13 Gadwall, two Great-crested Grebes, 42 Little Grebes, 36 Mute Swans and a few Tufted Duck were at Lough Gur.
Leave a commentSaturday 29th September 2012
Greenshank ©Tom Tarpey
A dead Barn Owl was found on the N21 east of Rathkeale. This is the second Barn Owl road casualty found near Rathkeale this year.
A Wheatear and a Raven were at Gortadroma landfill.
50 Curlew, 16 Redshank, three Greenshank, two Lapwing and ten Mallard were at Loughill.
Sunday 30th September 2012
A Snow Bunting was in the lighthouse front garden at Loop Head this morning. 80 Snipe in two separate flocks, 69 Golden Plover and a Peregrine were also on the penninsula.
A Wheatear and 27 Golden Plover were at Ross.
At Black Head this morning there were 2,700 Guillemots/Razorbills, 190 Kittiwakes, 30 Gannets, 17 Sandwich Terns, five Manx Shearwaters, one Arctic Skua, one juvenile Sabine’s Gull on the sea with kittiwakes, three adult Whooper Swans and six Brent Geese.
Thursday 27th September 2012
Juvenile Sedge Warbler at Coonagh ©James Hayes
A Barn Owl was seen at Glenwilliam, Ballingarry.
Two late staying Sedge Warblers were seen at Coonagh. Other birds of note there included 23 Wigeon, nine Pochard, four Gadwall, 16 Snipe, two Water Rails and a Raven.
Monday 24th September 2012
149 Golden Plover, 62 Curlew, 60 Redshank, 16 Greenshank and a Knot were at Robertstown.
Further down the estaury two Spotted Redshank were at Bunnaclugga, Kerry.
Saturday 22nd 2012
58 Tuted Duck, 22 Pochard, 12 Mallard, 5 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon, a female Scaup, eleven Mute Swans, two Great-crested Grebes and a Black-tailed Godwit were at Coonagh.
Leave a commentSaturday 15th September 2012
Twelve Mediterranean Gulls, 40 Teal, 30 Redshank, 25 Black-tailed Godwits, 16 Greenshank, 15 Great-crested Grebes along with smaller numbers of Dunlin and Little Egrets were seen at Tarbert today on the Branch Outing. A possible Goshawk was also seen at the end of the outing. The bird emerged from the wood on the north side of the bay, being mobbed by a Sparrowhawk and another smaller raptor.
Leave a commentSunday 16th September 2012
The adult American Golden Plover was still in the Horse Field at the Bridges of Ross (Noel Keogh).
The juvenile Osprey was still present at Lahinch salt marsh today (Tom Tarpey & Gerry Butler).
At the Bridges of Ross today there were four Balearic Shearwaters, 223 Sooty Shearwaters, 3,100 Manx Shearwaters, 45 Leach’s Petrels, three Storm Petrels, three Common Scoter, six Red-throated Divers, 19 Bonxies, five Arctic Skuas, three juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, two Litle Gulls, 22 Arctic Terns, one Sandwich Tern, one juvenile Black Tern, 35 Grey Phalaropes and three Puffins.
One Brent Goose was in Kilbaha Harbour.
Sunday 9th September 2012
An adult Yellow-legged Gull(Geoff Hunt) was at Robertstown today along with a Whimbrel, two Snipe, 18 Golden Plover,24 Greenshank, 28 Redshank and 29 Curlew.
40 Redshank and a Lapwing were at Loghill.
Friday 7th September 2012
At Coonagh this afternoon there were seven Gadwall, four Wigeon, ten Pochard, 12 Mallard, 42 Tufted Duck, a Snipe, a Greenshank, a Black-tailed Godwit, a Little Egret, five Great-crested Grebes as well as numerous Little Grebes, Coot and Moorhen.
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