Iceland Gull at Kilkee John N Murphy
One Black Redstart and a first-winter Iceland Gull were at Kilkee.(John N Murphy)
One Short-eared Owl was near Islandavanna today. (Chris Cullen)
Flying south-west along the sea in an area just west of Kilkee was one adult-winter Little Gull, one Bonxie, one Manx Shearwater and one Red-throated Diver. (JNM)
Also west of Kilkee there was one first- winter Mediterranean Gull in a field amongst a flock of 200 Black-headed Gulls. (JNM)
A flock of 147 Barnacle Geese were on Illaunonearaun. (John N Murphy)
The female Ring-necked Duck was at Lough Gash.(John N Murphy)
The hybrid Ring-necked Duck was at Ballyallia Lake this afternoon. (JNM)
A Snow Bunting was near Hags Head, the Cliffs of Moher. (Luise Ni Dhonnabhainn)
One Buzzard was near Tubber. (JNM)
There were 52 Whooper Swans at Lough Atedaun. (JNM)
The immature untagged White-tailed Eagle and young drake hybrid Ring-necked Duck were at Ballyallia Lake this morning. (8.30)(John N Murphy)
Five Goldeneye were at Lough Muckanagh. (Jeff Copner)
One Buzzard was at Lough Bunny. (JC)
There were two Long-tailed Duck, seven Common Scoter, four Great Northern Divers and thousands of auks streaming south past Castle Point, Kilkee. (John N Murphy)
One Buzzard was at Ballyallia Lake and 48 Whooper Swan were at Drumcliffe.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A White-tailed Eagle was at Ballyallia from 11.40am-2.30pm. (Cliff Baxter, Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Lesser Kestrel John N Murphy
The Lesser Kestrel was search for today by a local birder but there was no sign of it.
One Whimbrel was at Moy Beach, Liscannor. (Jeff Copner)
Immature male Lesser Kestrel John N Murphy
An immature male LESSER KESTREL was found today at an undisclosed site in Clare. (John N Murphy)(2nd Irish record)
The first bird recorded in Ireland was in south County Dublin near Glenamuck from 8th to 10th November 1890, almost 130 years to the day.
The Glenamuck/Shankill bird was also a male and it over-wintered and was regularly observed following ploughs in fields picking up worms and other inverts. Unfortunately it came to a sad end as it was shot on 17th February 1891.
The female Ring-necked Duck was still at Lough Gash with over 60 Tufted Duck and three Whooper Swans. (John N Murphy)
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