42 Whooper Swans, 227 Wigeon, 70 Teal, 40 Shoveler, 26 Gadwall, 42 Tufted Duck, two Buzzards and a Peregrine Falcon were at Lough Gur (Tony Mee).
51 Tufted Duck. a Pochard and a Blackcap were at Westfields (Niall Keogh).
20 Little Egrets were at Grange Bridge (Andrew Holmes).
Thursday 26th December 2019
An Polish colour ringed adult Black-headed Gull, Yellow TLW5, was the Lax Weir, Corbally (TT). The bird was ringed as an adult on 15/5/2019 at Lubczyna in north western Poland, close to the German border, 1551km from Limerick. This is the second eastern European Black-headed Gull recorded in Limerick this winter.
50 Tufted Duck, two Pochard, eight Mallard and five Mute Swans were at Westfields (TT).
Saturday 21st December 2019
Common Sandpiper John N Murphy
The drake American Wigeon was still at the flooded fields near Kells today along with 100 Whooper Swans. (Barry Howell)
One first-winter Common Sandpiper was at Clarecastle Quay. (John N Murphy)
Two Buzzards were beside the M20 between Crusheen and the Co. Galway border (Tom Tarpey).
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