Clare Bird Sightings

The Icterine Warbler is still at Kilbaha opposite Keating’s Pub along with a Tree Pipit.(John N. Murphy, Jeff Copner)

There were 264 Great Shearwaters, eight Cory’s Shearwaters, one Balearic Shearwater, 75 Sooty Shearwaters, four Leaches Petrels, six Storm Petrels, two Sabine’s Gulls, eight Arctic Skuas, 7 Bonxies, 26 Brent Geese, 28 Common Scoters, 33 Arctic Terns, one Common Tern, 117 Sandwich Terns, one Red-throated Diver, two Curlew, a Dunlin, a Redshank and a Wheatear at the Bridges of Ross between 7.15 and 12.15 (Henrik Bohmer et al, Tom Tarpey).
There were 104 Cory’s Shearwaters, two Great Shearwaters, two Balearic Shearwaters, two Sooty Shearwaters, 13 Brent Geese, seven Common Scoters, two Bonxie, one Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, one Grey Phalarope, three Sabine’s Gulls, ten Arctic Terns and nine Arctic Terns at the Bridges of Ross between 15.00 and 17.00 (HB, JNM et al).
Two Ruff were at Cloughan Lough (TT).
There were ten Brent Geese at Bishop’s Quarter.(Anne Marie Gill)

A White-tailed Eagle was hunting at Islandavanna this afternoon.(Ian Garry)
Another White-tailed Eagle was at a farm at Doughmore, Doonbeg this evening. Green tag on left wing and red tag on right wing.(Nuala and Brian Shanahan)
A female Marsh Harrier was at Ballyallia.(Finbar MacGabhann)
A first summer ringtail Hen Harrier was at Lough Donnell.(Jeff Copner)
At Loop Head today there were 1,117 Great Shearwater, three Sabine’s Gull(two adults and one juvenile), 39 Cory’s Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, 87 Sooty Shearwater, five Storm Petrel plus a Pied Flycatcher.(Henrik Bohmer)
Eight White Wagtail were at Kilbaha Beach.(JNM)
There were 80 Sandwich Tern and four White Wagtail at Clahane.(JC)

A Ruff and four White Wagtail were at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

At the Bridges of Ross between 09.00-11.00 there were two Cory’s Shearwater, two Sooty Shearwater, one Storm Petrel, one Arctic Skua and 11 Common Scoter.(Chris Cullen)
A Common Sandpiper and two Chough were at Cloughaun Lough.(CC)
Four Buzzard were flying westward together at Carrigaholt.(John N. Murphy)
A juvenile Curlew Sandpiper and 60 Sandwich Tern were at Rineville Beach.(JNM,CC & SW)
One Crossbill was at Poulnasherry Bay.(JNM)
One Buzzard was at Edenvale, Ennis.(JNM)
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