Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Wood Sandpiper in Kilbaha Victor Caschera

One Wood Sandpiper and a Ruff were in the small pond at Kilbaha, Loop Head. (Des Higgins et al)
At the Bridges of Ross there were 175 Manx Shearwaters per hour, one Balearic Shearwater, two Storm Petrels, 16 Common Scoter, one Red-throated Diver, one Great Northern Diver, three Bonxies, one Pomarine Skua, 27 Arctic Skuas, four juvenile Black Terns, one Arctic Tern, 61 Sandwich Terns, 13 Whimbrel, one Green Sandpiper, one Merlin, one Minke Whale, 30 Bottle-nosed Dolphins, 20 Common Dolphins and two Ocean Sunfish. (Neal Warnock, Victor Caschera, Ger Murray, Brian McCluskey, Niall T Keogh, Des Higgins, Rachel Hines et al)
There were thrre Jack Snipe at Fodry, Loop Head. (Brian McCluskey & Ger Murray)
One second calendar year Great Northern Diver was in Kilbaha Harbour. (Niall T Keogh)
One Peregrine, three Kingfisher, eight Wheatear, six Little Egrets, 30 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 20 Ringed Plover, four Knot, four Black-tailed Godwits and 50 Meadow Pipits were at Lahinch Marsh. (Dave McNamara)
One Common Sandpiper, three Raven and four Raven were at Clahane. (Dave McNamara)
There was on Little Egret and eight Ruff at Lough Gash. (John N Murphy)
One Jay was at Fenloe Lake. (John N Murphy)