A Peregrine and 42 Little Egret were at the Rine, Ballyvaughan.(Jeff Copner)
A White-tailed Eagle and a Buzzard were at Corofin.(Jonathan Windsor)
Monday 26th August 2024
A Fea’s type Petrel flew west past the Bridges of Ross at 11.40.(Brian McCloskey et al)
Between 06.30-11.15 at the Bridges of Ross there were 660 Great Shearwater, 124 Cory’s Shearwater, 282 Sooty Shearwater, three Balearic Shearwater, 7170 Manx Shearwater, one Wilson’s Petrel, 14 Storm Petrel, 13 Sabine’s Gull, three Grey Phalarope, six Great Skua, four Pomarine Skua, nine Arctic Skua and ten Long-tailed Skua, including one juvenile.(Keith Langdon, Des Higgins et al)
Two juvenile Mediterranean Gull were at Clahane.(Jeff Copner)
Sunday 25th August 2024
The seawatch at the Bridges of Ross today produced a Fea’s or Zino Petrel at 17.40(Keith Langdon), three Scopoli’s Shearwater at 11.30, 11.50, 16.33,(BMcC, AGK, SM), one Wilson’s Petrel, 15 Sabine’s Gull, 22 Long-tailed Skua, three Leach’s Petrel, 29 Storm Petrel, 527 Great Shearwater, 1045 Cory’s Shearwater, 740 Sooty Shearwater, two Balearic Shearwater, 23 Arctic Skua, seven Great Skua, seven Pomarine Skua and five Grey Phalarope. (BMcC, VC, AGK, NK, SM, KL, JA, DH, CMcN, AMcM, MB, JFD, MS, DM et al)
A Scopoli’s Shearwater was off Ross Ringing Station at 11.00.(JNM)
Also at Ross Ringing Station between 10.00-13.00 there were 532 Cory’s Shearwater, 210 Great Shearwater, over 450 Sooty Shearwater, five adult Sabine’s Gull, two Long-tailed Skua,(2CY +adult) four Pomarine Skua, nine Arctic Skua, one Great Skua, four Common Scoter, five Storm Petrel, 30 Arctic Tern, 15 Sandwich Tern and four Whimbrel.(John N Murphy)
At Black Head from 09.15-12.10 there were nine Sooty Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, eight Storm Petrel, four Common Scoter, one Great Skua, one Pomarine Skua and five Arctic Skua.(Paul Troake)
Two Sabine’s Gull (one juvenile and one aged not determined) were at Black Head at 12.45.(PT)
A juvenile Sabine’s Gull and three Sandwich Tern were at Quilty this afternoon.(Geoff Pearson)
There were 31 Cory’s Shearwater and one Sooty Shearwater was off Castle Point, Kilkee.(JNM)
Two Golden Plover(present for a month) and a Wheatear were at Loop Head.(JNM)
A Golden Plover was at Liscannor. (Jeff Copner)
Saturday 24th August 2024
At the Bridges of Ross between 06.15-18.30 there were five Wilson’s Petrel, 53 Sabine’s Gull,(four juveniles) three Long-tailed Skua(adult and two juveniles) six Leach’s Petrel, 53 Storm Petrel, 29 Great Shearwater, 217 Cory’s Shearwater, 145 Sooty Shearwater, three Balearic Shearwater, 24 Arctic Skua, six Great Skua, three Pomarine Skua, nine .Grey Phalarope, three Puffin and 11 Brent Goose.(BMcC, AMcM, DH, MB, JA, JFD, CMcN, VC, AGK, NK, et al)
Friday 23rd August 2024
A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 06.00-18.30 produced 20 Storm Petrel, six Wilson’s Petrel, four Leach’s Petrel. 300 Cory’s Shearwater, 30 Great Shearwater, four Balearic Shearwater, 200 Sooty Shearwater, two Great Skua, eight Long-tailed Skua, 45 Arctic Skua, three Pomarine Skua, five Grey Phalarope, 25 Sabine’s Gull, three Common Scoter, 51 Whimbrel and eight Brent Goose.(Des Higgins, Noel Keogh et al)
Three Sabine’s Gull, one Arctic Skua and a Pomarine Skua were at the tip of Loop Head at 14.29. (Chris Cullen)
At Black Head this morning between 07.05-10.35 there were three Sabine’s Gull, eight Great Shearwater, eight Cory’s Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwater, 35 Sandwich Tern, two Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, eight Storm Petrel and 21 Whimbrel.(Paul Troake)
Thursday 22nd August 2024.
A Fea’s Petrel flew past the Bridges of Ross at 14.02.(Noel Keogh, Chris Cullen, plus eight others.)
At Black Head between 07.20-10.35 there were seven Pomarine Skua, eight Arctic Skua, one Great Shearwater, one Cory’s Shearwater, seven Storm Petrel and one Puffin.(Paul Troake)
At the Bridges of Ross between 06.20-13.40 a seawatch produced 161 Cory’s Shearwater, 115 Sooty Shearwater, 68 Great Shearwater, 28 Arctic Skua, four Pomarine Skua, 64 Whimbrel, three Puffin, one Red-throated Diver, one Great Northern Diver, one Wilson’s Petrel, 15 Storm Petrel, two Balearic Shearwater, seven Sabine’s Gull, four Great Skua and 85 Arctic Tern.(Noel Keogh, Chris Cullen, Ray Glynn et al)
Wednesday 21st August 2024
At the Bridges of Ross between 06.30-18.30 there were 105 Cory’s Shearwater, 432 Sooty Shearwater, up to 500 Manx Shearwater per hour in the morning, increasing later, two Arctic Skua, five Storm Petrel, seven Whimbrel, seven Great Shearwater and one Wilson’s Petrel.(Brian Porter, Chris Cullen, Ray Glynn, Jim Dowdall)
Tuesday 20th August 2024
A Fea’s Petrel was picked up over the slabs at the Bridges of Ross by Denis O’ Sullivan and then seen by all observers at the “Hollow” at the BOR at 11.45.(Brian Porter, Alan O’ Brien et al)
Also at the Bridges of Ross between 06.15-18.30 there were 3740 Cory’s Shearwater, 210 Great Shearwater, 55 Sooty Shearwater, three Balearic Shearwater, three Wilson’s Petrel, 80 Storm Petrel, 28 Sabine’s Gull, 37 Pomarine Skua, 24 Arctic Skua, three Great Skua, four Long-tailed Skua including one juvenile, 40 Whimbrel, 90 Arctic Tern and 14 Grey Phalarope.(BP, DO’S, PM, MS, SLM, GC, EF, AJ, TT, EMc, JC)
Off Ross Ringing Station between 08.30-11.30 a Wilson’s Petrel, 1900 Cory’s Shearwater, 326 Shearwater, 172 Sooty Shearwater, 15 Storm Petrel, two adult Sabine’s Gull, two adult Long-tailed Skua, two Pomarine Skua, four Arctic Skua, 26 Arctic Tern and eight Whimbrel were seen. (John N. Murphy)
A seawatch at the Fodry, Loop Head produced over 1200 Great Shearwater, 4600 Cory’s Shearwater, 84 Sooty Shearwater, 183 Arctic Tern, 12500 Manx Shearwater, 3200 Gannet and 2900 Fulmar.(Paul Troake)
A Reed Warbler BBB2703 ringed at Teifi Marshes, Ceredigion on 04/05/2024 was re-encountered at Shannon Airport Lagoon-77 days, 301km WNW.(Phil Brennan)
Monday 19th August 2024
An adult Yellow-legged Gull was at Thomond Weir (TT).
A Peregrine was at the Fairgreen, Limerick City (Pearse Ryan).
A dead Barn Owl was found on the N20 at Fanningstown, Croom (Andrew Holmes).
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