A Kingfisher and two Redshank were on the Shannon at Corbally(TT).
A Stock Dove was seen at Nantinan (Geoff Hunt).
A Buzzard was at Currgahchase (GH).
Wednesday 30th November 2016
Wednesday 30th November 2016
One GREAT WHITE EGRET seen at Lough O’Grady. (Sinead Biggane)
There were 17 Twite at Aughinish in north Clare. (Páidí Cullinan and Tom Murtagh)
A female Hen Harrier was at Rathclooney. (Jason Horner)
Tuesday 29th November 2016
Two Goosanders(redheads) were on the Shannon just downstream from Corbally Weir. The birds were seen previously on Nov.21st upstream of Athlunkard Bridge. Four Goldeneye, 30 Tufted Duck, four Wigeon, 15 Teal, a Redshank, a Jack Snipe, a Little Egret and two Dippers were also seen along the river in the Corbally area (Maura Turner & Tom Tarpey).
Leave a commentTuesday 29th November 2016
The Black Redstart is still at the back of the Clare County Museum in Ennis.(Páidí Cullinan and Tom Lynch)
A drake Pochard and drake Greater Scaup were at Ballyallia.(Páidí Cullinan)
Sunday 27th November 2016
A Bonaparte’s Gull was at Lough Donnell(Jeff Copner)
A Peregrine and 24 Brent Geese were at Fanore.(Páidí Cullinan)
Sunday 27th November 2016
25 Mallard, 37 Tufted Duck, six Mute Swans, nine Cormorants, a Little Egret and two Herons were on the Shannon between Plassey and the Shannon Fields (TT).
20 Wigeon, eight Shoveler, five Teal and two Snipe and a Kestrel were at Coonagh (Maura Turner).
Saturday 26th November 2016
First winter Buzzard at Curraghchase ©Tom Tarpey
An adult and first winter Buzzard were just west of The Ferry Bridge and another first winter was at Curraghchase.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Maura Turner, Clodagh Glasgow and Gearóid Jackson et al). Several Jays and Red Squirrels were also seen at Curraghchase during the joint Limerick & Clare Branch outing.
Buzzards were also seen today at Rosbrien (TT, first winter) and Kilcullane, Bruff (Tony Mee) and at Adare in recent days (per Andrew Holmes).
Leave a commentThursday 24th November 2016
There were 25 Whooper Swan and a Little Egret at Ballyallia. There was a noticeable increase on the number of duck in the lake.(Myles Carey, Tom Lynch and Páidí Cullinan)
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