Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Monday 25th April 2016

Buzzard at Dromkeen (Gearoid Jackson).

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Saturday 23rd April 2016

Long-eared Owl found dead on M7 just north of Gooig Bog (road casualty).

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Friday 22nd April 2016

37 Whimbrel and 125 Black-headed Gulls at Coonagh.

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Thursday 21st April 2016

One Whimbrel, three Greenshanks and an adult Little Egret at Robertstown (TT).

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Wednesday 20th April 2016

Cuckoo at Carrigkerry (Andrew Holmes); the first reported this year!

Buzzard at Glenstal, Murroe (Elaine Keegan).

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Tuesday 19th April 2016

Tuesday 19th April 2016

Short-eared Owl (Liam O’Sullivan)

Buzzard at Glenwilliam, Ballingarry (Andrew Holmes).

Belated report of a Short-eared Owl at Castlemahon last February (Liam O’Sullivan).

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Monday 18th April 2016

Twenty Crossbills, two Kestrels and a Hen Harrier were seen in the west Lmerick hills (Mike Flanagan & Mike Sheehy)

Whimbrel passage heard at Ardpatrick tonight(Allan Mee).

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Saturday 16th April 2016

Drumming by a presumed Great Spotted Woodpecker was heard near the camp site at Curraghchase(per Geoff Hunt).

Two Glossy Ibises at King’s Island.

Adult summer Little Gull, Sedge Warbler and Grasshopper Warbler at Coonagh.

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Friday 15th April 2016

Friday 15th April 2016

Glossy Ibis ©Tom Tarpey

Two Glossy Ibises were on the flood plain on King’s Island, Limerick City today. (Paul Duhig & Tom Tarpey).  The birds were also seen there yesterday.  This is the second record for Limerick, the first one being a bird at the Coonagh Nature Reserve from March to June 2014.

 

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Wednesday 13th April 2016

Adult summer Little Gull at Coonagh (TT).

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