Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Sunday 23rd October 2016

15 Whooper Swans at Coonagh along with 20 Mute Swans, 40 Wigeon, 12 Gadwall, 18 Shoveler, six Mallard, 16 Teal and two Lapwing (Tom Tarpey).
Three Buzzards were at Curraghchase Forest Park.(Clodagh Glasgow)

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Monday 17th October 2016

Buzzard over the N20 at Fanningstown, Croom (Andrew Holmes).

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Friday 14th October 2016

Ring Ouzel at Seefin, Ballyhoura Mountains (per Tony Mee).

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Thursday 13th October 2016

Three Buzzards at Ballinlough, Kilteely (Tony Mee).
Buzzard at Golf Links Road, Ballysimon (TT).

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Monday 10th October 2016

Buzzard at Glenwilliam, Ballingarry (Andrew Holmes)

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Sunday 9th October 2016

33 Wigeon, 16 Teal, ten Gadwall, eight Shoveler, eight Mallard and a Snipe at Coonagh (TT).
Two Buzzards at Tervoe, Mungret (TT).

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Monday 3rd October 2016

Monday 3rd October 2016

Adult Mediterranean Gull with Black-headed Gull at Glin John N Murphy

There were three adult Mediterranean Gulls and one first-winter at Glin early this morning (John N Murphy).

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Sunday 2nd October 2016

Buzzard sitting on gate pillar beside the N21 at Cummeen, Adare (TT).

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Sunday 25th September 2016

Eight Greenshank, 30 Redshank, a Dunlin, two Snipe, 76 Curlew, two Black-tailed Godwits, three Bar-tailed Godwits, two Lapwing, 13 Teal and two Little Egrets at Loughill (Maura Turner)
65 Redshank, ten Greenshank, 35 Curlew and a Sparrowhawk at Aughinish Island (MT).
20 Little Egrets and five Great-crested Grebes at Tarbert Bay (MT).

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Sunday 25th September 2016

One Pied Flycatcher was near Gibson’s Garden in Kilbaha. (Noel Keogh & Brian Porter)
An adult Whinchat, nine Lapland Buntings, six Wheatears, a Peregrine and 36 Golden Plover were at Loop Head this afternoon (Tom Tarpey).
At the Bridges of Ross there were 511 Sooty Shearwaters, one Balearic Sjearwater, 2200 Manx Shearwaters, eight Leach’s Petrels, 61 Storm Petrels, 167 Bonxies, 30 Pomarine Skuas, 36 Arctic Skuas, 14 Long-tailed Skuas (1 adult, 1 sub-adult & 12 juveniles), ten Sabine’s Gulls (4 adults & 6 juveniles), 211 ArcticTerns, 41 Sandwich Terns, one juvenile Black Tern, 30 Grey Phalaropes, 15 Puffins, 20 Red-throated Divers and six Common Scoter. (Niall Keogh, Noel Keogh, Des Higgins, Brian Porter & Geoff Pearson)
Four Whimbrel were at Finvarra and a Dipper was at the Caher Valley(Pádraig Cullinan)

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