Three Sand Martins were seen on the River Mulkear at Castletroy. These are the first recorded in the County this year.
A Hen Harrier was seen near Cooperhill, Mungret.
Monday 26th March 2012
Sunday 25th March 2012
One Swallow was at Carrigaholt, this was the first recorded in Clare this year.
At Loop Head there was one Glaucous Gull, five Iceland Gulls and 250 Manx Shearwaters.
One second-year Glaucous Gull was at Seafield, Quilty along with two Sand Martins and a Wheatear.
A Chiffchaff was at Lees Road, Ennis.
Sunday 25th March 2012
Three Chiffchaffs and three Dippers were seen on the river walk between Ballyorgan and Darragh today.
Leave a commentSaturday 24th March 2012
A Chiffchaff was at the Charleville Lagoons this evening along with 70 Tufted Duck, 68 Wigeon, 50 Teal, ten Shoveler, six Pochard, three Shelduck, 19 Mute Swans and a Whooper Swan.
A lone Crossbill was seen at Glenanair.
Saturday 17th March 2012
185 Tufted Duck, 102 Wigeon, 62 Teal, 14 Shoveler, four Gadwall, a Scaup, seven Great-crested Grebes and 88 Coot were at Lough Gur.
Leave a commentWednesday 14th March 2012
Whooper Swans at Athlacca ©Michelle Dempsey
A flock of 45 Whooper Swans were at Ballycannon, Athlacca.
Leave a commentSunday 11th March 2012
A Ruff was seen at the Coonagh Ponds this morning. Other notable species counts there included 32 Shoveler, eight Gadwall, 93 Tufted Duck and a roosting flock of 185 Redshank and six Greenshank. A Buzzard was also heard calling near by.
Five Crossbills were seen at Glenanair in the Ballyhoura Mountains.
Sunday 4th March 2012
Second winter Mediterranean Gull at O’Callaghan’s Strand ©Tom Tarpey
A 2nd-winter Mediterranean Gull, a 2nd-winter Iceland Gull and an adult Ring-billed Gull were at Harvey’s Quay today.
A Crossbill was seen at Coolfree in the Ballyhoura Mountains.
An flavistic Chaffinch was seen in a garden in Loghill. This bird apparently has a rare genetic defect causing it to show yellowish plumage. It has been present in Loghill for the last two to three winters.
Mediterranean Gull, Second Winter Iceland Gull ©Tom Tarpey, Flavistic Chaffinch ©Mike Sheehy Leave a comment
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