Category Archives: Limerick Sightings

Tuesday 14th June 2022

Buzzards were at Ballinlee and Ballygrennan (TT).


Monday 13th June 2022

A pair of Buzzards were at Ballincurra and another pair were at Ballygrennan (TT).


Sunday 12th June 2022

Sunday 12th June 2022

3cy Yellow-legged Gull ©Tom Tarpey

A 3cy Yellow-legged Gull was at Clancy’s Strand (TT)


Tuesday 7th June 2022

A 3cy Yellow-legged Gull was at Clancy’s Strand (Tom Tarpey).
A fledged juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen near Murroe(TT).


Sunday 5th June 2022

A juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen at in a nest hole near Murroe, while a second juvenile was heard begging for food nearby (Tom Tarpey). This is at least the third consecutive year of successful breeding in the area.


Monday 30th May 2022

A pair of summer-plumaged adult Mediterranean Gulls flew downriver from the city towards the ponds at Coonagh this afternoon. (John N Murphy)


Friday 27th May 2022

Friday 27th May 2022

Great Black-backed Gull Red T03:D ©Tom Tarpey

A 2cy Great Black-backed Gull, Red T03:D, is the first colour-ringed one to be seen in the City (TT). It was ringed as a nestling on Shenick Island, Skerries, Co. Dublin on 29/6/21 and was also seen at Ardglass, Co. Down on 18/10/21.


Wednesday 25th May 2022

A Buzzard was at Rathurd (TT).


Tuesday 24th May 2022

A female Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen on a peanut feeder near Murroe (Mike Quirke).
A pair of Buzzards was at Dromin (TT).


Saturday 21st May 2022

A Reed Warbler was in song at Westfields(TT).