Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Common Snipe at Kilbaha John N Murphy

The Great White Egret is still at Sandfield Marsh.(Jeff Copner)

Off Ross Ringing Station this evening there was one juvenile Sabine’s Gull, two Sooty Shearwaters, five Manx Shearwaters and two Red-breasted Mergansers all heading west. (John N Murphy)

At Kilbaha and Loop Head today there were two Curlew Sandpipers, one Merlin, 115 Snipe and one Redpoll. (JNM)

There were 11 Storm Petrels at the Bridges of Ross late this evening. (Mark Gibson & Doug Dickson)

A Peregrine was at the Drumcliffe end of Ballyallia Lake.(Maura Crowe)

A White-tailed Eagle and a Ruff were at Ballyallia Lake.(per Irish Birding)

A Buzzard was in the Knockanean/Doora area.(Iomhar Daly)

Dark immature Long-tailed Skua off Bridges of Ross John N Murphy

In the Plover Fields at Loop Head an American Golden Plover was among a flock of 70 Golden Plover. Out to sea off Loop, there were two juvenile Sabine’s Gull and 12 Grey Phalarope.(John N Murphy)

A seawatch of the Bridges of Ross today between 07.25-18.00 produced three Wilson’s Petrel, 45 Leach’s Petrel, 135 Storm Petrel, 239 Grey Phalarope, 72 Bonxie, 31 Arctic Skua, five adult Pomarine Skua, one juvenile Long-tailed Skua, nine juvenile Sabine’s Gull, 11 Great Shearwater, 36 Sooty Shearwater, 36 Arctic Tern, two juvenile Little Gull and seven Great Northern Diver.(Killian Mullarney, AGK, JNM, G Wycherley, Geoff Pearson, K Colhoun)

At Carnsefin between 08.10-08.40 there were seven Arctic Skua one Bonxie and a juvenile Arctic Tern. At Black Head between 08.55-11.25 there was one adult Pomarine Skua, five Arctic Skua and 60 Storm Petrel. Four Leach’s Petrel flew past Finvarra Point early this afternoon.(Paul Troake)

At Lurga Point, Seafield there were nine Sabine’s Gull, five Leach’s Petrel, two Storm Petrel, one Black-throated Diver, two Red-throated Diver and eight Curlew Sandpiper. Two Arctic Tern were at Quilty.(Jeff Copner)

There was one juvenile Sabine’s Gull and a first-winter Little Gull at Kilkee. Another juvenile Sabine’s Gull was near Castle Point. (Chris Cullen & Tristan Cullen)

One Bonxie flew inland over Ross Ringing Station this morning. (JNM)

One Willow Warbler and a Greenland Wheatear were at Kilbaha today. (CC, TC & JNM)

The American Golden Plover was still at Doonbeg.(Geoff Pearson)

An immature Sabine’s Gull was at Liscannor.(Nick Larter)