Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Friday 18th September 2020

Three juvenile Little Stints and a Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield.,Quilty. (Tom Tarpey & John N Murphy).
Two Lapland Bunting, one Hen Harrier, 21 Brent Geese, 47 Golden Plover and a Goldcrest were at Loop Head. (JNM)


Thursday 17th September 2020

The Osprey was at Bleach Lough again this morning (John N Murphy). This is the seventh County record.
Two Common Sandpipers were at Foynes (JNM).
An adult Yellow-legged Gull was at Loughill (JNM).
Ten Mediterranean Gulls were at Tarbert (JNM).


Wednesday 16th September 2020

A flock of 76 Common Scoter were at Bartra, Liscannor Bay. (Jeff Copner)


Monday 14th September 2020

Monday 14th September 2020

Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tom Tarpey

Two Buff-breasted Sandpipers and 37 Golden Plovers were at Loop Head. (Tom Tarpey)
Two Buzzards were at Kilbaha. (TT)
A Whimbrel was Cloghaun Lough. (TT)
Two Merlins were seen at Ross Bay and the plover fields, Loop Head. (Jeff Copner)
A Blackcap and 20 Teal were at Ballyallia. (Cliff Baxter)


Saturday 12th September 2020

Saturday 12th September 2020

Little Gull Geoff Hunt

A 2nd winter Little Gull and two Curlew Sandpipers were at Loughill (Geoff Hunt).


Thursday 10th September 2020

A Green Sandpiper was at Robertstown (TT).
A Ruff, 20 Knot and eleven Grey Plover were at Poularone (TT).
A Common Sandpiper was at Poulaweela Creek (TT).
A Whimbrel and a Portuguese colour-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gull, Blue M:023, were at Loghill (TT).
The Portuguese Gull was ringed at a rehabilitation centre in Quiaios on 17/9/2014, spent the summer of 2015 in Portugal and was seen in Sligo in August 2018.


Sunday 6th September 2020

Sunday 6th September 2020

Ruff Tom Tarpey

Two Leach’s Petrels, one Storm Petrel, two Great Skuas, two Arctic Skuas and a Common Scoter were at the Bridges of Ross. (Geoff Hunt, Mike Flanagan and Michael Sheehy)
The Pied Flycatcher was still at Kilbaha. (GH)
Three Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield. (Jeff Copner & Tom Tarpey)
A Ruff was at Lahinch golf course. (TT)


Saturday 5th September 2020

Saturday 5th September 2020

Curlew Sandpiper Tom Tarpey

Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield. (Tom Tarpey)
One Arctic Skua and a Sandwich Tern were at Quilty. (TT)


Friday 4th September 2020

Five Buzzards were at Curraghchase (Fergus Flood).


Wednesday 2nd September 2020

Wednesday 2nd September 2020

Yellow-legged Gull Tom Tarpey

An adult Yellow-legged Gull was at Loghill (TT).
A Common Sandpiper was at Poulaweela Creek (TT).
A Kingfisher was at Robertstown (TT).