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.
Sunday 22nd September 2013
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.
Monday 16th September 2013
14 Arctic Terns were at Coonagh this afternoon. A Greenshank, a Lapwing and two Black-tailed Godwits were the only waders present there during high tide. Interestingly the roost was disturbed by a Fox today, the second time this has been observed in the past week. A Garganey was also seen at the site.
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Friday 13th September 2013
Little Stint at Coonagh ©Tom Tarpey
A juvenile Little Stint was on the spit at Coonagh today at high tide.
Leave a commentTuesday 10th September 2013
Four Garganey, all showing juvenile/female type plumage, were at Coonagh this evening.
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