Two Goosanders were on the River Shannon just opposite the Scout Hall at Shannon Banks, Parteen this morning. A third was upstream near Illaunaroan (Maura Turner).
Leave a commentMonday 5th December 2016
Three Goosanders were seen on the river at the Shannon Fields, Corbally today (Maura Turner).
Leave a commentSunday 4th December 2016
Goosander ©Tom Tarpey
A Goosander was seen again at Corbally Weir today (TT).
80 Wigeon, three Shoveler. two mallard, a Teal, 12 Mute Swans, ten Little Grebes, 20 Coot, three Moorhens and a Little Egret were at Coonagh (TT). An Otter was also present.
30 Tufted Duck, 14 Teal, ten Wigeon and seven Shoveler were at Lough Gur (Tony Mee). Two Otters were also present.
Two Buzzards were at Ballinruane (Andrew Holmes).
Friday 2nd December 2016
Two Goldeneye and three Snipe were on the Shannon at Corbally (Andrew Holmes).
Buzzards were seen at Rosbrien (TT), Adare and Ballinruane (AH).
Wednesday 30th November 2016
A Kingfisher and two Redshank were on the Shannon at Corbally(TT).
A Stock Dove was seen at Nantinan (Geoff Hunt).
A Buzzard was at Currgahchase (GH).
Tuesday 29th November 2016
Two Goosanders(redheads) were on the Shannon just downstream from Corbally Weir. The birds were seen previously on Nov.21st upstream of Athlunkard Bridge. Four Goldeneye, 30 Tufted Duck, four Wigeon, 15 Teal, a Redshank, a Jack Snipe, a Little Egret and two Dippers were also seen along the river in the Corbally area (Maura Turner & Tom Tarpey).
Leave a commentSunday 27th November 2016
25 Mallard, 37 Tufted Duck, six Mute Swans, nine Cormorants, a Little Egret and two Herons were on the Shannon between Plassey and the Shannon Fields (TT).
20 Wigeon, eight Shoveler, five Teal and two Snipe and a Kestrel were at Coonagh (Maura Turner).
Saturday 26th November 2016
First winter Buzzard at Curraghchase ©Tom Tarpey
An adult and first winter Buzzard were just west of The Ferry Bridge and another first winter was at Curraghchase.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Maura Turner, Clodagh Glasgow and Gearóid Jackson et al). Several Jays and Red Squirrels were also seen at Curraghchase during the joint Limerick & Clare Branch outing.
Buzzards were also seen today at Rosbrien (TT, first winter) and Kilcullane, Bruff (Tony Mee) and at Adare in recent days (per Andrew Holmes).
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