Clare Bird Sightings

At Black Head between 07.00-10.55 there were five immature Pomarine Skua, 12 Arctic Skua, one Great Skua, 45 Cory’s Shearwater, 13 Sooty Shearwater, 950 Manx Shearwater and 205 Kittiwake.(Paul Troake)

At the Bridges of Ross between  06.00-18.00 there were five Wilson’s Storm Petrel, three Balearic Shearwater, two adult Long-tailed Skua, six Sabine’s Gull, 2100 Cory’s Shearwater, 500 Great Shearwater, 80 Sooty Shearwater, six Pomarine Skua, ten Arctic Skua, three Great Skua, 35 Storm Petrel and one Grey Phalarope.(AG. Kelly, B. McCloskey, G. Murray, JF. Dowdall, C. Cardiff, M. Stewart, J. Sheehan, A. O’ Brien et al)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 07.50-19.30 produced an apparent Scopoli’s Shearwater, (9.40) 865 Cory’s Shearwater, 266 Great Shearwater, 243 Sooty Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, one adult Long-tailed Skua, three Pomarine Skua, seven Arctic Skua, five Great Skua, eight Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 63 Storm Petrel and five Sabine’s Gull. (Josh Jones et al)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 08.45-19.30 produced seven Wilson’s Petrel, 294 Cory’s Shearwater, three Great Shearwater, four Sabine’s Gull, two Grey Phalarope, 60 Sooty Shearwater, four Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, one Great Skua, 46 Storm Pertrel, 165 Whimbrel, two Common Scoter and 63 Arctic Tern.(Dan Pointon, Éanna O’ Flynn, Killian Mullarney, Finbar MacGabhann, Jeff Copner et al)

A Ringed-tailed Hen Harrier was at Lisroe.(JC)

Another Ring-tailed Harrier and  a Red Grouse were Glenawanish, near Scariff.(Geoff Hunt)

At 08.24 a Fea’s Petrel flew south past the Bridges of Ross.(Daniel Mantle, Ger Murray)

A Scopoli’s Shearwater was close in off the Bridges of Ross at 11.45.(John N. Murphy et al)

A ringed Oystercatcher was at Seafield. (left leg, Black over Red, right leg, White JE ) This bird was ringed as an adult on the nest in SW Iceland and has wintered in Seafield area in recent years. (Jeff Copner, Tom Tarpey)

Along with the above, the  seawatch from the Bridges of Ross between 05.50-16.50 produced 18  Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 40  European Storm Petrel, 11 Grey Phalarope, one Balearic Shearwater, 40 Great Shearwater, 60 Sooty Shearwater, one Long-tailed Skua, two Great Skua, one Pomarine Skua, seven Arctic Skua, 30 Sabine’s Gull, 2200 Cory’s Shearwater, 21000 Manx Shearwater  48 Whimbrel, 42 Arctic Tern and 20 Common Scoter.(Dan Mantle, Ger Murray, John Cusack, JNM, Éanna O Flynn, Ray Glynn et al)