At the Bridges of Ross there was one Arctic Skua, 61 Sandwich Terns and a Green Sandpiper.(Mark Gibson, Bob Kenworthy & Kev Crowley)
A female Merlin was chasing Meadow Pipits in Ross Bay. (MG, BK & KC)
A male Hen Harrier was seen quartering fields near Anvil farm.(MG, BK & KC)
At Seafield there were two Little Stint and nine Curlew Sandpipers.(MB, BK & KC)
At Lough Donnell there was one Little Stint on the beach by the slipway. (MG, BK & KC)
At Clonderalaw this morning there were 12 Great-crested Grebes, 12 Little Egrets, 50 Mallard, 27 Oystercatchers, 134 Black-headed Gulls and a Chiffchaff in song.(Chris & Tristan Cullen)
At Killimer this there was one adult Mediterranean Gull, seven Sandwich Tern and 59 Black-headed Gulls. (Tristan & Chris Cullen)
Sunday 4th September 2022
Saturday 3rd September 2022
Curlew Sandpipers at Seafield John N Murphy
The juvenile Black Tern was still at Ballyallia this morning.(Austin Cooney)
There were two Little Stints, 30 Curlew Sandpipers and one White Wagtail at Seafield, Quilty. (John N Murphy & Finbar MacGabhainn)
One Sabine’s Gull and two Little Gulls were at the Bridges of Ross this morning.
One Balearic Shearwater was at the Bridges also. (Mark Gibson)
Friday 2nd September 2022
Little Stint at Seafield John N Murphy
The Pectoral Sandpiper, one Little Stint and 15 Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield, Quilty.(Neal Warnock)
At the Bridges of Ross today there were four Balearic Shearwaters, 14 Sooty Shearwaters one Long-tailed Skua, 12 Arctic Skuas, three Bonxies, two Black Terns and two Puffins. (Des Higgins)
Tuesday 30th August 2022
Four Sabine’s Gull, a Cory’s Shearwater, six Great Shearwater, over a hundred Sooty Shearwater, a thousand plus Manx Shearwater, over 200 Storm Petrel, a juvenile Arctic Skua, one Bonnie and six Arctic Tern were recorded during a Pelagic off Loop Head.(N.T. Keogh, N. Keogh, M. Sarda, N. Warnock, D. Higgins, J. Adamson, J. Creamer, F.Gibson)
A Kingfisher was at Doonbeg.(John Dixie Collins)
Wednesday 24th August 2022
At the Bridges of Ross today 6.30-19.00 there were two Wilson’s Petrel, 80+ Cory’s Shearwaters 30+, Great Shearwater, two Balearic Shearwaters, two Long-tail Skuas, one Bonxie, three Pomarine Skuas, 12 Arctic Skuas, two Leach’s petrel, ten Storm Petrels, 30 Sabine’s Gulls and three Grey Phalaropes. (Des Higgins et al)
One Mediterranean Gull was at Clarecastle Quay and a Kingfisher was at Ballycorrick Bridge.(Chris & Alex Cullen)
One Whooper Swan was at Ballyallia Lake. (per Irish birding.com)
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