White-fronted Goose with immature Whooper Swans © James Hayes
A White-fronted Goose was seen with a group of five Whooper Swans in a field on the Kildimo side of the Ferry Bridge (James Hayes).
A flock of 29 Whooper Swans were at Newtown, Clarina. Large numbers of Fieldfares and Redwings were also seen in the same area.
Seven Jays were at Currachase.
Red-breasted Flycatcher at Gibson’s Garden, Kilbaha © Sharon Hogan
A Red-breasted Flycatcher was at Gibson’s Garden, Kilbaha (Tony Mee).
One Spotted Sandpiper was at Moyasta Creek (Gerry Butler, Sharon Hogan & Colin Helliwell).
The juvenile American Golden Plover was at the Horse Field near the Bridges of Ross (Tony Mee et al).
One immature Surf Scoter was at Lahinch (Gerry Butler et al).
Two drake Green-winged Teals were at Bell Harbour (Gerry Butler et al).
Also at Loop Head today were one ‘tristis’ Chiffchaff, three Chiffchaff, one female Hen Harrier, two Peregrines, 17 Whooper Swans and two Bullfinches.
The juvenile American Golden Plover was still at the Horse Field next to the Bridges of Ross amongst a flock of 140 Golden Plover (Tony Mee).
One Snow Bunting was behind Loop Head Lighthouse.
American Golden Plover on left with Golden Plover at the Horse Fields near Bridges of Ross © John N Murphy
The juvenile American Golden Plover was in the Horse Field at the Bridges of Ross ( John N Murphy & Tony Mee).
At Loop Head today there was one Brambling, two Snow Bunting, two male Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, one Tree Sparrow, one ring-tail Hen Harrier, one Merlin, one Peregrine, one Siskin, four Coal Tits, 70 Chaffinches, 200 Golden Plover, 50 Redwing, three Great Northern Divers and ten Snipe.
At the Bridges of Ross there was a large passage of Kittiwakes late this evening along with three Red-throated Divers and three Common Scoter.
Five Pink-footed Geese and a Great Northern Diver flew past Loop Head.
Also on Loop Head were one Snow Bunting an Peregrine and one Willow Warbler.
There were 26 Whooper Swans at the Shannon Airport Lagoon.
A Swallow was seen heading southwards on the Dooradoyle Road.
A flock of 17 White-fronted Geese flew over Robertstown (Liam Dundon)
One Merlin was at the Bridges of Ross.
Five Whooper Swans flew over Kilkee reservoir.
There was a small fall of thrushes today at Loop Head Lighthouse. Three dead Redwings and a Skylark were found at the base of the light tower while on the front lawn and in the small beck gardens there were two Blackcap. one Snow Bunting, 15 Redwings, seven Blackbirds and five Song Thrushes.
1 CommentOne Spotted Sandpiper was at Moyasta Creek this morning (Tom Tarpey).
The juvenile Ameriacan Golden Plover was at the Horse Field at the Bridges of Ross this afternoon (Tom Tarpey).
Brambling at Kilkee © Bill Ryan.
One Spotted Sandpiper was still at Moyasta (Mike Sheehy & Geoff Hunt), along with one Common Sandpiper.
One Brambling was at Coosheen, Kilkee.
One Snow Buntings, two Wheatears and two Merlins were at Loop Head.
Two Snow Buntings were at Bartra Headland, Lahinch.
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