Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Monday 31st December 2012

Two Little Egrets were at Drumcliff, Ballyallia Lake.
There were 16 Greylag Geese and two Water Rails at Ballycar Lough.

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Sunday 30th December 2012

Two Common Sandpipers, 158 Tufted Duck, 12 Pochard, ten Goldeneye, eight Scaup, two Mallard, two Great-crested Grebes and 118 Coot were at Ardclooney.

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Saturday 29th December 2012

The immature drake Lesser Scaup was still at Lough Gash, Newmarket-on-Fergus (John N Murphy & John Rattigan), along with one drake and one hen Greater Scaup, 50 Tufted ducks,70 Little Grebes and one Jay.
One Little Egret was at Drumcliff, Ballyallia Lake.
A small flock of 30 Common Scoter and six Red-throated Divers were on Liscannor Bay. A flock of 60 Dunlin were in Liscannor Harbour while 80 Golden Plover and 50 Lapwing were near Liscannor Marsh.
One male Blackcap was a garden at Oak Park, Ennis.

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Saturday 22nd December 2012

Two Jay were at Lees Road Wood this afternoon.

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Friday 21st December 2012

The immature drake Lesser Scaup was at Lough Gash this afternoon ( John N Murphy), along with one drake and one hen Greater Scaup.
One Little Egret was at Drumcliff, Ballyallia Lake.

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Thursday 20th December 2012

There were 14 Waxwings in a garden across from the car-park at Ballyallia Lake.
At Lough Atedaun there was one ale Hen Harrier, 200 Black-tailed Godwits, 30 Whooper Swans, 12 Greylag Geese and 50 Golden Plover.
One Great Northern Diver was at Lough Cullaun.
Two Jays were at Lough Inchiquin.
One Woodcock was at Kilcornan, Ennistymon.

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Monday 17th December 2012

Monday 17th December 2012

Waxwings at the Kilrush Road, Ennis © Barry Howell

There were 11 Waxwings opposite Cootes Shop, on the Kilrush Road in Ennis.
One Waxwing was in Sixmilebridge.

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Saturday 15th December 2012

Three Waxwings were in Sixmilebridge today.
One male Hen Harrier was at Ballyea, Inagh.
One Great Northern Diver was at lough Cullaun.
A group of 90 Little Grebes, 44 Gadwall and one Jay were at Lough Inchiquin.
There were 44 Whooper Swans at Kilfenora.

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Wednesday 12th December 2012

One first-winter Iceland Gull was at Liscannor.
A flock of 38 White-fronted Geese were at Lough Muchanagh.
One Great Northern Diver wasat Lough Cullaun.
There were 30 Whooper Swans near Kilfenora.
At Lough Atedaun there were 315 Black-tailed Godwits, 250 Golden Plover.
At Lough Inchiquin there were 145 Tufted Ducks and 30 Gadwall.
One Dipper and four Woodcock were at Kilcornan, Ennistymon.

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Tuesday 11th December 2012

One Waxwing was at Sixmilebridge today.

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