Clare Bird Sightings

Saturday 25th January 2020

Twelve Purple Sandpiper were seen during the course of the Branch outing to Seafield, Quilty this morning. Also an Oystercatcher wearing white ring PY on right leg and pink/black bands on left leg.This bird was ringed in Iceland in June 2017. It was then an adult bird caught at a nest site.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Geoff Pearson, Austin Cooney et al)
A Greater Scaup and 72 Pintail Duck were at Ballyallia.(Páidí Cullinan)