Clare Bird Sightings

Monday 16th January 2023

An adult Ring-billed Gull was at Harvey’s Quay and the sub-adult Iceland Gull was at Honan’s Quay (TT).
A Blackcap was at Ashbrook (TT).
A Polish ringed Black-headed Gull, Yellow TLW5, was back at the Mill Road, Corbally after an absence of two years. The bird was ringed as an adult near Szczecin in northwestern Poland in May 2019 and was first seen in Corbally on 26/15/19 and was subsequently seen in Holland on 6/8/20 (TT).
A Norwegian ringed Common Gull, White JH584, was at Thomond Weir. This 6cy bird is wintering in Limerick for the third year in a row(TT).
A Barn Owl was at Devon Cross.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)