun.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
At Moyasta there were 132 Redshank, 24 Greenshank, eight Dunlin and six Snipe.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Wednesday 14th September 2016
One Lapland Bunting on the Rine Point, Ballyvaughan, along with one ring-tailed Hen Harrier and 13 Red-breasted Mergansers.(Padraig Cullinan)
At Lough Gash, Newmarket-on-Fergus this morning there were Three Green Sandpipers, one juvenile Ruff, 36 Black-tailed Godwits, two Shoveler and 30 Teal. (John N Murphy)
One Chiffchaff was singing at Applewood, Ballycar this morning. (John N Murphy)
Tuesday 13th September 2016
Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Loop Head John N Murphy
One juvenile BUFF-BREASTED SANDPIPER was in the plover fields at Loop Head this afternoon. (John N Murphy)
Also at Loop Head this afternoon were 27 Lapland Bunting, two Snow Buntings, one juvenile Hen Harrier, ten Golden Plover, 22 Wheatears, 20 Rock Doves and 18 Chough.
Two Lapland Bunting, over 300 Meadow Pipit, 120 Skylark, 75 Linnet, 34 Redpoll, 15 Wheatear, four Chough, three Raven two Kestrel and a Golden Plover were on the Headland at Loop Head this morning.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
At Poulasherry Bay there was one Ruff, one first-winter Mediterranean Gull, 16 Wigeon, eight Shellduck, 60 Teal, 50 Bar-tailed Godwits and 22 Little Egrets. (John N Murphy)
There were eight Chough, six Little Egrets, 18 Bar-tailed Godwits and 18 Greenshank at Querrin Creek. (John N Murphy)
Five Green Sandpipers were at Lough Gash this evening. (John N Murphy)
Sixteen Greenshank and 80 Redshank were at Moyasta.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
For additional shots of Buff B and Lapland Buntings check out www.murfswildlife.blogspot.com
Monday 12th September 2016
There were two Little Stints and two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers at Seafield, Quilty. (Paul Troake)
One juv Curlew Sandpiper was at Doonbeg. (Paul Troake)
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