Blackcap ©Geoff Hunt
A Buzzard was seen at Ahane today (Derek McCarthy).
Blackcaps were seen in gardens at Newcastle West and Monaleen today.
Monday 9th February 2015
Wednesday 28th January 2015
A Buzzard and a flock of about 500 Chaffinches were at Curraghchase Forest Park this afternoon.
Blackcaps were seen at Westbury (Maura Turner) and Monaleen.
Tuesday 27th January 2015
A flock of c.700 Linnets was seen at Adare. The birds were feeding on the remnants of an oil seed rape crop in the two fields just north of the new playground.
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A Brambling was seen with the Chaffinch flock, which contained about 300 birds, in the arboretum at Curraghchase today (Maura Turner).
Leave a commentSaturday 24th January 2015
A Siberian Chiffchaff was seen at the Coonagh Nature Reserve today (Tom Tarpey). A Jack Snipe was also present.
This month’s Branch Outing was spread over two locations; six Jack Snipe were seen at Lough Gur, a Buzzard was seen on the Croom Road outside Bruff en route to the Starling murmuration south west of Croom. An estimated 250,000 birds, the largest number so far this winter, displayed in the murmuration between 16:50 and 17:25(Geoff Hunt).
Sunday 18th January 2015
First winter Iceland Gull ©Tom Tarpey
A 1st winter Iceland Gull was on the Custom House pontoon in Limerick City this morning. There was also a notable increase in Herring Gulls in the City following the recent stormy weather.
A German ringed adult Black-headed Gull (White A861) was seen at Clancy’s Strand. The bird was ringed at a wetland in the centre of Hamburg on 10/2/2013 and it was also seen at Callanstoog on the west coast of Holland on 4/12/2014.
The Brambling and Blackcap were seen in Monaleen again today.
Saturday 17th January 2015
Brambling ©Tom Tarpey
A Brambling and a Blackcap were seen in a garden in Monaleen.
Two adult Ring-billed Gulls were seen in Limerick City, one at Westfields and one at O’Callaghan’s Strand.
A large flock of about 40 Goldfinches was feeding on alder cones at St. Thomas’s Island at the Mill Road, Corbally
Saturday 10th January 2015
A colour ringed adult winter Black-headed Gull (White 8FE) was seen at Harvey’s Quay today. It was ringed as a 2nd winter male bird in Copenhagen, Denmark on 6/2/2014.
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