At Loop head and Kilbaha today there was one male Merlin, one male Peregrine two Wheatear, three Swallow, two Chiffchaff, one Goldcrest, 40 Reed Bunting and 18 Chough. (John N Murphy)
Off the Bridges of Ross there were five Sooty Shearwaters, 12 Manx Shearwaters, one Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, one Bonxie, two Grey Phalaropes, one Black Guillemot, two Red-throated Divers and 12 Chough. (John N Murphy)
A juvenile Hen Harrier flew over Mullagh Village (Dave McNamara).
One Bonxie, ten Chough and two Raven and a Merlin were at Bishop’s Island, Kilkee this morning (John & Dixie Collins).
Saturday 1st October 2016
Thursday 29th September 2016
At the Bridges of Ross today there were two Long-tailed Skuas, 12 Pomarine Skuas, 16 Arctic Skuas, 20 Bonxies, two Leach’s Petrels, 15 Storm Petrels, eight Sabine’s Gulls, 50 Sooty Shearwaters, ten Grey Phalaropes and eight Red-throated Divers. (Geoff Pearson)
Two second-winter Mediterranean Gulls were at the Lahinch Bridge on the Inagh River estuary.(Jeff Copner)
One female Hen Harrier, one Peregrine, three Water Rail and one Little Egret were at Lahinch Marsh. (Dave McNamara)
At Lough Gash this evening there was one Green Sandpiper, 80 Black-tailed Godwits, 50 Teal and seven Shoveler. (John N Murphy)
A small flock of 20 Swallows were at Applewood, Ballycar this evening. (John N Murphy)
Wednesday 28th September 2016
There was one male Hen Harrier between Creegh and Doonbeg this morning. (Sean Keane)
At Loop Head today there was one Lapland Bunting, two Wheatears, one Swallow, one first-winter Mediterranean Gull, one Arctic Skua off the Bridges of Ross along with one Sooty Shearwater, four Arctic Terns and 27 Brent Geese. (Tom & Nuala Lynch, Padi Cullinan & Louise Moyles)
Tuesday 27th September 2016
At Loop Head today there were 20 Lapland Buntings, eight Wheatears, one juvenile Hen Harrier, one adult and one first-winter Mediterranean Gulls and two Swallows. (John N Murphy, Tom & Nuala Lynch and Jeff Copner)
At the Bridges of Ross this morning (9.30-13.30), there were four Arctic Skuas, one Bonxie, two Pomarine Skuas, three Great Shearwaters, two Sooty Shearwaters, 15 Brent Geese, six Red-throated Divers, two Common Scoter, 17 Chough and 1,000 Guillemots per hour. (Jim Bowman)
There was one Ruff and 40 Curlew at Cloghaun Lough. (Tom & Nuala Lynch and John N Murphy)
At the Bridges of Ross this afternoon (14.00 – 16.00) there was one adult and one juvenile Sabine’s Gulls, one second-year Long-tailed Skua, five Arctic Skuas, one Bonxie, two Sooty Shearwaters, one Leach’s Petrels, one Storm Petrel, 18 Arctic Terns, 16 Snipe, four Grey Phalaropes, 13 Brent Geese, two Red-throated Divers and two Peregrines. (John N Murphy, Nuala & Tom Lynch)
Monday 26th September 2016
Pied Flycatcher at Loop Head (John N Murphy)
One Pied Flycatcher was at Marty Lillis’s garden in Kilbaha (Aidan G Kelly & John N Murphy), along with one immature Hen Harrier, one Merlin, one Willow Warbler, one Chiffchaff, ten Wheatears, 35 Lapland Buntings, one adult and one first-winter Mediterranean Gulls.
One Lapland Bunting, two Curlew Sandpipers and one Spotted Redshank were at Moyasta, Poulnasherry Bay. (Aidan G Kelly)
Sunday 25th September 2016
One Pied Flycatcher was near Gibson’s Garden in Kilbaha. (Noel Keogh & Brian Porter)
An adult Whinchat, nine Lapland Buntings, six Wheatears, a Peregrine and 36 Golden Plover were at Loop Head this afternoon (Tom Tarpey).
At the Bridges of Ross there were 511 Sooty Shearwaters, one Balearic Sjearwater, 2200 Manx Shearwaters, eight Leach’s Petrels, 61 Storm Petrels, 167 Bonxies, 30 Pomarine Skuas, 36 Arctic Skuas, 14 Long-tailed Skuas (1 adult, 1 sub-adult & 12 juveniles), ten Sabine’s Gulls (4 adults & 6 juveniles), 211 ArcticTerns, 41 Sandwich Terns, one juvenile Black Tern, 30 Grey Phalaropes, 15 Puffins, 20 Red-throated Divers and six Common Scoter. (Niall Keogh, Noel Keogh, Des Higgins, Brian Porter & Geoff Pearson)
Four Whimbrel were at Finvarra and a Dipper was at the Caher Valley(Pádraig Cullinan)
Saturday 24th September 2016
Lapland Bunting at Loop Head Lighthouse John N Murphy
There were 17 Lapland Buntings, one female Hen Harrier, six Wheatear, 32 Golden Plover, 70 Linnet, one Chiffchaff and one first-winter Mediterranean Gull at Loop Head this afternoon. (John N Murphy, Niall Keogh and Des Higgins)
One Spotted Redshank was at Moyasta Creek. (Niall Keogh & Des Higgins)
Friday 23rd September 2016
There were 25 Lapland Buntings at Loop Head and two White Wagtails in Kilbaha Harbour. (Aidan G Kelly)
Leave a commentThursday 22nd September 2016
Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield, Quilty John N Murphy
The adult summer Bonaparte’s Gull was back briefly at Seafield beach this morning. (Hugh Wright) Also at Seafield were four Curlew Sandpipers, two Little Stint, one Purple Sandpiper, one Whimbrel, 33 Bar-tailed Godwits and on the sea were several Sooty Shearwaters within the Manx Shearwaters feeding north of Mutton Island. (Hugh Wright & John N Murphy)
There were two Lapland Buntings, seven Wheatear, 19 Golden Plover and 15 Chough at the Fodry. (Jeff Copner)
At the Bridges of Ross there were two Arctic Skuas, one Bonxie, one Sooty Shearwater, one Grey Phalarope and three summer plumaged Red-throated Divers. (Geoff Pearson)
Wednesday 21st September 2016
There were three Curlew Sandpipers and one Little Stint at Seafield, Quilty. (Chris Booth et al)
Four Sooty Shearwater, two Bonxie and a Common Scoter were at the Bridges of Ross.(Hugh Wright)
Six Lapland Bunting, five Golden Plover and 17 Chough were at the Fodry.(Hugh Wright)
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