Clare Bird Sightings

Thursday 16th October 2025

The juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper was still at Cloghaun Lough this evening. (John N Murphy)

The juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper was still at Seafield, Quilty.(Jeff Copner)

At Loop Head Lighthouse gardens this morning there was one female Greenland Wheatear, two Redwing, one Goldfinch, two Merlin and 220 Golden Plover. (JNM)

At Rineville Bay there was one male Peregrine, one female Greenland Wheatear, 200 Golden Plover and hundreds of seabirds feeding in the mouth of the Shannon River. (JNM)

One female Wheatear was at Murphy’s Point, Loop Head. (JNM)

A female Peregrine was chasing pigeons near The Friary, Ennis.(Adrian Glasgow)