Clare Bird Sightings

Sunday 18th August 2024

At Black Head between 07.00-10.55 there were five immature Pomarine Skua, 12 Arctic Skua, one Great Skua, 45 Cory’s Shearwater, 13 Sooty Shearwater, 950 Manx Shearwater and 205 Kittiwake.(Paul Troake)

At the Bridges of Ross between  06.00-18.00 there were five Wilson’s Storm Petrel, three Balearic Shearwater, two adult Long-tailed Skua, six Sabine’s Gull, 2100 Cory’s Shearwater, 500 Great Shearwater, 80 Sooty Shearwater, six Pomarine Skua, ten Arctic Skua, three Great Skua, 35 Storm Petrel and one Grey Phalarope.(AG. Kelly, B. McCloskey, G. Murray, JF. Dowdall, C. Cardiff, M. Stewart, J. Sheehan, A. O’ Brien et al)