Monthly Archives: April 2018

Monday 30th April 2018

A hundred and twenty Great Northern Diver, 11 Long-tailed Duck and a Red-throated Diver were at the Flaggy Shore.(Paul Troake)
A Red-throated Diver and 39 Red-breasted Merganser were at Finvarra Point.(PT)
Twenty two Black-throated Diver were off Black Head(Jeff Copner)


Monday 30th April 2018

30 Whimbrel were at Coonagh (Tony Mee).


Sunday 29th April 2018

Two Brent Geese were at Tarbert Bay (Geoff Hunt).


Sunday 29th April 2018

Two Peregrine were at the Caher Valley this morning.(Páidí Cullinan)
During the Branch outing 4 Dipper and a male Peregrine were seen along the Caher River.(Páidí Cullinan, Nuala and Tom Lynch, Austin Cooney, et al)
Three Jay and a Crossbill were at Sliabh Elva.(PC)
Fifty Whimbrel were at Doonbeg Golf Course.(Michael O Dwyer)
Eighty Whimbrel were at Kilbaha.(Jane Griffin)


Saturday 28th April 2018

Saturday 28th April 2018

Osprey over Coonagh ©Tom Tarpey

An Osprey was hunting briefly at the Coonagh Nature Reserve before moving off westwards down the Shannon Estuary(Tom Tarpey). This is the fifth County record and the first know Spring record in Limerick. A 1st summer Mediterranean Gull, 48 Whimbrel 150 Black-headed Gulls, a Little Egret and six Gadwall were also present in the area.
A 1st summer Iceland Gull was at Arthurs Quay (TT).


Saturday 28th April 2018

Saturday 28th April 2018

A Whimbrel at Ross Beach John N Murphy

The 2CY Glaucous Gull was still at Ross Bay, Loop Head with over 200 Whimbrel migrating over the headland. (John N Murphy) A pair of Wigeon were at Cloghaun Lough, Kilbaha. (JNM)


Friday 27th April 2018

Three Common Sandpiper were at Lough Bunny this morning.(Páidí Cullinan)
Fifty four Great Northern Diver and 14 Common Scoter were off Coolshiva Pier.(Paul Troake)
A drake Surf Scoter was between the Coolshiva Pier and the Rine(PT)
Thirteen Black-throated Diver and a drake Long-tailed Duck were off the Rine.(PT)
A Red-throated Diver, nine Black-throated Diver, 42 Great Northern Diver and 15 Golden Plover were at Bishops Quarter.(PT)


Thursday 26th April 2018

Five Ruff, 19 Greater Scaup, 38 Golden Plover and 55 Whimbrel were at Islandavanna.(Páidí Cullinan and Tom Lynch)


Wednesday 25th April 2018

A hundred Manx Shearwater were off Black Head.(Páidí Cullinan)
A 2CY male Peregrine and a Dipper were at the Caher Valley(PC)
Sixteen Whimbrel, 28 Shelduck, 21 Brent Geese and 49 Sandwich Tern were at Rine Point.(PC)
A hundred Whimbrel were at Doonaha.(Cliff Baxter)
Twenty six Whimbrel were at Clahane.(Jeff Copner)


Sunday 22nd April 2018

A Buzzard was seen at Curraghchase (Maura Turner).


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