Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Sunday 16th August 2026

Sunday 16th August 2026

Cory’s Shearwater mid range off Ross Ringing Station John N Murphy

A seawatch at Ross Ringing Station this evening (18.00-19.30) produced, 225 Cory’s Shearwaters, two Sooty Shearwater, one Bonxie, two Arctic Skuas, 12 Whimbrel and two Common Terns. (John N Murphy)


Saturday 15th August 2026

At the Bridges of Ross today there were over 500 Cory’s Shearwaters, three Great Shearwaters, 7 Sooty Shearwaters, one Pomarine Skua and five Storm Petrels.(Paul Lynch)

At Lough O’Grady this morning there were two Green Sandpipers, seven Ringed Plover, one Black-tailed Godwit, one Greenshank, two Dunlin, two Lapwing, two Curlew & 12 Snipe. (Andy Smith).

Three Wheatear, two Turnstone, one Ringed Plover and 30 Whimbrel were in the fields around Ross Ringing Station. (John N Murphy)


Friday 14th August 2026

A seawatch between the Bridges of Ross and Ross Ringing Station (6.30 to 17.30) produced 482 Cory’s Shearwater, 58 Great Shearwater, 11 Sooty Shearwater, 20 Storm Petrels, one dark phased Arctic Skua, one immature Mediterranean Gull, one Puffin, 50 Whimbrel, 13 Arctic Terns and 60 Sandwich Terns. (Wojceich Siuda , John N Murphy, Chris Cullen, Paul Lynch & Alan O’Brien)

One Common Sandpiper and a Whimbrel were at Kilbaha.(CC)

Two Common Sandpiper were at Cloughaun Lough.(CC)


Thursday 13th August 2026

A White-tailed Eagle was off the Moveen Cliffs at 12.30 heading in the direction of the Aran Islands.(Dixie Collins)


Wednesday 12th September 2026

A juvenile Mediterranean Gull and a juvenile Black-headed Gull with a white ring 2C55 were at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

Fifteen Swift were at College Grove, Ennis.(Barry Howell)


Tuesday 11th August 2026

One Balearic Shearwater, 13 Storm Petrels and 27 Whimbrel were at the Bridges of Ross this evening. (Wojciech Siuda)

A White-tailed Eagle was at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(Phil Brennan)


Monday 10th August 2026

There were two Common Sandpiper at Cloughaun Lough, Loop Head.(Chris Cullen)

A White-tailed Eagle was at Lisheen Cross.(CC)

There were 15 Swift at Kilrush.(John N Murphy)

Five Whimbrel were at Ross Ringing Station.(JNM)


Sunday 9th August 2026

Between the Bridges of Ross and Ross Ringing Station (7.00 to 14.00) there were five Wilson’s Petrels, five Cory’s Shearwaters, one Great Shearwater, 20 Sooty Shearwaters, 39 Storm Petrels, three Puffin, one Common Scoter, one summer plumaged adult Mediterranean Gull and two Whimbrel. (John N Murphy & Ger Walsh)

This evening (16.45 to 18.30) off Ross Ringing Station there were six Cory’s Shearwaters, one Sooty Shearwater, one dark phased Arctic Skua, five Arctic Terns and eight Sandwich Terns. (JNM)

Four Common Sandpiper was at Islandavanna.(Chris Cullen)


Saturday 8th August 2026

At the Bridges of Ross this evening there was a Fea’s Petrel, one Sooty Shearwater, one Arctic Skua and 13 Storm Petrels. (Ger Walsh)

In the afternoon at Ross Ringing Station there was nine Sooty Shearwater, two Storm Petrels and one Puffin. (John N Murphy)

Seventeen Whimbrel flew past Ross Bay.(Charlie Lyons)


Friday 7th August 2026

A Buzzard was at Oak Park, Ennis this morning.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

A Great Skua was off the tip of Loop Head this afternoon.(James Organ)


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