Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Friday 3rd June 2016

Nine Blackcap were singing in Lees Road Wood and another at Drehednagower Bridge. Two Jay were at Lees Road Wood.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Thursday 2nd June 2016

Three Yellowhammer were singing at Mullaghmore. Two at the back on the Blue Loop and another close to Crag Road.
A Jay was at Clifden Hill.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Tuesday 31st May 2016

Two Blackcap were singing on the Orange Trail and two more were singing on the Green Nature Trail in the Burren National Park. Two Raven were at Gortlecka Cross.(Susan O Donohue, Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Monday 30th May 2016

A Kingfisher was a few hundred metres down river from Club Bridge in Ennis.(Tom Lynch)

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Sunday 29th May 2016

Two Blackcap were singing near Ballyallia Lake this afternoon.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Saturday 28th May 2016

Four male Blackcap and a Kestrel were at Williamstown Harbour.
Five Blackcap and a Cuckoo were singing at Gortnascreey, Whitegate. (Nuala and Tom Lynch, Paddy Madden, Tommy Holland et al)
Three Cuckoos were on the Green Road at Abbey Hill.(Tom Murtagh)

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Friday 27th May 2016

Six Chough were at Loop Head.(Aileen Lynch, James Sherwood)

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Thursday 26th May 2016

Over two hundred Puffin were easily counted nesting on the Cliffs of Moher along with thousands of Common Guillemot, Razorbill, Kittiwake, Fulmar and Shag. Nesting Peregrine were also seen. Four Chough were close to the Cliffs of Moher Interpretive Centre.(Nuala, Tom and Aileen Lynch, James Sherwood)
A Yellowhammer was at Coolorta. Two Little Egret were at Knockaunroe Turlough. Six Lapwing were at Lough Muckanagh.(Tom Lynch)

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Wednesday 25th May 2016

A Blackcap was singing at Bank Place, Ennis this afternoon.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Tuesday 24th May 2016

A Grasshopper Warbler, two Curlew, a Whitethroat and a Cuckoo were at Lough Donnell.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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