Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

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).


Tuesday 18th September 2018

A Buzzard was at Mount Earl (TT).
25 Gadwall, five Shoveler six Wigeon and a Little Egret were at Coonagh (TT).


Saturday 15th September 2018

A Mediterranean Gull and a Kingfisher were at Loughill (Maura Turner).


Thursday 13th September 2018

A Manx Shearwater was on the River Shannon at the Shannon Bridge in Limerick today (Andrew Holmes).
A Willow Warbler was at Westfields (TT)
Two Garganey(immature/female types), 230 Teal, 100 Mallard, 22 Shoveler, a Wigeon, a Green Sandpiper, 10 Black-tailed Godwits, four Snipe, three Dunlin, 20 Little Grebes, six Cormorants, a Pergrine Falcon and 100 Goldfinches were at the Charleville Lagoons today.


Wednesday 12th September 2018

A Wheatear was at the UL bowl (TT).
A Buzzard was at the Rossbrien intersection (TT).


Tuesday 11th September 2018

120 Ringed Plover, eight Turnstone and three Dunlin were at Glin (Geoff Hunt).
A Green Sandpiper, 12 Lapwing, eight Curlew, 16 Redshank, 14 Teal and a Little Egret were at Robertstown (GH).
18 Little Egrets were at Tarbert Bay (GH).