Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Saturday 5th September 2026

Saturday 5th September 2026

Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper ©Tom Tarpey

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 07.10-15.25 produced four Great skua, eight Arctic Skua, 20 Storm Petrel, two Leach’s Petrel, 15 Grey Phalarope, three Sabine’s Gull, 18 Cory’s Shearwater, 100 Sooty Shearwater, one Curlew Sandpiper and one Black Guillemot.(Don Pointon)

There were four Curlew Sandpiper, including one ringed in Norway (Yellow flag coded AVN right tibia, Red ring left tibia), 198 Sanderling, 133 Ringed Plover, 74 Oystercatchers, 53 Dunlin, six Bar-tailed Godwits, 15 Turnstone, a Knot, a Greenshank, a Curlew and seven Sandwich Tern at Seafield.(TT)

A juvenile Peregrine was at Quilty along with 73 Oystercatchers, 42 Sanderling, 32 Ringed Plover, three Dunlin and three Turnstone. (TT)

A Wood Sandpiper, three Curlew Sandpiper, eight Ruff, one Knot, 18 Ringed Plover, 55 Dunlin, 16 Snipe, 32 Lapwing 16 Black-tailed Godwits, a Curlew, a Redshank and a Buzzard were at Lough Atedaun.(James Organ, Sally O’ Meara & TT)

Three Curlew Sandpiper and a Peregrine were at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(Chris Cullen)

Friday 4th September 2026

Friday 4th September 2026

Leach’s Petrel off Ross Ringing Station today John N Murphy

Between the Bridges of Ross and Ross Ringing Station today (06:40-19:40) one adult Long-tailed Skua, 12 Wilson’s Storm Petrels, 152 Leach’s Storm Petrel, 24 Sabine’s Gulls, 2,732 Cory’s Shearwater, 1,226 Sooty Shearwater, 63 Great Shearwater, 12 Pomarine Skua, 79 Bonxies, 70 Arctic Skua, 24 Grey Phalarope, one juvenile Little Gull, eight European Storm Petrel, 64 Arctic Tern and 65 Sandwich Tern. (Brian McCluskey, JNM & 25 other observers throughout the day).

At the Fodry, Loop Head there were nine Golden Plover, five Wheatear and a Peregrine Falcon.(JNM)

At Lough Atedaun there was one Little Stint, two Curlew Sandpipers, three Ruff and two Knot.(Jeff Copner)

At Seafield there were two Little Stints and four Curlew Sandpipers. (Geoff Pearson).

Thursday 3rd September 2026

At Castlepoint Kilkee between 09.30-13.00 there were 50 Sooty Shearwater, 200 Cory’s Shearwater, 24 Great Skua, three Arctic Skua, four Sabine’s Gull, four Sandwich Tern, seven Arctic Tern, one Storm Petrel and 250 Manx Shearwater.(Geoff Pearson)

A Little Stint and two Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield.(GP)

A Kingfisher was at Doonbeg.(GP)

Two Wood Sandpiper, one Little Stint, four Curlew Sandpiper, one Greenshank, one White-tailed Eagle, 12 Ruff, two Knot, one Oystercatcher and a Kingfisher were at Lough Atedaun.(James Organ & John N Murphy)

Wednesday 2nd September 2026

The Baird’s Sandpiper was within a high tide roost of waders on the breakwater at Shannon Airport Lagoon near Knockbeg Point.(John N Murphy) Also on the mudflats at Shannon Airport Lagoon were three Curlew Sandpipers and a male Peregrine.(JNM & James Organ)

Two Curlew Sandpiper, one Little Stint and seven Ruff were at Lough Atedaun.(JO)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross produced over 100 Cory’s Shearwater, one Great Shearwater, two Great Skua, ten Arctic Tern and one Leach’s Petrel.(Conor Foley, Donal Foley et al)

Five Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield.(Charles Cowan)

A 3cy White-tailed Eagle was at Ardcloony. (Gerry Murphy & Tom Tarpey)

Tuesday 1st September 2026

A flock of 50 Cory’s Shearwaters flew briefly in around Doughmore Bay this afternoon. (John N Murphy)

A short seaawatch off Ross Ringing Station produced 30 Cory’s Shearwaters. (JNM)

Two Little Stint and five Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield. (JNM)

Six Ruff were at Lough Atedaun. (James Organ)

Another two Ruff and a Kingfisher were at Doonbeg Lough.(JNM)

The two Ruff were still at Lough Gash. (JNM)

Monday 31st August 2026

A Scopoli’s Shearwater and a Wilson’s Petrel were seen off Ross Ringing Station this morning.(John N Murphy)

At Black Head 85 Cory’s Shearwater, one Great Shearwater, four Arctic Skua and two Great Skua were seen between 09.05-11.30.(Paul Troake)

The Bairds Sandpiper was still at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(Finbar MacGabhann)

Two Ruff were still at Lough Gash.(JNM)

At the Bridges of Ross from 06.00-1900 a seawatch produced a Barolo Shearwater flying west at 09.00(BMcC), one Long-tailed Skua, two Wilson’s Storm Petrel, six Leach’s Petrel, ten Storm Petrel, two adult Sabine’s Gull, 13 Grey Phalarope, 954 Cory’s Shearwater, 14 Great Shearwater, 64 Sooty Shearwater, 24 Arctic Skua, five Great Skua, 36 Sandwich Tern, two Puffin, one Common Scoter, one Kingfisher and one Common Sandpiper.(20 observers)

A seawatch between 19.00-20.00 had three Great Skua, three Arctic Skua, 34 Cory’s Shearwater and five Sooty Shearwater.(James Organ)

Two Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield.(Barry Howell)

A 2CY Mediterranean Gull and 30 Sandwich Tern were at Liscannor.(Geoff Pearson)

Sunday 30th August 2026

One Barolo Shearwater was at the Bridges of Ross. (Aidan Kelly et al)

At the Shannon Airport Lagoon there was one juvenile Baird’s Sandpiper, (John N Murphy) along with six Curlew Sandpipers, one Ruff, 100 Knot, over 600 Dunlin, two Sanderling, 35 Ringed Plover, 400 Redshank and 350 Black-tailed Godwits. (JNM & James Organ)

One Wheatear was at Islandavanna. (Chris Cullen)

Six Knot were at Seafield. (Jeff Copner)

Saturday 29th August 2026

One Barolo Shearwater was at the Bridges of Ross. (Keith Langdon & Noel Keogh) Also at the Bridges was one Wilson’s Petrel, 30 Cory’s Shearwaters, two Great Shearwaters, six Sooty Shearwaters, 1975 Manxies, 13 Arctic Skus, six Bonxies, 18 Arctic Terns. (M.Hoit et al)

One Little Stint was briefly in Kilbaha harbour. (Keith Langdon & M.Hoit)

One juvenile Little Stint was at Rineville Bay. (Chris Cullen)

Five Ruff were in a field at Farrihy. (Kevin Green)

There were 14 Wheatear were at the Fodry, Loop Head this evening, with one Storm Petrels offshore. One Wheatear and a Bar-tailed Godwits were at Cloghaun Lough. Another two Wheatears and one White Wagtail were at Kilclogher. One Wheatear, four Whimbrel, 30 dunlin (Inc. one leucistic individual) were at Rinevella.(CC)

Friday 28th August 2026

A Lesser Whitethroat, a Garden Warbler and a Spotted Flycatcher are at Seni Costelloe’s garden, Kilbaha.(M. Hoit, John N Murphy)

At the Bridges of Ross today, totals from NK, DH, GM, JA, PK, JC (7.00 to 1.30am) and (3pm to 6pm) there were two Fea’s Petrels (DA and WS), 46 Cory’s Shearwaters, 38 Great Shearwaters, 53 Sooty Shearwaters, 13 Bonxies, 17 Arctic Skuas, six Sabine’s Gulls, one Black Tern, one Little Gull, one Leach’s Petrel,
eight Storm Petrel, 97 Sandwich Terns, 13 Arctic Terns, two Puffin and six Common Scoter.

A Wheatear and four White Wagtail were at Ross Bay with another Wheatear near Cross.(JNM)

A Great White Egret was near the Ferry at Poulnasherry Bay.(JNM)

Four Mediterranean Gull were feeding with terns off Baurnahard Point near Kilrush.(JNM)

One Ruff was at Brews Bridge, Kilrush.(JNM)

Four Buzzard were at Drumcliffe.(Maura Crowe)

A Curlew Sandpiper was at Aughinish Martello Tower.(Paul Troake)

There were three Curlew Sandpiper at Quilty along with an Oystercatcher wearing a White over Red ring on left leg and 8N in black writing on a white ring on right leg.(Geoff Pearson)

A Curlew Sandpiper, a Little Stint, a Spotted Redshank, a Green Sandpiper, seven Ruff, 22 Dunlin, 16 Ringed Plover, 45 Black-tailed Godwit, seven Shoveler, a male Hen Harrier and two Pintail Duck were at Lough Atedaun.(James Organ)

Thursday 27th August 2026

An adult Osprey was was flying around Cammoge Point, Poulnasherry Bay this afternoon.(M. Hoit)

Two Green Sandpipers were on the Moyarta River at Carrigaholt. (Keith Langdon & Mikey Hoit)

One Green Sandpiper was at Querrin West. (Tony Whelan)

Seventeen Black-tailed Godwit, six Bar-tailed Godwit, ten Lapwing, six Snipe, 90 Mallard. 15 Teal, five Wigeon and 50 Swallow were at Lahinch Marsh.(Geoff Pearson)

An Oystercatcher with a White ring coded 8J has returned to Liscannor. This bird was ringed in Iceland in 2015 as a breeding adult and was previously seen in Liscannor in August 2019, September 2024 and September 2025 .(JP)

One luecistic Swallow was at Kilbaha. (Noel Keogh)

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