Welcome to Clarebirdwatching This site has all the up to date sightings of birds in County Clare under our Scarce and Rare Birds Sighting section. Pages on wader movements throughout this region. A ringing section. A site guide of all our best birding hotspots and a photo gallery for you to browse through to see the many different species of birds that can be seen in your locality. We hope you enjoy your visit to our site and any comments would be much appreciated.
Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings To date there have been 304 bird species recorded in Clare. To view details of recent and current sightings of birds in Clare, then please click on the above heading.
Any photo’s or scarce bird news can be forwarded to John Murphy or Tom Lynch (
) for inclusion in this report.
If you have photographs of rare or scarce birds taken in Clare and want to see them on this website, feel free to send them along with details on the bird photographed dates etc.. , to John Murphy,
This section of our web site looks at wader movements in the county. Much of the information within was obtained from colour ringed birds seen in Clare over the past five years. To view movements and detailed information on waders and wildfowl in Clare, please click on the heading above.
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Bird Sites(this section is still under construction)
Clare has a huge variety and selection of natural habitats. The Burren and the Cliffs of Moher are well known, especially as tourist attractions and both are extremely good for birds. But there are many more sites and birding hotspots which the majority of people are not aware. A full ist of these sites are contained within this section. For further information please click on the above heading. Once you have entered this section click on one of the area headings for directions and birding information.
An expert group has been setup to assess and monitor any risks to Ireland from the Avian flu. See this BWI site and above Department site for ongoing updates