Monthly Archives: November 2011

The female Marsh Harrier was seen hunting around Lough Atedaun this afternoon (Brian Finnegan).

The female Marsh Harrier was back at Tool’s Lough again this afternoon along with 200 Golden Plovers.
The Pink-footed Goose and 70 Greylag Geese were in a field near Lough Muckanagh.
One Whimbrel, four Purple Sandpipers, 30 Common Scoters and a Chough were on the Flaggy Shore.
A flock of 11 Whooper Swans were on Ballyvelaghan Lough.
Two Merlin and three Tree Sparrows were at Loop Head.
Two Little Egrets and 97 Shoveler were at Ballyallia Lake.
One male Blackcap was caught and ringed at Applewood, Ballycar.

One Pink-footed Goose, 70 Greylag Geese, two Water Rails and one immature Hen Harrier were at Lough Muckanagh this evening.
A flock of 100 Barnacle Geese and two Ravens were on Mutton Island.
One Curlew Sandpiper, a Merlin, six Great Northern Divers and 26 Purple Sandpipers were a Seafield, Quilty.
A flock of 120 Common Scoter and six Red-throated Divers were at Lahinch.
Nine Woodcock were at Clifden Hill, Corofin.
One Barn Owl was at Moinanna Bridge between Inagh and Ennistymon.

One Pink-footed Goose was with a flock of 65 Greylag Geese in a field near Lough Muckanagh.
One Snow Bunting was at Loop Head Lighthouse.
Ten Whooper Swans were in fields on the Lough Derg side of the road half way between Scarriff and Mountshannon.