Highlights from the Bridges of Ross today were; one Great Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, 45 Sooty Shearwaters, four Long-tailed Skuas, one adult Pomarine Skua, 12 Bonxies, six Arctic Skuas, three adult Sabine’s Gulls, 11 Storm Petrels, five Whimbrel, one juvenile Puffin, seven Sandwich Terns, two Sunfish and one Comma Butterfly. (Rob Rackliffe, John N Murphy, Keith Langdon et al)
There was a flock of 40 Rock Doves in a field to the west side of Kilkee. (John N Murphy)
Saturday 15th August 2015
Friday 14th August 2015
There was one Balearic Shearwater, three Storm Petrels, one Bonxie and a Leather-backed Turtle at the Bridges of Ross this morning. (Rob Rackliffe)
One Ruff was at Seafield, Quilty. (Frank O Duffy)
Wednesday 12th August 2015
Two Kingfishers were at the Ardclooney River in east Clare today. (David Lyons)
There were 11 Knot, six Black-tailed Godwit, and 50 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Lough Donnell. (Dave McNamara)
Five Knot, 20 Sanderling and 50 Dunlin were at Seafield. (Dave McNamara)
Monday 11th August 2015
There was one Long-tailed Skua and one Sabine’s Gull at the Bridges of Ross. (Rob Rackliffe)
Leave a commentSunday 9th August 2015
There were two Green Sandpipers, one Wigeon, three Little Egrets and four Swifts at Lough Gash this morning. (John N Murphy)
At the Shannon Airport Lagoon there were two Wigeon, six Whimbrel and one Common Tern, while on the mudflats between the lagoon and Shannon Town to Saint’s Island there were 16 Little Egrets, 650 Black-tailed Godwits and over 500 Black-headed Gulls. (John N Murphy)
Saturday 8th August 2015
At Lough Gash, Newmarket-on-Fergus there was one adult Green Sandpiper, three Little Egrets, 18 Black-tailed Godwits, 500 Mallard, three Tufted Ducks, 80 Little Grebes, 70 Moorhen and 160 Coot. (John N Murphy)
There were five Ruff and four Little Egrets at Lahinch Marsh, (Dave McNamara)
Seven Jay were at Lees Road Wood in Ennis this morning. (Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Thursday 6th August 2015
The second-year Mediterranean Gull was still at Clahane, Liscannor. (Dave McNamara)
Ten Little Egrets were at Lahinch Marsh. (Dave McNamara)
There were eight Crossbills and three Jays at Gortcoirce, Dysart. (Dave McNamara)
Wednesday 5th August 2015
There was one male Hen Harrier near Doolin. (Dave McNamara)
One second-winter Mediterranean Gull was at Clahane. (Dave McNamara)
One Peregrine was near Liscannor. (Dave McNamara)
Four Crossbills were at Ballyea, Inagh. (Dave McNamara)
There were 67 Lesser Black-backed Gulls at Lough Atedaun. (Dave McNamara)
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