Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Black Tern at Lough Atedaun James Organ

A Pectoral Sandpiper was at Seafield, Quilty.(Chris Cullen)

Two Mediterranean Gull and a Common Scoter were at Brews Bridge. One of the Med Gulls was colour ringed (yellow ring black writing 2N91) and had previously been seen in Dublin earlier this year. A female Wheatear was at Shanakyle Cemetery.(Peter & Sean Whelan)

A juvenile Sabine’s Gull, one dark phase Arctic Skua, two Grey Phalarope and two Whimbrel were at Ross Ringing Station and one Wheatear was in Kilbaha.(John N Murphy)

Three Greenland Wheatear and 74 Golden Plover were at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

Two juvenile Ruff were at Ballyallia. (James Organ) Two Black Tern, 250 Black-tailed Godwit and a Kingfisher were at Lough Atedaun. (Charlie Lyons & JO). A Barn Owl flew across the car park at Lough Atedaun this evening.(JO)

White Wagtail near Ross Ringing Station John N Murphy

There were at least nine Glossy Ibis at Ballyallia this morning.(Maura Crowe)

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Ballinglera, Ogonnelloe with one Black Tern at Ardclooney. (Tom Tarpey)

Two Black Tern, a dark Arctic Skua and Common Terns are still at the estuary behind Inismurray Island.(Stan Nugent)

A Marsh Harrier, four Black Tern, two Water Rail and five Ruff were at Lough Atedaun. Six Glossy Ibis, one Water Rail and four Ruff were at Toole’s Lough. There were 22 Glossy Ibis at the River Fergus flood plain at Corofin, including leucistic bird that was at Lough Atedaun last week. One Common Sandpiper was at Lough Inchiquin. An immature White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Muckanagh.(James Organ)

One White Wagtail and two Wheatear were at Ross Ringing Station. (John N Murphy)

Common Terns at Inishmurray Quay John N Murphy

At the Bridges of Ross between 07.30-11.00 there were five Sabine’s Gull, 13 Storm Petrel, 200 Manx Shearwater, two Great Skua,200 Razorbill, six Sandwich Tern, three Arctic Tern and 12 Common Scoter.(Geoff Pearson)

The three Black Tern were still at Knockalough .(Chris Cullen & John N Murphy)

There were two Black Tern at Inismurray Quay, Kildysert along with 25 Common Tern, eight Sandwich Tern, one Arctic Skua and two Common Sandpiper.(JNM) A Kingfisher was at Islandavanna.(JNM)

There were 18 Glossy Ibis on the flood plains beside Corofin GAA pitch this evening.(James Organ)

Grey Phalarope at Quilty John N Murphy

There were nine Glossy Ibis at Ballyallia this morning.(Maura Crowe)

There was one Grey Phalarope along with an adult and one juvenile Little Stint, and 70 Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield. Three Leach’s Petrel and a Red-breasted Merganser flew west past Seafield Pier.(John N Murphy)

A Grey Phalarope at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson, Jeff Copner)

Chiffchaff have been heard singing in Applewood, Ballycar and Mountshannon.(JNM, Louis Peacock)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 07.10-16.35 produced 116 Sooty Shearwater, seven Great Shearwater, 11 Cory’s Shearwater, 11 Great Skua, 38 Arctic Skua, three Pomarine Skua, one adult Long-tailed Skua, 135 Sandwich Tern, 85 Arctic Tern, 124 Sabine’s Gull, one first winter Little Gull, 160 Storm Petrel, three Wilson’s Petrel, 95 Leach’s Petrel, four Common Scoter, 38 Grey Phalarope, seven Red-throated Diver and one Puffin.(Paul Troake)

A Grey Phalarope was on the Inagh River Ennistymon.(per Restore Ballymacraven River website)