Clare Bird Sightings

Saturday 20th August 2021

At the Bridges of Ross this morning (6.10-14.30) there were two Wilson’s Petrels, two Long-tailed Skuas, 12 Cory’s Shearwaters, 46 Great Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwaters, 100 Sooty Shearwaters, two Sabines Gulls, four Pomarine Skuas and 27 Storm Petrels. (per Irishbirding.com)
Off the Bridges of Ross this afternoon (14.50-19.30), there was one Wilson’s Petrel, two Great Shearwaters, 60 plus Sooty Shearwaters, 25 Storm Petrels, 19 Sabine’s Gulls, three Arctic Skuas, two Pomarine Skuas, three Bonxies, and 300 Arctic Terns. (Simon Mitchell)
At Kilkee cliffs (08.10-10.15) there was one Great Shearwater, 14 Sooty Shearwaters,one Balearic Shearwater, one Bonxie, one Sandwich Tern, three Dunlin, three Ringed Plover and nine Whimbrel. (Chris and Alex Cullen)