Clare Bird Sightings

Tuesday 19th September 2017

The three juvenile Arctic Terns were still at Coonagh Nature Reserve. (Jeff Copner)


Monday 18th September 2017

At Kilbaha and Loop Head this afternoon there was one Buzzard soaring close to the Lighthouse with four Wheatear, 22 Chough, four Golden Plover, one male Blackcap, one Chiffchaff and three Goldecrest in the gardens. (John N Murphy)
One Ruff was at Kilcredaun. (JNM)
One Buzzard was soaring east of Kilrush. (JNM)


Tuesday 19th September 2017

Two Buzzards were by the M7 at Rathbane (Andrew Holmes).


Sunday 17th September 2017

Three juvenile Arctic Terns, two Swift, six Chiffchaffs and five Sedge Warblers were at Coonagh (John N Murphy).
One Buzzard was at Ballinruane (Andrew Holmes).


Sunday 17th September 2017

A male Hen Harrier, 32 Golden Plover and a Snipe were at Loop Head. Three Kingfishers were at Cloghaun Lough (Tom Tarpey).
Three White Wagtails and four Sandwich Terns were at Doonbeg (TT).
A Buzzard was at Black Head.(Adrian Glasgow)


Friday 15th September 2017

Friday 15th September 2017

Arctic Tern ©Tom Tarpey

The two juvenile Black Terns were still at Coonagh this evening. A single Arctic Tern was also present (Paidi Cullinan).
Four Buzzards and a Jay were seen at Ballinruane (Andrew Holmes).


Friday 15th September 2017

A Buzzard was at Spancilhill this evening.(Jason Horner)


Thursday 14th September 2017

Thursday 14th September 2017

Juvenile Black Tern ©Tom Tarpey

Four Buzzards were at Ballinruane (Robert Imbusch).
The two juvenile Black Terns were still present at Coonagh today along with two Arctic Terns and two Swifts (Tom Tarpey & Maura Turner).


Thursday 14th September 2017

It was quite at the Bridges of Ross this afternoon with only one juvenile Sabine’s Gull, one Bonxie and 50 Arctic Tern. (Howard Williams)
There were two Buzzards soaring near Kilcoran, Kilkishen today. (Eugene Pewter)
A Peregrine was at Drumcliffe this afternoon.(Páidí Cullinan)


Wednesday 13th September 2017

Today at the Bridges of Ross there were 45 Leach’s Petels, six Storm Petrels, seven Sabine’s Gulls, one Little Gull, 12 Bonxies, eight Arctic Dkuas, seven Red-throated Divers, one Great Notthern Diver and 40 Sandwich Terns. (Geoff Pearson)


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