Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

At the Bridges of Ross between 09.00-11.00 there were two Cory’s Shearwater, two Sooty Shearwater, one Storm Petrel, one Arctic Skua and 11 Common Scoter.(Chris Cullen)
A Common Sandpiper and two Chough were at Cloughaun Lough.(CC)
Four Buzzard were flying westward together at Carrigaholt.(John N. Murphy)
A juvenile Curlew Sandpiper and 60 Sandwich Tern were at Rineville Beach.(JNM,CC & SW)
One Crossbill was at Poulnasherry Bay.(JNM)
One Buzzard was at Edenvale, Ennis.(JNM)
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A White-tailed Eagle was at Ballyallia this afternoon.(Finbar MacGabhann)
There were two White Wagtail and 12 Sandwich Tern at Liscannor.(Jeoff Pearson)
A Common Sandpiper and a White Wagtail were at Clahane.(JP)

At Ross, Loop Head between 08.45-10.45 there were 43 Great Shearwater, six Cory’s Shearwater, 12 Sooty Shearwater, one intermediate 2CY type Long-tailed Skua, three Pomarine Skua, 16 Sandwich Tern and eight Arctic Tern.(John N. Murphy)

At Ross Kilbaha between 10.00-12.30 there were two Cory’s Shearwater, 14 Sooty Shearwater, two Long-tailed Skua, three Pomarine Skua, one Great Skua, one Leach’s Petrel, 17 Arctic Tern and two Sandwich Tern.(John N. Murphy)
A Kingfisher was at Lough Muckanagh.(James Organ)

At the Bridges of Ross this morning there were 22 Cory’s Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, two Sooty Shearwater, one Storm Petrel, two Arctic Skua, three Pomarine Skua, one Great Skua, one Long-tailed Skua, one Sabine’s Gull and nine Common Scoter.(Keith Langdon et al)
At the Bridges of Ross between 01.30-18.30 the following were reported-one Fea’s Petrel(Keith Langdon), three Cory’s Shearwater, two Balearic Shearwater, four Sooty Shearwater, ten Arctic Skua, five Great Skua, one Sabine’s Gull and four Grey Phalarope. (Keith Langdon, Noel Keogh, Jim Creamer, Des Higgins et al).
A Peregrine was at Addroon Bridge.(Jeff Copner)