Monthly Archives: July 2017

Monday 31st July 2017

An Arctic Skua and a Great Skua were at Bishopsquarter.(Patrick Veale)

Saturday 29th July 2017

Three adult Med Gull, 92 Curlew, 10 Little Egret were at Aughinish Causeway this evening.(Paul Troake)
Three Storm Petrels were off shore.(PT)
A Common Sandpiper was at Clahane and eight Arctic Tern were in the area.(Jeff Copner)

Saturday 29th July 2017

A report of a Nightjar churring at the southern end of Gooig Bog on a few evenings in mid July was received today(per Fergus Flood). Nightjars bred in small numbers in the County up to the 1960’s however there have been very few records since.

Friday 28th July 2017

There were four Green Sandpipers at Lough Gash this evening. (John N Murphy)

Thursday 27th July 2017

There were two Green Sandpipers at Lough Gash this evening (John N Murphy)
Seven Common Sandpiper and a Water Rail were at Clarecastle Pier. (Paidi Cullinan)

Wednesday 26th July 2017

At the Bridges of Ross today there was one Cory’s Shearwater, three Great Shearwaters, 25 Sooty Shearwaters, one Balearic Shearwater, 12,000 Manx Shearwaters, six Great Skuas, 16 Storm Petrels, eight Arctic Terns, one Long-tailed Duck, one Common Scoter and five Curlew. (John N Murphy & Paidi Cullinan)
One Common Sandpiper was at Moyasta Creek. (PC & JNM)
A flock of 38 Rock Dove were near Moveen. (JNM & PC).

Tuesday 25th July 2017

A Garganey, 14 Gadwall, 16 Tufted Duck, 180 Coot, 23 Moorhens, six Great-crested Grebes and 43 Little Grebes were at Coonagh (TT)

Monday 24th July 2017

A Kingfisher was at Kilgory Lake this morning.(Neil Ellis)

Sunday 23rd July 2017

A Common Sandpiper, a Whimbrel, 21 Little Egret, two Arctic Terns, around 300 Common and Sandwich Tern, 70 Curlew, 60 Oystercatcher, 50 Ringed Plover, 45 Turnstone, 15 Sanderling, 12 Dunlin and 5 Bar-tailed Godwit were at Rine Point, Ballyvaughan this morning.(Páidí Cullinan)

Saturday 22nd July 2017

Four Common Sandpiper were at Clarecastle (Paidi Cullinan)

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