Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Thursday 8th February 2018

40 Whooper Swans were at Athlacca (Geoff Hunt).
600 Golden Plover were at Knockainey (GH).


Wednesday 7th February 2018

A Buzzard was Attyflin (TT).


Tuesday 6th February 2018

A Green Sandpiper was at Ballyagran (Andrew Holmes).


Monday 5th February 2018

Monday 5th February 2018

Drake Goosander ©Tom Tarpey

One drake Goosander was at Corbally today (Maura Turner).
A Buzzard was at M7/M20 slip road in Rosbrien (TT).
A 1st winter Iceland Gull was at O’callaghan’s Strand (Andrew Holmes).


Sunday 4th February 2018

Sunday 4th February 2018

Siberian Chiffchaff ©Tom Tarpey

A Siberian Chiffchaff was at the eastern bank of King’s Island. Two Whooper Swans, 97 Oystercathcers and a 1st winter Iceland Gull were also present on the adjacent flooded marsh and playing fields. (TT)
Two drake Goosanders were at Corbally Weir (TT).
A 1st winter Kumlien’s Gull and a 1st winter Iceland Gull were at O’Callaghan’s Strand and another was at Healy’s Field. Two Ring-billed Gulls, an adult and a 2nd winter, were also at O’Callaghan’s Strand. (TT).
Twelve Hawfinches, four Brambling and a Buzzard were at Curraghchase (per Irishbirding).


Sunday 4th February 2018

Sunday 4th February 2018

Drake Goosander ©Tom Tarpey

Two drake Goosanders were on the Shannon upstream of St. Thomas’s Island (Tom Tarpey).
A flock of over 400 Barnacle Geese were in a field near Killard graveyard.(Dixie Collins)


Thursday 1st February 2018

A Kittiwake was at Bushy Island and a Shag was at Beagh Castle (Paul Troake).
A Buzzard was seen near the M7 at Rosbrien(PT).


Monday 29th January 2018

Four Whooper Swans, all adults and 25 Teal were in a flooded field at Ballyengland, Askeaton (TT).
A juvenile Buzzard was at the Golf Links Road, Ballysimon (TT).


Saturday 27th January 2018

25 Hawfinches were at Curraghchase (per Irishbirding).


Friday 26th January 2018

A Goosander was on the Shannon at Corbally (Pat Lysaght).