Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Monday 25th November 2024

A Great White Egret was on the Maigue just upstream of the big weir at Croom (TT).


Friday 22nd November 2024

A Hawfinch was seen beside the car park at Curraghchase and two birds were also seen at the same location approximately two weeks previously (Ciaran Cronin).


Wednesday 20th November 2024

One Great White Egret was seen at Croom today (Geoff Hunt).


Tuesday 19th November 2024

A Barn Owl was seen at Ballykevin, Ballingarry (Andrew Holmes).


Sunday 10th November 2024

Two Great White Egrets were on the Maigue at Croom today (Geoff Hunt & Sinead McDonald).
33 Whooper Swans were at Coonagh (TT).
Eight Little Egrets were roosting at Bunlicky Lagoon (Gerry Murphy & Tom Tarpey)


Friday 8th November 2024

A Great White Egret was on the river at Croom again today (Andrew Holmes).


Sunday 3rd November 2024

Sunday 3rd November 2024

Great White Egret © Tom Tarpey

A Great White Egret was at Croom again today (TT).


Saturday 2nd November 2024

One Great White Egret was on the river just upstream of old mill at Croom (Tom Tarpey & Maura Turner).


Thursday 31st October 2024

Thursday 31st October 2024

Great White Egret ©Sean Doyle

Two Great White Egrets were on the River Maigue at Croom (Sean Doyle). These are the 4th & 5th County records for the species.
A Siberian Chiffchaff and two Common Chiffchaffs were at Aughinish (John N Murphy).


Wednesday 30th October 2024

An Osprey was at Bleach Lough again today (Luke Costello).
A Barn Owl was a road casualty on the N24 near Killonan (Andrew Holmes).