Clare Bird Sightings

Friday 2nd October 2026

Friday 2nd October 2026

Baird’s Sandpiper at Seafield John N Murphy

One juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper, six Grey Phalaropes and ten Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield, Quilty.(John N Murphy)

A Great Egret was back at Doonbeg Bay for a second winter. (JNM)

At Ross Ringing Station this evening (17.15-18.45) there were 12 Sooty Shearwaters, two Bonxies, nine Arctic Skuas, six European Storm Petrels, two juvenile Sabine’s Gulls, seven Arctic Terns, one Red-throated Diver and 11 Grey Phalaropes. (JNM)

At Aughinish Island this afternoon there were 41 European Storm Petrels, three Mediterranean Gulls and three Wheatears. (James Organ & Paul Troake)

A ringtail Hen Harrier was in the vicinity of the graveyard in Templemaley this morning.(Maura Crowe)