A Great White Egret, one Kingfisher and ten Pintail Duck were at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(John N Murphy)
One Ruff was at the Drumcliffe end of Ballyallia Lake.(JNM)
A Swallow was at Ruan and a White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Atedaun.(JNM)
Sunday 18th October 2026
Bar-tailed Godwit at Loop Head John N Murphy
One Glossy Ibis was at Lough Atedaun along with 280 Black-tailed Godwits, 120 Lapwing and 250 Golden Plover. (James Organ & John Rutherford)
One Great Egret was at Termon Lough on the Clare/Galway border. (JO)
Two Green Sandpipers were at Moyasta. (JNM)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Gortcoirce, Dysart this evening.(JO)
Three Chiffchaff, one immature female Hen Harrier, 120 Golden Plover and 34 Bar-tailed Godwits flew west past Ross Ringing Station.(JNM)
Saturday 17th October 2026
Yellow-browed Warbler on the Bog Road, Loop Head John N Murphy
A Yellow-browed Warbler was on the Bog Road, Loop Head this afternoon. (John N Murphy & Chris Cullen)
Also at Loop Head were one Merlin, two Hen Harriers, one Buzzard, eight Siskin, 300 Golden Plover, four Redwing and a Kingfisher at Cloghaun Lough. (CC & JNM)
One Spotted Redshank, two Green Sandpiper, 110 Golden Plover and 14 Pintail were the highlights at Moyasta Creek. (JNM)
A Marsh Harrier was at Tooles Slough with two Ruff at Lough Atedaun. (James Organ)
One Curlew Sandpiper was at Seafield. (Charlie Lyons)
One Wheatear was at Tullig, Loop Head. (Pearse Ryan)
Friday 16th October 2026
Immature male Merlin at Ross Ringing Station John N Murphy
The juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper, two Curlew Sandpipers and a Peregrine were still at Seafield today. (Mark Gibson & Stan Nugent)
The Great Egret, one female Hen Harrier and 80 Golden Plover were at Doonbeg. (John N Murphy)
A seawatch this morning at Ross Ringing Station (08.20-10.30)(JNM) produced four Little Auk (08.55)(09.29)(09.48)(09.59), three juvenile Sabine’s Gulls (2x 8.35, 1 x 09.40), two Sooty Shearwaters, 14 Manx Shearwaters, one European Storm Petrel, one Puffin, one 1st-winter Little Gull, 1,000 Kittiwakes (ph), two Arctic Terns, 22 Grey Phalaropes and an immature male Merlin.
Two Chiffchaff and eight Kestrel were in Kilbaha. (JNM)
One female Greenland Wheatear was at Aughinish. (James Organ)
There were 14 Whooper Swans and 350 Black-tailed Godwits at Tooles Lough, the Burren.(JO)
Thursday 15th October 2026
White-rumped Sandpiper at Seafield John N Murphy
The juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper was still at Seafield (John N Murphy, Doug Dickson & Mark Gibson) along with two Curlew Sandpipers and a Merlin.
At Doonbeg there was one Great Egret, one 2CY Mediterranean Gull, one immature female Hen Harrier, one Kingfisher, one Swallow and two Red-throated Divers. (JNM)
Two Chiffchaff, one Blackcap and a female Hen Harrier were at Kilbaha. (JNM, MG & DD)
At Ross Ringing Station this evening there was one Arctic Skua, five Manx Shearwaters and an immature male Hen Harrier. (JNM)
One immature female Hen Harrier was at Rehy Hill, Kilcredaun. (JNM)
A female Peregrine and 200 Golden Plover were at Gooleen. (JNM)
One Swallow was at Kilkee. (JNM)
Wednesday 14th October 2026
A Hen Harrier x Northern Harrier hybrid at the Shannon Airport Lagoon John N Murphy
A juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper was at Seafield, Quilty. (Mark Gibson & Doug Dickson) This is the 15 county record. Also at Seafield were three Curlew Sandpipers.
At the Shannon Airport Lagoon this morning there was one Hen x Northern Harrier hybrid (John N Murphy), along with one male Peregrine, 40 Gadwall, two Pintail, 20 Shoveler and six Water Rail.
One Wheatear was at the Bridges of Ross.(Vincent Reynolds)
Tuesday 13th October 2026
Whimbrel on the Flaggy Shore Paul Troake
A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross and Ross Ringing Station between 08.30-11.30 produced one Little Auk(09.16), two Brent Geese, three Cory’s Shearwater, four Great Shearwater, 25 Sooty Shearwater, 65 Manx Shearwater, one Long-tailed Skua (adult), six Great Skua, four Pomarine Skua, five Arctic Skua, two Leach’s Petrel, six Storm Petrel, three Sabine’s Gull (2 adult 1 juv), two Little Gull(1st-winter), seven Puffin, one Black Guillemot, one Red-breasted Merganser(female), 12 Arctic Tern, one Red-throated Diver, one Great Northern Diver and 22 Grey Phalarope.(John N Murphy, Mark Gibson, Doug Dickson)
Another two Little Auks were seen off the Bridges of Ross. (Doug Dickson & Mark Gibson between 11.30 & 12.30).
Three Storm Petrel and a Whimbrel were at the Flaggy Shore.(Paul Troake)
Monday 12th October 2026
Dunlin CKJ at Kilkee Beach today John N Murphy
A Ruff and 418 Golden Plover were at the Plover Fields, Loop Head.(Mark Gibson)
Five Snow Bunting and three Redpoll were at Loop Head.(MG)
The Great White Egret, 180 Golden Plover, 60 Snipe, a Peregrine, a first winter Mediterranean Gull and a Whimbrel were at Doonbeg.(Tom Tarpey)
A female Hen Harrier was at Carrowblough More, Kilkee and a juvenile male was at Farrihy.(TT)
Two Lapland Bunting, a Peregrine and 12 Reed Bunting were at Trusklieve, Bungowla.(John N Murphy)
One White-tailed Eagle was at Ballyallia Lake this evening. (Jakub Jarwoski)
There were 200 Golden Plover at Golden this afternoon. (JNM)
Sunday 11th October 2026
One White-rumped Sandpiper was at Kilkee Beach. (James Organ)
Two Pink-footed Geese were at Applewood, Ballycar.( John N Murphy)
There were three Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield.(J. Jaworski, JO, M. Wycherley, Éabha Hughes, Saul Herrera)
The Turtle Dove is still at Cregg, Lahinch.(JJ,JO, MW, EH,SH)
The Great Egret, one Curlew Sandpiper and 68 Golden Plover were at Doonbeg.(MW, JO et al)
Saturday 10th October 2026
This dark headed adult Herring Gull was an interesting looking bird at Kilkee John N Murphy
At the Bridges of Ross (08:00-17:00) there was one Long-tailed Skua ( juv), one Sabine’s Gull (ad), nine Leach’s Storm Petrel, 34 Grey Phalarope, 16 Sooty Shearwater, 120 Manx Shearwater, 13 European Storm Petrel, one Great Skua, one Arctic Skua (juv), 18 Puffin, one Common Scoter, 10 Arctic Tern (one adult), five Red-throated Diver, three Great Northern Diver, one Snow Bunting flew over and landed briefly and on rocks below one Purple Sandpiper.
BMcCloskey, KMullarney, AGKelly, DDickson, MGibson
One male Blackcap, two Willow Warblers, four Chiffchaff and 120 Rock Dove were at Kilbaha.(JNM)
The Pink-footed Goose, the Great White Egret and 70 Golden Plover were at Doonbeg.(Charlie Lyons, Chris Cullen & Tristan Cullen)
There were three Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield.(MG, DD, CL)
Another Curlew Sandpiper was at Kilkee.(JNM)
A Merlin, one Peregrine were at Loop Head Lighthouse. One Leach’s Petrel, one Sooty Shearwater, one Grey Phalarope, and one Red-throated Diver were off the tip of Loop Head.(CC & TC)
There were 115 Golden Plover were at the Fodry.(CC & TC)
Two Whooper, 135 Lapwing and 48 Black-tailed Godwit were at Ballyallia.(James Organ, Jakub Jaworski)
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