Two second year Glaucous Gulls were at Kilkee. (Eanna O’Flynn)
Leave a commentTuesday 27th October 2015
A Snow Bunting was at Loop Head.(E. Larressey)
Three Whooper Swan flew over Lees Road Wood.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Saturday 24th October 2015
Two Leach’s Petrel, seven Pomarine Skua, four Arctic Skua, one Great Skua, four Sooty Shearwater, seven Manx Shearwater and six Great Northern Diver were seen off the Bridges of Ross. (Aidan G. Kelly)
Leave a commentSunday 25th October 2015
The white albino Curlew has returned to Bishop’s Quarter, Ballyvaughan. (Geoff Hunt)
Leave a commentFriday 23rd October 2015
There was one Common Sandpiper, three Dipper, two Water Rails, three Ravens and 40 Curlew at the Glebe, Ennistymon. (Dave McNamara)
Leave a commentMonday 19th October 2014
Two Pink-footed Geese at Fodry, Loop Head John N Murphy
Two Pink-footed Geese flew in off the sea this evening to the Fodry area of Loop Head (John N Murphy & Tom Tarpey)
Also at Loop Head today were one Short-eared Owl, two Merlin, two Peregrine, two Chiffchaff, 200 Golden Plover, 30 Lapwing, two Redwing, one Fieldfare and one Goldcrest. (Tom Tarpey & John N Murphy)
Sunday 18th October 2015
One of the Short-eared Owls at Loop Head Geoff Hunt
There were three Short-eared Owl at Loop Head. (Geoff Hunt, Mike Sheehy & Mike Flannagan)
Two Swallows, 16 Fieldfares and six Ravens were at Applewood, Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus. (John N Murphy)
Saturday 17th October 2015
Chough at Loop Head John N Murphy
One Short-eared Owl, one immature/female Hen Harrier, three Merlin, one Peregrine, two Swallows, one Jack Snipe, 14 Redwing, three Fieldfare, one Goldcrest, 60 Rock Dove, 60 House Sparrows, 25 Lapwing, 170 Golden Plover, 60 Shag, two Great Northern Divers fling over the headland and 14 Chough were at Loop Head today. (John N Murphy, Finbarr MacGabhann, Nuala & Tom Lynch & Phillip Brennan)
There were 18 Little Egrets at Moyasta, Poulnasherry Bay this evening. (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann)
Friday 16th October 2015
Yellow-browed Warbler at Kilbaha John N Murphy
One RICHARD’S PIPIT was heard calling this morning and again this evening at Loop Head Lighthouse but no visual contact ws made. (John N Murphy, Howard Williams, Tom Tarpey & Gerry Butler)
There were two Yellow-browed Warblers (one caught and ringed this evening), one Chiffchaff, one Goldcrest, 14 Redpolls, ten Siskin, ten Chough, 160 Golden Plover, three Merlin, two Sparrowhawk and two Redwing at Kilbaha and Loop Head today. (John N Murphy, Mark Gibson, Howard Williams, Tom Tarpey, Gerry Butler & Phil Brennan)
Thursday 15th October 2015
One of the two elusive Richard’s Pipits at Loop Head John N Murphy
Two RICHARD’S PIPITS were at Loop Head Lighthouse early this morning and again this evening.(Mark Gibson, John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann)
Also at Loop Head were three Yellow-browed Warblers, one Lapland Bunting, a HOBBY, one Carrion Crow, one Goldcrest, 46 Rock Doves, 16 Chough, 10 Snipe and 160 Golden Plover. (Mark Gibson, Finbarr MacGabhann, John N Murphy & Eric Dempsey)
There were 25 Fieldfare, two Whooper Swans and a Yellowhammer at Glencolmcille. (Cliff Baxter)
Recent Comments