Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Tuesday 8th August 2023

A Grasshopper Warbler was at Moanreel, Ennistymon.(Jeff Copner)


Monday 7th August 2023

A Pomarine Skua was at Black Head and one Twite was at Fanore.(Chris Cullen)
Two Buzzard were soaring over the motorway at Manus, Clarecastle.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
At Ross, Loop Head there were seven Cory’s Shearwater this evening.(John N. Murphy)


Sunday 6th August 2023

At the Bridges of Ross between 06.15 and 10.00 there were 16 Cory’s Shearwater, one juvenile Long-tailed Skua, an adult and juvenile Pomarine Skua, two Common Scoter and ten Sandwich Tern.(Jeff Copner)


Saturday 5th August 2023

Saturday 5th August 2023

A distant photo of one of the Cory’s Shearwaters this evening at Ross,Loop Head John N Murphy

An adult Sabine’s Gull and a Common Sandpiper were at Ross, Loop Head this morning.(John N. Murphy)
At the Bridges of Ross between 06.30 and 12.00 there were five Cory’s Shearwater, one Sooty Shearwater and one Storm Petrel. The passage of Manx Shearwater was weak.(Cathal Forkan)
At Ross this evening between 17.00 and 18.30 there were 17 Cory’s Shearwater, 7000 Manx Shearwater and 31 Whimbrel on a westerly wind.,(JNM)


Friday 4th August 2023

There were six Jay at Lees Road Wood this morning.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
An Oystercatcher was at Liscannor with an orange ring on both legs.(Geoff Pearson)


Thursday 3rd August 2023

At Ross, Loop Head this morning there were two Sooty Shearwater, two Storm Petrel and 17 Arctic Tern.(John N. Murphy)


Wednesday 2nd August 2023

At Ross, Loop Head between 07.00-08.00 there were two Cory’s Shearwater, two Sooty Shearwater and one Storm Petrel.(John N. Murphy)
At the Bridges of Ross between 10.00-12.00 there were two Cory’s Shearwater, a dark-phased Arctic Skua, two Sooty Shearwater, two Storm Petrel and 100 Manx Shearwater.(Éanna O’Flynn)
At Ross, Loop Head this afternoon 15.00-17.00 a seawatch produced a Wilson’s Storm Petrel. one all black Balearic Shearwater, 13 Cory’s Shearwater, ten Sooty Shearwater, seven Storm Petrel and an Arctic Tern.(John N. Murphy)


Tuesday 1st August 2023

A one hour seawatch off Ross, Loop Head this evening between 16.30-17.30 produced 132 Cory’s Shearwater, four Sooty Shearwater and three Storm Petrel on flat calm conditions.(John N. Murphy)


Monday 31st July 2023

At the Bridges of Ross this morning there were two Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 40 Storm Petrel, 16 Cory’s Shearwater, 15 Sooty Shearwater, a dark-phased Pomarine Skua, a Common Scoter, 16 Whimbrel and a Peregrine which took one of the Storm Petrel.(John N. Murphy, Geoff Pearson, Éanna O’Flynn)
A Common Sandpiper was at Claughran Lough.(John N. Murphy)
A Wilson’s Petrel, three Cory’s Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater, an Arctic Skua, ten Storm Petrel and nine Arctic Tern were at Black Head.(Paul Troake)
There were six Cory’s Shearwater off the cliffs at Kilkee this evening.(Éanna O Flynn)
Three Buzzard were at Caherhurley, Bodyke.(Tracy McNamara)


Sunday 30th June 2023

A Kingfisher was at Drehednagower Bridge this morning.(Tom Lynch)


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