Author Archives: Tom Tarpey

Friday 20th March 2020

Friday 20th March 2020

Male Great Spotted Woodpecker ©Gordon Young

At least three Great Spotted Woodpeckers were seen at Murroe today. At least one bird was heard drumming (Gordon Young).
Three Buzzards were also present (GY)
Four Buzzards were at Curraghchase (Fergus Flood).


Thursday 19th March 2020

A Barn Owl was at Drombanna (Conor Murphy).
A Buzzard was at Croom (CM).


Thursday 19th March 2020

Four Sand Martins and a Kingfisher were on the Shannon at Corbally (TT).


Monday 16th March 2020

A Buzzard was Mungret Park (TT).
A Blackcap was at Monaleen (TT).


Saturday 14th March 2020

A Buzzard was at Gillogue (Tom Tarpey).


Saturday 14th March 2020

A female Great Spotted Woodpecker has been seen visiting a fat ball feeder in a garden at Moher, Murroe over the winter(Sarah Cox). Drumming has also been heard in the area recently.


Thursday 12th March 2020

The Red-throated Diver was at Harvey’s Quay again today (TT)


Wednesday 11th March 2020

The Red-throated Diver was at the Custom House marina (Maura Turner).
A Barn Owl was a road casualty on the Croom Bypass (Andrew Holmes).


Friday 6th March 2020

A Merlin was at Carrigkerry (Geoff Hunt).
Three Brent Geese and a Black Guillemot were at Tarbert Bay (GH).


Thursday 5th March 2020

The adult Ring-billed Gull was at O’Callaghan Strand (Paul Troake).
Two Blackcaps were at Monaleen (TT).
A Buzzard was at Derryknockane (TT).