Friday 30th November 2007
There was a malwe Blackcap at Oakwood, Sixmilebridge.
Two Yellowhammers were a Ballycarroll, Barefield.

Thursday 29th November 2007
A WATER PIPIT was found along the Strand Line, near Lough Murree
today ( Paul Troake).  This is only the fifth County record and the third this year.
There were 34 Whooper Swans , 15 Scaup and two Peregrine at Lough Murree.
A group of 79 Brent Geese, 20 Great Northern Divers and eleven Black Guillemots
were just offshore at Lough Murree.
Two Jays were at the Lees Road Wood.

Water Pipit in North Clare © Paul Troake

Monday 26th November 2007
Six Black-throated Divers were at Liscannor Bay.
A group of 16 Black-throated Divers and 14 Great Northerns
were off Black Head.

Sunday 25th November 2007
One adult Mediterranean Gull and eight Purple Sandpipers
were at Clahane.
One Little Egret was at Doonbeg.

Saturday 24th November 2007
One Barn Owl was at Sixmilebridge.

Friday 23rd November 2007
Three Red-throated Divers were off Monastry, Liscannor.
A group of 16 Red-throate Divers were also on Liscannor Bay.
One Little Egret was at Lahinch.
A flock of 30 Whooper Swans were at Drumcliff, Ballyallia Lake.

Thursday 22nd November 2007
The esatern Jackdaw was still at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Wednesday 21st November 2007
The eastern Jackdaw was still at Ballycar this morning.

Tuesday 20th November 2007
The WATER PIPIT was at Clahane beach, Liscannor is showing
very well this morning (Dave McNamara & Stan Nugent).


Water Pipit at Clahane Videograbs © Stan Nugent
Four Jays were at the Lees Road Wood.
A Jackdaw showing characteristics of the eastern form was at Ballycar
Newmarket-on-Fergus this morning (John N Murphy).


Eastern Jackdaw at Ballycar Videograb © John N Murphy

Monday 19th November 2007
The WATER PIPIT was still at Clahane this morning (Dave McNamara).
There were 77 Whooper Swans, 18 Gadwall, one Peregrine and two 
Raven at Lough Inchiquin.
Two female Hen Harriers were at Doonagore Bog, Doolin.  

Sunday 18th November 2007
There were two Jays at the Lees Road Wood.
A flock of 100 plus Barnacle Geese were on Mutton Island, Quilty.

Saturday 17th November 2007
One WATER PIPIT was at Clahane, Liscannor (Dave McNamara).
A male and female Hen Harrier were at Doonagore Bog, Doolin.
A flock of 87 Whooper Swans and three Little Egrets were at
the Shannon Airport Lagoon.
A group of 15 Whooper Swans were at Ballyallia Lake. 
One female Merlin was at Clahane.
One male Merlin was at Lahinch Marsh. 

Thursday 15th November 2007
One male Black Redstart and one Black Guillemot were in Kilkee.
A flock of 34 Whooper Swans were at Ballyallia Lake, Ennis.

Wednesday 14th November 2007
One Merlin and three Woodcock were at Gortcoirce, Dysart
this evening.

Sunday 11th November 2007
There were two Tree Sparrows at the White Strand, Doonbeg.
A flock of 11 Whooper Swans were at Kilkee Reservoir.
One female Hen Harrier was at Tullagher Lough.

Saturday 10th November 2007
One Common Sandpiper was on the Owenogarney River
near Bunratty.

Friday 9th November 2007
There was an eclipsed drake Ring-neck Duck at Lough
Inchiquin, Corofin (Finbarr MacGabhann).

Tuesday 6th November 2007
Two Green Sandpipers and a Little Egret were at
Ballycorick Bridge, Ballynacally.
A flock of 16 Whooper Swans were back in traditional 
fields at Ballygireen near the Dromoland roundabout. 

Monday 5th November 2007
The WATER PIPIT was back at Clahane (Dave McNamara).

There were two Jay and two Raven at
Mooghaun Wood.

Saturday 3rd November 2007
One Snow Bunting was at Lough Donnell.

Four Woodcock was at Dysart.

One Merlin was at Clahane.

Two Jack Snipe a flock of 100 Chaffinches, one Tree Sparrow

and one Peregrine were at Loop Head.

Friday 2nd November 2007
A flock of 17 Whoopers Swans were at Ballyallia Lake.

Thursday 1st November 2007
The WATER PIPIT was once again at Clahane, Liscannor
earlier today (Dave McNamara & Geoff Pearson).
One Jay was in a small woodland near Roslevan.

Wednesday 31st October 2007
There was a  WATER PIPIT at Clahane late this afternoon (Dave McNamara).
This bird was first taught to be a Buff-bellied Pipit, different bird to the bird originally 
found there some weeks ago, but closer scrutiny revealed that it was actually a Water
Pipit and only the third record for Clare.
The Common Rosefinch was seen again this morning at Kilcredaun (Finbarr MacGabhann & Stan Nugent).
Seven Little Egrets were at Moyasta, Poulnasherry Bay.

Tuesday 30th October 2007
The four ARCTIC REDPOLLS were still present this morning
at Kilcredaun (Denis O Sullivan et al).
The Common Rosefinch was still on the track near the lighthouse at
Kilcredaun (John N Murphy & John Rattigan), along with one
Chiffchaff and two Merlins.
One Black Redstart was at Loop Head.
One Little Egret was at Carrigaholt.
A Flock of 50 Siskins were seen near Tullycrine, Kilrush.

Monday 29th October 2007
Four ARCTIC (COUES'S C.h.exilipes) REDPOLLS were found along the road to Kilcredaun Lighthouse
late this afternoon (John N Murphy, Finbarr MacGabhann & Maeve Meehan).
These are the first Clare records and only the fifth for Ireland.
A Common Rosefinch was also at Kilcredaun (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann).
At the Bridges of Ross there were two Arctic Skuas and one juvenile
Sabines Gull was off Loop Head.


Arctic Redpoll at Kilcredaun Videograbs John N Murphy

Sunday 28th October 2007
One first-winter Ring-billed Gull was at Kilrush Marina. 

Saturday 27th October 2007
Two Twite were at Ross Bay Loop Head.
There was one Pomarine Skua at Bridges of Ross.
One Merlin was at Kilcredaun Marsh with another at Carrigaholt.

Friday 26th October 2007
Eight Pomarine Skuas, three Arctic Skuas, two Bonxies and one immature
Long-tailed Skua passed the Fodry, Loop Head late this evening.
One Kingfisher was at Doonbeg.

Thursday 25th October 2007
One Twite and one Whimbrel were at Clahane, Liscannor Bay. 
One Barn Owl was at Moyasta late this evening.
One Peregrine was at Lahinch Marsh.

Wednesday 24th October 2007
One Lesser Whitethroat, two Blackcaps and one
Black Redstart were at Loop Head today.

Monday 22nd October 2007
Two Green Sandpipers were near Manusmore, Clarecastle.
Two Common Sandpipers were at Latoon Bridge.

Saturday 20th October 2007
One Barnacle Goose was at Lahinch Marsh.

Friday 19th October 2007
One female Hen Harrier, one Merlin and two Raven were at
Doonagore Marsh, Doolin. 

Thursday 18th October 2007
One Little Stint was Seafield, Quilty. 

Wednesday 17th October 2007
There were two Little Egrets at Querrin.
A group of 13 Little Egrets and two Green Sandpipers
were at Moyasta and Poulnasherry Bay.
Only 12 Greenland White-fronted Geese have returned
so far this year to Tullagher Bog.

Tuesday 16th October 2006 
Two Green Sandpipers were at Ballycorick Bridge, Ballynacally.

Sunday 14th October 2007
At Loop Head there was one Snow Bunting, one Twite, one Lesser
Whitethroat, 20 Siskin, three Merlin, one Peregrine, one female
ring-tailed Hen Harrier and three Wheatears. 

Saturday 13th October 2007
The BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT is still at Clahane (Christy Meehan, Brian Finnegan & Mike Davis).
One Mediterranean Gull and one Little Gull were at Liscannor.
A second-winter Ring-billed Gull was at Quilty.
Two Curlew Sandpipers and one Little Stint were at Seafield, Quilty.
One Merlin was at Lough Donnell.

Friday 12th October 2007
The BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT was at Clahane (Eric Dempsey).
 The Long-billed Dowitcher was once again at the Shannon
Airport Lagoon (Finbarr MacGabhann & Eric Dempsey).

Thursday 11th October 2007
The BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT was at Clahane today (Hugh Delaney).

Wednesday 10th October 2007
The BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT was still at Clahane beach (Dave McNamara).
There were two Yellow-browed Warblers, one Lesser Whitethroat and one
Tree Sparrow at Loop Head (Stan Nugent, Finbarr MacGabhann, Paul Moore and Ger Walsh).
Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield, Quilty.


Yellow-browed Warbler & Lesser Whitethroat at Loop Head videograbs Stan Nugent

Tuesday 9th October 2007
The BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT was once again at Clahane this morning (Pat Brennan).
One Curlew Sandpiper and one Little Stint was at Seafield, Quilty.
Two Green Sandpipers and one Kingfisher were at Ballycorrick Bridge, Ballynacally.
A flock of 30 Red-throated Divers were at Liscannor Bay.
A Peregrine and one Merlin were at Lahinch Marsh.

Monday 8th October 2007
The BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT was still at Clahane this morning (Jimmy Dowdall et al).



Buff-bellied Pipit Videograbs Stan Nugent


Sunday 7th October 2007
A BUFF-BELLIED PIPIT was at Clahane beach, Liscannor Bay late this afternoon
(Dave McNamara, John N Murphy, Finbarr MacGabhann, Aidan Kelly et al).
This is only the 3rd or 4th Irish record and the 1st for Clare another great find by Dave.

Buff-bellied Pipit at Clahane videograb © Stan Nugent

There was one Twite and three Tree Sparrows at Loop Head.
A female Hen Harrier was at Lough Donnell.
One Peregrine and two White Wagtails were also at Clahane.
One Greylag Goose was at Ballycar Lough this morning.


Buff-bellied Pipit at Clahane © John N Murphy 

Saturday 6th October 2007
One Green Sandpiper was at Moyasta, Poulnasherry Bay.

Friday 5th October 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon again
today (Finbarr MacGabhann) along with one Little Egret.

Thursday 4th October 2007
An immature Long-tailed Skua was at Rineville Bay, near Kilcredaun Marsh
this evening along with one Pomarine Skua and 1,500 Kittiwakes.
At Loop Head there was one female Hen Harrier, three Merlin,
seven Kestrel, 45 Golden Plover, 50 Skylark, 16 Chough,
two Wheatear and  two Ravens.
One Little Egret was at Carrigaholt.
Nine Little Egrets, one Green Sandpiper and on Kingfisher were at
Moyasta, Poulnasherry Bay.
One Water Rail was at Ballycar School near Fin Lough, Newmarket-on-Fergus.  

Wednesday 3rd October 2007
Two Little Stints were at Seafield, Quilty.
Two Peregrines were at Green Island, Miltown Malbay.

Tuesday 2nd October 2007
There was no sign of the flycatchers at Loop Head today.

Twenty Red-throated Divers and two Great Northern Divers.

One Dipper was on the Claureen River near Kilmaley.

Monday 1st October 2007
There were  two Red-breasted Flycatchers and one Yellow-browed Warbler
at Loop Head (Tom Tarpey), along with three Pied Flycatchers,
one Turtle Dove and one Blackcap.
One Long-billed Dowitcher was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon (Richard Bonser).

Sunday 30th September
A Buzzard was seen near Muckinish East, Ballyvaughan today
(Stephen Ward & Sharon Parr).
One Snow Bunting was on the Rine, Ballyvaughan.

Snow Bunting © Barry Howell.  

Saturday 29th September 2007
One immature Buzzard was at Loop Head (John N Murphy, Tony Mee at al).
Also at Loop Head were one female Hen Harrier, six Kestrels, two Lapland
Buntings and two immature Mediterranean Gulls were at Loop Head today.

Friday 28th September 2007
One Green Sandpiper was at Ballycorick Bridge, Ballynacally.
One Kingfisher was at Islandavanna, near Clarecastle.
Redwings were seen flying over Applewood, Ballycar,
Newmarket-on-Fergus early this morning.

Tuesday 25th September 2007
A juvenile Sabine's Gull was at Carrigaholt.
One Green Sandpiper was at Moyasta.
A flock of 18 Chough were at Loop Head.
One male Hen Harrier was at Killard, Doonbeg.
Eleven Brent Geese were at Liscannor.
One White Wagtail was at Doonbeg.
One Kingfisher was at Kilcredaun Marsh.

Monday 24th September 2007
There was goods passage at the Bridges of Ross today
where 39 Sabine's Gulls were seen along with four Long-tailed
 Skuas, two Pomarine Skuas, 14 Bonxies, 22 Arctic Skuas, two
Balearic Shearwaters, 600 Sooties, two Great Shearwatewrs,
80 plus Grey Phalaropes, 15 Leachs Petrels, 20 Storm Petrels,
1000 plus Arctic Terns, one Little Gull and three Common Scoter.
There was a juvenile Sabine's Gull on the sand banks
in the mouth of Doonbeg Lough today.
A flock of 100 Arctic Terns were seen feeding at Liscannor Pier,
with one White Wagtail also at Liscannor.

Sunday 23rd September 2007
Six Lapland Buntings, one Merlin and 28 Chough were at
Loop Head.
One Peregrine and one Kingsfisher were at Doonbeg.

Saturday 22nd September 2007
Two Green Sandpipers were at Moyasta.
One Ruff was at Lough Donnell.
A Roseate Tern was at Kilcredaun.
One adult Mediterranean Gull was at Kilkee beach.


Friday 21st September 2007
One Arctic Skua was still at Liscannor Bay.
One female Hen Harrier was at Lahinch.
A White Wagtail was at Seafield, Quilty.
One Green Sandpiper and two Kingfishers
were at Ballycorick Bridge, near Ballynacally.

Thursday 20th September 2007
There were tow Pomarine Skuas and one Sabines Gull
at the Bridges of Ross.
One Arctic Skua was at Liscannor.
Three Whopper Swans were at Lough Atedaun, Corofin, early
returning birds.
A flock of 80 Little Grebes were at Lough Inchiquin, Corofin.

Wednesday 19th September 2007
There were two Jays at the Lees Wood Road this evening.

Tuesday 18th September 2007
There was one juvenile Sabine's Gull off Green Island, Miltown Malbay.
One Arctic Skua was at Liscannor Bay.
One female Hen Harrier was at Barrtra, Lahinch.
One Peregrine was at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

Monday 17th September 2007
One Green Sandpiper was at Ballycorick Bridge, Ballynacally.
One Merlin was at Islandavanna.
Two Jays were at the Lees Wood Road, Ennis.

Sunday 16th September 2007
At the Bridges of Ross today there were;
22 Storm Petrels, nine Leach's Petrel, 12 Sabine's Gull (four adults and ten juveniles),
180 Sooty Shearwaters, 22 Bonxies, three Arctic, seven Pomarine Skuas , 450 Arctic
Terns and three Sunfish.
One male Hen Harrier was at Lough Donnell.
Three White Wagtails were at Greg Beach.

Saturday 15th September 2007
There were four Sabine's Gulls, six Red-throated Divers,
two Leach's Petrels, three Storm Petrels, two Arctic Skuas,
two Bonxies, one Pomarine Skua, 80 Arctic Terns, two
Peregrines and one Sunfishwere all at the Bridges of Ross.
Five Little Egrets, one Ruff, two Water Rails, 1,700 Black-tailed
Godwits, 50 Knot,450 Golden Plover and one Common Sandpiper were
the highlights from the outing to the Shannon Airport Lagoon.
There were also two Migrant Hawker Dragonflies at the Lagoon.

Friday 14th September 2007
There were two Sabine's Gulls at the Bridges of Ross today.

Sunday 9th September 2007
Nine Little Egrets and two Green Sandpipers were
at Moyasta Creek, Poulnasherry Bay.
One Curlew Sandpiper, one Ruff, three Little Egrets
and two Spotted Redsahanks were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon. 
There were three Green Sandpipers at Ballycorrick Bridge, Ballynacally.
The Leucistic Curlew has returned to Poulnasherry Bay.

Friday 7th September 2007
The adult Long-billed Dowitcher plus one Wood Sandpiper,
one Curlew Sandpiper and one Spotted Redhank were at
the Shannon Airport Lagoon (Richard Bonser).

Thursday 6th September 2007
One Green Sandpiper was at Quin on the Rine River.
One Razorbill was seen off Traderee Point near Bunratty
a long way up the river Shannon.

Tuesday 4th September 2007
One Little Tern, one Arctic Skua and one first-winter
Mediterranean Gull were at Liscannor.
One Peregrine was at Lough Donnell.
Three White Wagtaisl were at Doonbeg.
Two White Wagtails were at Seafield.
One Common Sandpiper was at the Quay in Clarecastle this morning.

Monday 3rd September 2007
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still on the sand bank at
Doonbeg (Niall & Noel Keogh, Dave MacNamara).
There was also a Common Sandpiper, one Kingfisher, one White Wagtail
and a Raven at Doonbeg.
Two Peregrine were at Barrtra, near Lahinch.
One Raven was at Slieve Elva.
A Great Shearwater, 12 Sooties, four Arctic Skuas and a Merlin
were seen during a 2 hour seawatchat the Bridges of Ross this morning.

Sunday 2nd September 2007
A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was at Doonbeg today (Dave MacNamara et al).

At the Bridges of Ross there were eight Great Shearwaters, 145 Sooty Shearwaters,

5,000 Manx Shearwaters, eight Leach's Petrels, 21 Storm Petrels,  four Pomarine Skuas,
eight Arctic skuas, six Bonxies, three adult Sabines Gulls, eight Common Scoter and
17 Whimbrel.

Saturday 1st September 2007
There were 45 Sooty Shearwaters, eight Storm Petrels, three Leach's Petrels,
one Bonxie, five Arctic Skuas, 15 Common Scoter and a Minke Whale at the Bridges of Ross.
Two Little Egrets and two Spotted Redshanks were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon. 

Chough at the Cliffs of Moher© Barry Howell

Friday 31st August 2007
At the Bridges of Ross today there was;
one Arctic Skua, five Bonxies, six Sooty Shearwaters,
one Sabines Gull, two juvenile Little Gulls, three Storm Petrels,
four Common Scoter, and one Puffin. 
Off Kilbaha village there was one Bonxie, a Pomarine Skua,
and five Arctic Skuas.  A White Wagtail was in the pool at Kilbaha and
a juvenile Hen Harrier was seen hunting over the headland.
One Bonxie was off the tip of Loop Head.
There were five first-winter Mediterranean Gulls at Querrin Pier.
One Little Egret was seen at Doonbeg.

Thursday 30th August 2007
Three Little Terns and two White Wagtails were at Seafield, Quilty.
At the Bridges of Ross there were four Arctic Skuas, a Bonxie,
two Storm Petrels and four Common Scoters.
Seven Little Egrets, a Peregrine and 15 Greenshank were at 
Poulnasherry Bay.
 
Wednesday 29th August 2007
There were two Arctic Skuas, a Pomarine Skua and four Common Scoter
at the Bridges of Ross.
One Spotted Redshank and ten Little Egrets were at Poulnasherry Bay today.

Tuesday 28th Agust 2007
At the Bridges of Ross things were quiet with only
one Pomarine and five Arctic Skuas, one Sooty Shearwater,
two Balearic Shearwaters, ten Whimbrel, four Common Scoter
and one White Wagtail.
A Minke Whale was seen off Loop Head.

Monday 27th August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher and a Spotted Redshank
were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon (Richard Bonser).
At the Bridges of Ross today there was four Balearic Shearwaters,
one Sooty Shearwater, four Arctic Skuas and two Pomarine Skuas.
There were four Meditteranean Gulls at Knock Pier, three adults and
one juvenile. 
A flock of 80 Sandwich Terns and 50 Sanderling were at Carrigaholt.
One Water Rail was at Kilcredaun Marsh.
One Kingfisher was at Doonbeg.
One Little Tern was at Liscannor. 

Sunday 26th August 2007
There were reports of a Fea's Petrel at the Bridges of Ross today (Allan Conlin)(5.45pm).
There were 20 Sooty Shearwaters , five Balearic Shearwaters and
one Arctic Skua also at the Bridges. 
Also off Loop Head in the mouth of the Shannon a large bird of
prey taught to be a White-tailed Sea Eagle was seen being harrased
by seabirds as it flew over the sea. 
Three Common Sandpipers were at Lahinch Marsh.
A female Hen Harrier was near Liscannor.
There were two Little Terns at Quilty.

Saturday 25th August 2007
A Fea's Petrel was seen on two occasions this evening at the Bridges of Ross
(Andy Clifton et al 6.50pm & 7.40pm).
Also at the Bridges were four Great Shearwaters, 600 Sooty Shearwaters,
28 Balearic Shearwaters, two Sabines Gulls, three Common Scoter and 25
Whimbrel. There were five Sun Fish, one Basking Shark and 22 Common Dolphins.
The ROSE-COLOURED STARLING was still in Ennis (Marc Hughes).
Two Little Terns and two Red-throated Divers were at Liscannor.
Three Common Sandpipers and a Kingfisher were at lahinch Marsh.
Ten Little Egrets were near Moyasta and a Kingfisher was at Moyasta Creek.
One Water Rail was at Kilcredaun Marsh.



Rose-coloured Starling & Sun Fish© Marc Hughes

Friday 24th August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon
today along with one Little Egret (Mick Frosdick).
Seawatching at the Bridges of Ross this morning produced one Great
Shearwater, 185 Sooty Shearwaters, seven Balearic Shearwaters,
13 Arctic Skuas, three Bonxies, eight Storm Petrels and two Sabine's Gulls.
A flock of 13 Chough were seen at the Fodry Loop Head.

Sabine's Gull from a Paleagic trip 6km off Loop Head© Brian Egan
To view the video you can uploaded it from YouTube  which is here

Thursday 23rd August 2007
The ROSE-COLOURED STARLING was still near the Half Way
House in Ennis (Finbarr MacGabhann).
At the Bridges of Ross there was one Great Shearwater,
20 Sooties and eight Balearic Shearwaters.
The immature/female Garganey was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon.

Wednesday 22nd August 2007
The ROSE-COLOURED STARLING was once again at
the Half Way House, Ennis (Marc Hughes).
One Reed Warbler and three White Wagtails were at Doonbeg.
Two White Wagtails were at Lough Donnell.
One Jay was on the Cahercalla Road in Ennis.

Tuesday 21st August 2007
The ROSE-COLOURED STARLING was still at the Half Way
House in Ennis this morning (Finbarr MacGabhann). 
There were reports of a Fea's Petrel from the Bridges of Ross today
(Richard Taylor et al (12.25).
The Long-billed Dowitcher, one Spotted Redshank and a Little Egret
were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon (Dave MacNamara). 
A flock of 100 Sandwich Terns were on Fanore Beach.

Monday 20th August 2007
The ROSE-COLOURED STARLING showed well today near the Half Way House Pub,
across from the Statoil Petrol Station on the Clare Road in Ennis (Finbarr MacGabhann et al).
The Long-billed Dowitcher and BONAPARTES GULL were on display throughout the day
at the Shannon Airport Lagoon (Stan Nugent, John N Murphy et al).
At the Bridges of Ross there were; two Balearic Shearwaters, eight Sooty Shearwaters,
ten Bonxies seven Arctic Skuas and a few Storm Petrels.

Rose-coloured Starling Videograb© Stan Nugent.

Sunday 19th August 2007
An adult ROSE-COLOURED STARLING was found near the Statoil Petrol Station
on the Ennis/Limerick Road across from the West County Hotel, Ennis.
This is only the seventh record for Clare. 
The BONAPARTES GULL and Long -billed Dowitcher were still at the Shannon
Airport Lagoon.
At the Bridges of Ross and Loop Head there was poor seawatching with
five Bonxies, four Arctic Skuas, 18 Sooty Shearwatwers, three Balearic Shearwaters,
one adult summer Little Auk, two Grey Phalaropes and six Common Scoter.
One Green Sandpiper was at Moyasta, Poulnasherry Bay.
One White Wagtail was at Doonbeg.
Two Chough were at Lough Donnell.

Saturday 18th August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher, the BONAPATRES GULL and an
immature/female Garganey and one Little Egret were at the Shannon
Airport Lagoon today (John N Murphy).
There were two Cory's Shearwaters, one adult Sabine's Gull,
Three Bonxies , three Arctis Skuas, eight Sooty Shearwaters,
five Balearctic Shearwters and two Storm Petrels at the Bridges
of Ross.
One Green and one Common Sandpiper were at Doonbeg.
One Mediterranean Gull was at Quilty.

Friday 17th August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher was at The Sahnnon Airport Lagoon
(Dave McNamara).
The BONAPATRES GULL was also present (the Foleys).
One Little Stint was at Seafield, Quilty.
Two Mediterranean Gulls were at Quilty. 
One Reed Warbler and a Kingfisher were at Doonbeg.

Thursday 16th August 2007
Seawatching at the Bridges of Ross was quiet today with only
two Bonxies and four Sooty Shearwaters.

Wednesday 15th August 2007
A four hour seawatch at the Bridges of Ross this morning produced,
one Cory's Shearwater, two Little Auks, four Arctic Skuas , ne Bonxie,
two Balearic Shearwaters and six Sooty Shearwaters.
A female Hen Harrier was at Lisdoonvarna.
A Peregrine and one second-winter Mediterranean Gull were at
Seafield, Quilty.

Tuesday 14th August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher & BONAPARTES GULL were still at the Shannon
Airport Lagoon (Finbarr MacGabhann). There were lots of other waders also
at the Lagoon including one Spotted Redshank.

Monday 13th January 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher is still at the Shannon Airport Lagoon
(John Rattigan), along with one Green Sandpiper. 
Two Little Egrets were at Kildysart.

Sunday 12th August 2007
The BONAPARTES GULL was on the mudflats near the jetty at the
Shannon Airport Lagoon this morning (John N Murphy).
The Long-billed Dowitcher was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon in early
afternoon (John Rattigan).
At the Bridges of Ross today there were hundreds of Manx Shearwaters
passing per hour, three Balearic Shearwaters, two Bonxies and one
Arctic Skua. One Sun Fish was also off the Bridges of Ross.
There was one Common Sandpiper at Cloghaun Lough, Loop Head. 
Three Ruff were at Lough Donnell.



Bonapartes Gull at Shannon Airport Lagoon videograbs © John N Murphy

Saturday 11th August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher was still at the Shannon Airport
Lagoon (Finbarr MacGabhann) along with on Little Egret.
There were three Whooper Swans at Lough Atedaun, Corofin. 

Friday 10th August 2007
An adult BONAPARTES GULL was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon today with a
large flock of about 1,500 Black-headed Gulls (Dave McNamara, John N Murphy
& Finbarr MacGabhann). This was a great find by Dave and only the third record for Clare.
Also at the lagoon were two Water Rails, one Spotted Redshank and the Long-billed
Dowitcher (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann).
One Pectoral Sandpiper was at Lough Donnell this morning (Dave McNamara).
Also at Lough Donnell were one adult Ring-billed Gull and one second
winter Mediterranean Gull. 
One Green Sandpiper was at Doonbeg.
One Peregrine and two Ravens were at Cloghaun Lough, Loop Head.

Thursday 9th August 2007
There was one Reed Warbler at Doonbeg Bay this evening,
along with one Common Sandpiper.
Three Common Sandpipers were at the Skivileen River near the Doonbeg Golf
Course Clubhouse.
Four Common Sandpipers and three Chough were at Lahinch Marsh.

Wednesday 8th August 2007
The SPOTTED SANDPIPER was once again at Doonbeg Bay
this morning (Lorraine Benson).  Also at Doonbeg were three
Reed Warblers, one Green and one Common Sandpiper.

Monday 6th August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher was on the mudflats near the Shannon
Airport Lagoon this morning (John N Murphy).
One juvenile Hen Harrier, two Chough and three Raven were at Lough Donnell.
Four Common Sandpipers were at Poulnasherry Bay.
A blue phased Fulmar was off the Bridges of Ross along with thousands of Manx Shearwaters.
Two Chough were at the Cliffs of Moher.


Long-billed Dowitcher on distant mudflats with godwits videograb © John N Murphy


Sunday 5th August 2007
The SPOTTED SANDPIPER was still a Doonbeg Bay this morning
(Dermot Breen, Lorraine Benson et al).
Also at Doonbeg were four Common Sandpipers, one Little Egret,
50 Whimbrel, one Tree Sparrow, three Ravens and one Kingfisher.
A Wilson's Petrel was at the Bridges of Ross (Dermot Breen).
Also at the Bridges were five, Bonxies, five Arctic Skuas, one
Pomarine Skua, ten Sooty Shearwaters and six Storm Petrels.
There was one Spotted Redshank at Poulnasherry Bay.
One Peregrine, one  Bonxie and five Storm Petrels were at
Green Island near Miltown Malbay.


Spotted Sandpiper with Comon Sandpiper Doonbeg videograb © John N Murphy

Saturday 4th August 2007
An adult summer SPOTTED SANDPIPER was at Doonbeg
Bay this evening (Dave McNamara), along side four Common Sandpipers
and a flock of 100 Whimbrel.
This is only the third Clare record of Spotted Sandpiper.
The Long-billed Dowithcher was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon
again today (Finbarr MacGabhann and Dermot Breen).
There was also two Curlew Sandpipers, three Little Egrets and
one female Common Scoter.
At the Bridges of Ross today there were;
ten Bonxies, 16 Arctic Skuas, one Pomarine Skua, 58 Sooty Shearwaters,
25 Storm Petrels and 42 Whimbrel. 

Friday 3rd August 2007
The Long-billed Dowitcher was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this
evening (Hugh Delaney) along side one Spotted Redshank and one
Curlew Sandpiper.

Thursday 2nd August 2007
There was a Stock Dove at Applewood, Ballycar this morning. 
Four Common Sandpipers were at Doonbeg.
One Little Egret was at Lough Donnell.