Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Monday 3rd August 2015

Monday 3rd August 2015

Common Sandpiper at Ballycorrick Bridge John N Murphy

There were three Ruff and one Little Egret at Lough Gash, Newmarket-on-Fergus. (John N Murphy)
One Common Sandpiper and three Little Egrets were at Ballycorrick Bridge, Ballynacally. (John N Murphy)
One Common Sandpiper was at Clarecastle Quay. (John N Murphy)
Three Little Egrets were at Moyasta Creek. (John N Murphy)
Two Whimbrel were at Islandavanna. (John N Murphy)
There were 200-300 Manx Shearwaters per hour past the Bridges of Ross. (John N Murphy)

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Saturday 1st August 2015

Six Chough were at the northern end of the Cliffs of Moher. (Ian Garry)
A Raven was at Lough Inchiquin. (Ian Garry)

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Friday 31st July 2015

A Buzzard was seen at Curraghchase today (Ger Griffin).

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Tuesday 28th July 2015

At the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening there were; 44 Bar-tailed Godwits, 48 Black-tailed Godwits, one Knot, seven Sanderling, 25 Ringed Plover, 323 Dunlin and one Little Egret. (John N Murphy)

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Monday 27th July 2015

There were three Crossbills at Darragh. (Finbarr MacGabhann)
A flock of 52 Curlew were at Latoon Bridge. (John N Murphy)

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Sunday 26th July 2015

There were five Little Egrets at Corronroo Bay along with 46 Redshank.(John N Murphy)
One Little Egret was at Lough Murree. (John N Murphy)
There were 48 Redshank, one Turnstone and two Little Egrets at Ballyvaughan. (John N Murphy)

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Saturday 25th July 2015

There were nine Little Egrets, 178 Curlew, five Whimbrel, 12 Greenshanks and 40 Redshank at Poulnasherry Bay (John N Murphy).
Two Red-throated Divers, 36 Curlew, three Greenshank, two Turnstone and 18 Sandwich Terns were at Doughmore Bay, Doonbeg, (John N Murphy)
Four Tree Sparrows were at Doonbeg. (John N Murphy)
One Little Egret was at Kilcredaun Marsh.(John N Murphy)
Two Jay and two Raven were at Lees Road Wood. Two Blackcap were also singing there.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Thursday 23rd July 2015

One Crossbill flew over Darragh.(Finbarr MacGabhann)
A flock of 79 Curlew, 13 Wheatear, 12 Gannet, five Raven and four Chough were along the Headland at Loop Head.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

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Tuesday 21st July 2015

Long-eared Owls were heard calling near Spancilhill this evening. (per Jim Nolan)

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Sunday 19th July 2015

One Great Skua was off the Cliffs of Moher. (Emma Glanville)

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