Clare Bird Sightings

Friday 16th October 2026

Friday 16th October 2026

Immature male Merlin at Ross Ringing Station John N Murphy

The juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, two Curlew Sandpipers and a Peregrine were still at Seafield today. (Mark Gibson & Stan Nugent)

The Great Egret, one female Hen Harrier and 80 Golden Plover were at Doonbeg. (John N Murphy)

A seawatch this morning at Ross Ringing Station (08.20-10.30)(JNM) produced four Little Auk (08.55)(09.29)(09.48)(09.59), three juvenile Sabine’s Gulls (2x 8.35, 1 x 09.40), two Sooty Shearwaters, 14 Manx Shearwaters, one European Storm Petrel, one Puffin, one 1st-winter Little Gull, 1,000 Kittiwakes (ph), two Arctic Terns, 22 Grey Phalaropes and an immature male Merlin.

Two Chiffchaff and eight Kestrel were in Kilbaha. (JNM)

One female Greenland Wheatear was at Aughinish. (James Organ)

There were 14 Whooper Swans and 350 Black-tailed Godwits at Tooles Lough, the Burren.(JO)