Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Wednesday 9th January 2013

A Barn Owl was seen at Barnakyle, Patrickswell in the late afternoon.

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Monday 7th January 2013

Ten Waxwings were seen on the trees opposite the South Court Hotel, Raheen.

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Sunday 6th January 2013

280 Tufted Duck, 132 Wigeon, 50 Teal, 36 Mallard, 24 Shoveler, 22 Coot, 41 Mute Swans and three Whooper Swans were at Lough Gur.
Five Whooper Swans were at Athlacca.
The adult Ring-billed Gull was at Sarsfield Lock along with a colour-ringed Common Gull, Red AE02, which was ringed as a chick near Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein in northeastern Germany in June 2010.
A very large Starling murmuration, estimated to contain about 50,000 birds, was seen at Liskennet, Croom this evening.

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Friday 4th January 2013

An adult and a first winter Ring-billed Gull were at O’Callaghan’s Strand.

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Tuesday 1st January 2013

Nine Waxwings were seen near the Old Crescent rugby grounds at Rossbrien.
Ten Waxwings were at the Golf Links Road, Castletroy this evening.

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Monday 31st December 2012

A Buzzard was seen near Patrickswell.
93 Pochard, 32 Tufted Duck, four Scaup, four Gadwall, two Mallard, a Wigeon, six Snipe, 139 Coot, a Great-crested Grebe and nine Mute Swans were at Coonagh.

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Sunday 30th December 2012

Two Common Sandpipers, 158 Tufted Duck, 12 Pochard, ten Goldeneye, eight Scaup, two Mallard, two Great-crested Grebes and 118 Coot were at Ardclooney.

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Saturday 29th December 2012

The third winter Yellow-legged Gull was at Thomond Weir again today (Tom Tarpey).

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Thursday 27th December 2012

The 14 Waxwings were on show at Castletroy Golf Club again today.
A Dipper was at Caherconlish.
Black-headed Gull Yellow 286B was at Thomond Weir. This 2008 Lough Mask ringed bird was last seen in Limerick City on March 4th last.

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Wednesday 26th December 2012

Two adult Mediterranean Gulls along with three Little Egrets, 187 Teal, 52 Wigeon, seven Scaup, five Great-crested Grebes, two Great Northern Divers, 80 Curlew, 48 Redshank and four Greenshank were at Tarbert Bay.

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