At the joint Clare and Limerick Branch outing to Loop Head great views of breeding Common Guillemot, Kittiwake, Razorbill, Fulmar, Shag, Herring Gull, Lesser Black-backed Gull, Rock Dove, Chough, Ringed Plover, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit and Wheatear were enjoyed along with passing Gannet and Manx Shearwater. (Nuala and Tom Lynch, Clodagh Glasgow, Sean and Peter Whelan et al)

A flock of over 200 Manx Shearwater were feeding off Cloughaun Lough at 1.30p.m.(Sean and Peter Whelan)

A Buzzard and a Common Sandpiper were at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)