Wheatear at Coonagh ©Tom Tarpey
A eclipse male Garganey, a Wheatear and 10 Swallows were at Coonagh today.
Leave a commentTuesday 1st October 2013
At least 25 Wheatears, three White Wagtails and a Peregrine were at Loop Head today.
Three Swallows were in Kilbaha.
A Peregrine was also seen at Kilkee.
Thursday 26th September 2013
A juvenile type Marsh Harrier was seen at Coonagh this evening (Tom Tarpey). The bird passed through the nature reserve and headed westwards along the estuary towards Bunratty. This is a first record of the species for Coonagh and only the second for the County in modern times. The first record was at Lough Gur earlier in the year on May 20th.
Leave a commentTuesday 24th September 2013
Wood Sandpiper at Coonagh (Tom Tarpey)
A Wood Sandpiper was at Coonagh this evening.
Leave a commentMonday 23rd September 2013
The American Golden Plover was at the west end of Kilkee Strand again today (Tom Tarpey, Chris Heard et al), along with one second-winter Ring-billed Gull and one Mediterranean Gull. At Loop Head there were ten Lapland Buntings, two Snow Buntings, one Buzzard and a Chiffchaff were seen at Kilbaha in the afternoon. A Curlew Sandpiper and Ruff were at Doonbeg. One Spotted Redshank was at Moyasta Creek.
Leave a commentSunday 22nd September 2013
Yellow-legged Gull at Loghill ©Tom Tarpey
A sub-adult Yellow-legged Gull was seen at Loghill today (Tom Tarpey). An adult winter Mediterranean Gull and five Arctic Terns were also seen in the area.
Two Arctic Terns remained at Coonagh this evening.
Saturday 21st September 2013
Juvenile Arctic Tern at Coonagh ©Tom Tarpey
Three Arctic Terns were still at Coonagh this evening. Four Greenshank and 33 Lapwing were also present for the high tide roost.
Leave a commentFriday 20th September 2013
A Crane was seen flying westwards over Castleconnell before heading northwards towards Montpelier and then westwards again into Clare (Paul Troake). This is the third record of the species in Limerick in modern times.
Leave a commentThursday 19th September 2013
A White-tailed Eagle was seen flying over St. Thomas’s Island, Parteen at midday and was seen again in the afternoon at the Tail Race/River Shannon confluence (Pat Lysaght). At the Bridges of Ross the seawatching was good today, between 7.15-2.15 there were three juv Long-tails (one flew in over houses), six Pomarine Skuas, 15 Arctic Skuas, 27 Bonxies, three juvenile Sabine’s Gulls , 44 Leach’s Petrels, c30 Storm Petrels, 17 Grey Phalaropes, 5 Puffins, a Black Guillemot and 112 Sooty Shearwaters. There was also a juvenile Sabine’s in Ross Bay. The adult American Golden Plover was on Kilkee beach until c2.30pm when it flew off out to sea by itself and was lost to view! Two Kingfishers were off he pier at Mountshannon. Six Curlew Sandpipers were off Knockbeg Point at the Shannon Airport Lagoon.
Leave a commentThursday 19th September 2013
A White-tailed Eagle was seen at flying over the Shannon at the Mill Road, Corbally today (Pat Lysaght). A Little Stint was also seen in the area.
A Kingfisher and a Whimbrel were at Robertstown.
A Kingfisher was seen at Foynes Harbour.
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