Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Tuesday 7th August 2012

There were eight Common Sandpipers at Ballycorick Bridge today.

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Monday 6th August 2012

There were three Stock Doves near the Dromoland Roundabout, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

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Saturday 4th August 2012

Saturday 4th August 2012

Common Sandpiper at Ballycorick Creek © John N Murphy

There were six Common Sandpipers at Ballycorick Bridge, Ballynacally.
Three Common Sandpipers, two Whimbrel and a Raven were at Islandavanna.
One Common Sandpiper was at Clarecastle Quay.
There were two Stock Doves at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
Seabird passage was bad off the Bridges of Ross with only 18 Manx Shearwaters, two Whimbrel, one Common Tern and two Chough on the land.

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Friday 3rd August 2012

There were 14 European Storm Petrels and 500 Manx Shearwaters off Seafield Pier.
On the beach at Seafield there were 35 Sanderling, 30 Dunlin and 30 Ringed Plovers.

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Wednesday 1st August 2012

One Sooty Shearwater, two Bonxies, eight Storm Petrels, three Chough and 20 Rock Doves were at the Bridges of Ross.
Two Storm Petrels were off Hags Head.

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Tuesday 31st July 2012

There was on Arctic Skua, three Bonxies, one Sooty Shearwater, 1,000 Manx Shearwaters and one Storm Petrel off Hags Head.
One Common Sandpiper, one Little Egret and two Whimbrel were at Clahane.
One Common Sandpiper was at Lough Atedaun, Corofin.

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Monday 23rd July 2012

There was one Balearic Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwaters, 500 Manx Shearwaters ph and one Puffin off the Bridges of Ross this evening.

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Saturday 21st July 2012

There were two Common Sandpipers and one Whimbrel at Clahane.
Two Common Scoter were at Liscannor.
One Little Egret was at Lahinch Marsh.

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Tuesday 17th July 2012

One Arctic Skua, one Bonxie and 100 Manx Shearwaters ph were off the Bridges of Ross.

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Monday 16th July 2012

A Blackcap was singing in Lees Road Wood this afternoon.

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