Two adult Mediterranean Gulls along with three Little Egrets, 187 Teal, 52 Wigeon, seven Scaup, five Great-crested Grebes, two Great Northern Divers, 80 Curlew, 48 Redshank and four Greenshank were at Tarbert Bay.
Leave a commentTuesday 25th December 2012
Three Whooper Swans flew over the Christmas Day swimmers at Castleconnell.
The 14 Waxwings were on show opposite Castletroy Golf Club.
Monday 24th December 2012
Ten Waxwings were found at Church Road, Raheen this afternoon.
At least nine Waxwings were seen today at Golf Limks Road, Castletroy.
Sunday 23rd December 2012
Ring-billed Gull at O’Callaghan’s Strand ©Tom Tarpey
The Yellow-legged Gull was at Thomond Weir today(Tom Tarpey).
The 14 Waxwings were showing well again at the Golf Links Road, Castletroy.
An adult Ring-billed Gull was at O’Callaghan’s Strand. This is the first report this winter of what is presumed to be a returning individual from previous winters.
A Redshank was at Clancy’s Strand.
Saturday 22nd December 2012
Waxwing at Castletroy ©Tom Tarpey
14 Waxwings were at the Golf Links Road, Castletroy this evening. The birds were feeding on a cotoneaster tree directly opposite the golf club carpark.
A Kingfisher was seen at on the Shannon at Plassey.
Thursday 20th December 2012
Three Whooper Swans were at Coonagh.
45 Tufted Duck, 45 Mallard, 27 Pochard, 11 Shoveler, a Teal, 37 Coot, 12 Moorhens, two Little Grebes and 11 Mute Swans were ar Westfields. A Blackcap was also seen in the area.
Black-headed Gull Yellow 208P was seen at Thomond Weir (see post of 24/11/2012 for further details).
A male Blackcap was seen near Ballingarry.
Sunday 16th December 2012
Three Goldeneye, 181 Tufted Duck, 13 Mallard, four Coot, two Little Grebes, 17 Greylag Geese, ten Mute Swans, 530 Lapwing, two Curlew and two Snipe were at Bunlicky today.
132 Wigeon, 118 Tufted Duck, 100 Teal, 11 Gadwall, four Shoveler, 35 Curlew and three snipe were at Lough Gur.
Thursday 13th December 2012
A flock of 50 Waxwings was seen at College Park, near the Corbally Road at 4.00 pm this evening. The birds were in pre-roost gathering on a tall evergreen tree.
The third winter Yellow-legged Gull was seen again at Thomond Weir (Tom Tarpey).
Wednesday 12th December 2012
Seven Waxwings were seen on the Peafield Road between Ballysimon and Monaleen.
A single Waxwing was seen on the N20 between Patrickswell and Croom.
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