Clare Bird Sightings

Saturday 26th September 2026

Saturday 26th September 2026

Turtle Dove at Cregg, Lahinch Jeff Copner

One Turtle Dove was at Lahinch.(Jeff Copner)

At Ross Ringing Station today (14.00-16.00), there were three juvenile Sabine’s Gulls, 55 Sooty Shearwaters, two Arctic Skuas, two Bonxies, 19 Arctic Terns and five Grey Phalaropes with one immature/female Hen Harrier hunting fields close by. (Chris Cullen and John N Murphy)

Three Green Sandpipers were at Moyasta. (JNM)

At Loop Head there was one Cory’s Shearwater, three Sooty Shearwaters, 60 Golden Plover and three Wheatears. (CC & JNM)

At the gardens in Kilbaha there was one Spotted Flycatcher, three Chiffchaff, one Willow Warbler, 20 Snipe and over 70 Rock Doves. (JNM & CC)

The colour ringed Oystercatcher 8J black inscription on white and orange over black, ringed in Iceland during 2015, was back at Liscannor. (Geoff Pearson)