Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Seven thousand five hundred Manx Shearwater, 2500 Fulmar, 350 Gannet, 200 Kittiwake, 120 Storm Petrel, 37 Sooty Shearwater, 14 Puffin, three Great Skua, three Chough, two Corys Shearwater, two Arctic Tern, two Common Scoter, a Pomarine Skua, a Long-tailed Skua, an Arctic Skua, and a Balearic Shearwater were seen at a seawatch at the Bridges of Ross.(Paul Troake, David Bird and Geoff Hunt)

There were five Sooty Shearwaters, 200 Manx Shearwaters ph, one adult dark phased Arctic Skua, 13 Common Scoter, 16 Sandwich Terns and three Whimbrel off the Bridges of Ross this morning (John N Murphy, Howard Williams et al).
A flock of 36 Sandwich Terns, one Common Sandpiper were at the Skivileen River, Doonbeg with two Little Egrets at Doonbeg Bay (John N Murphy).
A Peregrine was seen in Crusheen this morning.(Pádraig Cullinan)

A female Hen Harrier was in the Sliabh Elva area.(Pádraig Cullinan)

A juvenile Reed Warbler was caught and ringed today at Shannon Airport Lagoon. A juvenile Marsh Harrier was also in the area (Philip Brennan)

A small party of Crossbill, four Grasshopper Warbler and a Blackcap were at Sliabh Elva this morning.(Pádraig Cullinan)
Two Twite were on the lower slopes of Mount Callan.(Pádraig Cullinan)