Category Archives: Limerick Sightings

Wednesday 10th December 2025

75 Lapwing were at Rathcannon (Tom Tarpey).

42 Lapwing were at Camas North (TT).


Sunday 7th December 2025

A Barn Owl was at Templeglantine (Nuala Lynch).


Thursday 4th December 2025

Three Stock Doves and a Chiffchaff were near Coolcappagh (Tom Tarpey)

Eight Whooper Swans, two adults and six juveniles, were at Cloghatrida, Rathkeake (TT).


Wednesday 3rd December 2025

A Great White Egret, a Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper and a Greenshank were at fllooded area near Pallasgreen (Paidi Cullinane),


Tuesday 2nd December 2025

A Firecrest was seen briefly at Coonagh this morning (Tom Tarpey). This is a first record for the site and the second County record.

An immature White-tailed Eagle with a red tag was at Coonagh (Ray Glynn). This bird is most likely a juvenile from the 2025 release at Tarbert Bay.


Saturday 29th November 2025

Saturday 29th November 2025

Glossy Ibis Pair ©Gerry Murphy

Two Glossy Ibis were beside the City Wastewater Treatment Plant at Ballykeefe (Gerry Murphy)


Thursday 27th November 2025

Two untagged immature White-tailed Eagles were at Ringmoylan Pier along with 200 Lapwing (John Rutherford).

Six Whooper Swans (2ad + 4juv) were at King’s Island Marsh (TT).


Wednesday 26th November 2025

A Barn Owl crossed the N18 near the Coonagh roundabout (James Organ).

A Common Sandpiper was on the Maigue downstream of Croom (Pearse Ryan).


Saturday 22nd November 2025

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen at Curraghchase during the Limerick BWI Branch Outing (Gearoid Jackson, Maura Turner et al.)


Friday 21st November 2025

Friday 21st November 2025

Polish Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 ©Tom Tarpey

41 Tufted Duck and eight Gadwall were at Westfields (TT).

Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 was at the Mill Road, Corbally. It was ringed as an adult in Poland in 2019 and has wintered at the Mill Road, Corbally every year since. It had also been recorded during the breeding season in the Poland in June 2023 and on autumn passage in Holland in August 2020 and September 2023 and also in Kilbaha in October 2023.