Monthly Archives: May 2015

Sunday 31st May 2015

There were two Little Egrets at Corronroo Bay with another at Burrin Lake, New Quay. Also at Corronroo were six Common Terns and six Arctic Terns. (John N Murphy)

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Saturday 30th May 2015

A drake Garganey, 25 Mallard, two Gadwall, a Wigeon, a Teal, five Pochard, eight Great-crested Grebes, a Little Egret and large number of Swifts and Sand Martins were at the Coonagh Nature Reserve today.

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Thursday 27th May 2015

There were two White-tailed Eagles flying high in a north-west direction between Feakle and Tulla today. (Ian Stone)
Two Cuckoos were near Booltiaght, Kilmaley. (John N Murphy)
Two Jay were at Lees Road Wood.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Tuesday 26th May 2015

A Grasshopper Warbler and a Curlew were at Lough Donnell.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A flock of around 200 hirundines, mainly Swallows were feeding on a large hatch of insect at Ballyallia Lake this evening. Fifteen Swift were also in the area.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Tuesday 26th May 2015

A Cuckoo was seen at the Shannon Fields, Corbally this evening (Blair McClure).

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Monday 25th May 2015

A female Marsh Harrier being mobbed by Lapwing, was in the Lough Muckanagh area. Two Blackcap were singing close to the lake also. (Nuala and Tom Lynch)
One Little Egret was at Ballycar Lough with four Shellduck flying south over Newmarket-on-Fergus village. (John N Murphy)

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Saturday 23rd May 2015

Saturday 23rd May 2015

Garganeys at Coonagh ©Geoff Hunt

Two drake Garganeys were at Coonagh Nature Reserves today (Geoff Hunt). Two drake Wigeon, a drake Teal and four Pochard were also present.

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Saturday 23rd May 2015

At Loop Head Lighthouse there was one Black Redstart and a Chiffchaff. Also on the Loop Head peninsula there was one second year Glaucous Gull, one Whitethroat, one Wheatear, one Willow Warbler, four Chough and 20 Skylarks. (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann)
One second year Iceland Gull was near Kilkee Reservoir. (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann)
There were five Tree Sparrows at Doonbeg. (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann)
One Crossbill was near Kilmaley. (John N Murphy)
A male Yellowhammer, three pairs of Lapwing, a pair of Little Egret, 56 Cormorant, 36 Greylag Geese, 50 Common Gull,14 Grey Heron, two male Blackcap, three Cuckoo, four Whitethroat and a pair of Great-crested Grebe were at Lough Muckanagh.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Wednesday 20th May

There was one adult summer plumaged Black-throated Diver off Gleninagh along with ten Great Northern Divers, 100 Manx Shearwaters and ten Sandwich Terns. (Dave McNamara)
There were two Crossbills at Slieve Elva. (Dave McNamara)

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Monday 18th May 2015

One Long-eared Owl was at a site east of Ennis. (Howard Williams & John N Murphy)
One adult summer Little Gull was at Corronroo Bay. (Paul Troake)

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