Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Wednesday 10th October 2018

Sixty Gadwall, 35 Shoveler, ten Mallard, three Wigeon and 15 Tufted Duck were at Coonagh (TT).


Sunday 7th October 2018

A Ruff, 65 Redshank, two Greenshank, five Dunlin, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, nine Golden Plover, 70 Lapwing, 40 Teal and 10 Mallard were at Robertstown (TT).
71 Redshank, 145 Curlew, 20 Teal, four Mallard, two Little Egrets and a Grey Heron were at Loughill (TT).
A Buzzard was at Rosbrien (TT).


Tuesday 2nd October 2018

A Whooper Swan was at Lough Gur (James McGrath).


Thursday 27th September 2018

A Buzzard was at Kylevarraga, Adare (Andrew Holmes).


Wednesday 26th September 2018

Wednesday 26th September 2018

Black-Headed Gull Yellow 208P (Geoff Hunt)

Black-headed Gull Yellow 208P was seen at Harvey’s Quay today (Geoff Hunt). This bird was ringed as a chick at Lough Mask, County Mayo eleven years ago and has spent most of its winters on the Shannon in Limerick City.


Monday 24th September 2018

Six Buzzards were seen in a silage field near Ballingarry (Sean Dunworth).


Sunday 23rd September 2018

An adult and a 1st winter Mediterranean Gull were at Tarbert (Geoff Hunt).
80 Ringed Plover, 15 Dunlin and three Turnstone were at Glin (GH).


Saturday 22nd September 2018

60 Gadwall, two Teal, two Mallard and 18 Tufted Duck were at Coonagh(TT).
A Buzzard was at the Rosbrien Interchange (James Hayes & TT).


Thursday 20th September 2018

41 Teal, 12 Mallard, four Great-crested Grebes, 40 Redshank, two Greenshank, 50 Curlew, five Snipe, a Lapwing, an Oystercatcher and four Little Egrets were at Loughill (TT).


Wednesday 19th September 2018

Wednesday 19th September 2018

Ruff at Kilbaha ©Tom Tarpey

At the Bridges of Ross today were one Balearic, 1130+ Sooty Shearwaters, 2325+ Manx Shearwaters, 12 Leach’s, 40+ Storm Petrels, one Grey Phalarope, 117+ Bonxie, 36 Pomarine Skuas, 23 Arctic Skuas, two adult Sabine’s Gulls, 50+ Arctic Terns, one Sandwich Tern, two Puffins, three Light-bellied Brent Geese, five Common Scoter and seven Red-throated Divers. (Niall T. Keogh, Brian Porter, Gyr Penn, Paul Troake, Geoff Pearson, Tom Tarpey, Jim Bowman, Paul Archer et al).
There were 90 Curlew and two Snipe at Ross Bay (TT).
One Ruff was at Kilbaha (TT).