Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

A Red Kite flew north over Cahermacrea between Dromore Wood and Ruan(Ian Garry)

A male Ruff, 80 Sanderling and five Bar-tailed Godwit were at Clohauninchy.(Geoff Pearson)

There were 54 Curlew at the Inagh Estuary.(GP)

A Barn Owl was calling early this morning on the Carrigaholt Road outside Kilkee. (Donogh Sweeney)

A Pectoral Sandpiper was at Aughinish Causeway.(Ray Glynn)

There were two Sooty Shearwater off Ross Ringing Station.(John N Murphy)

There were over 500 hirundines, mainly Swallow feeding over Lake Inchiquin this evening. (James Organ)

Two White-tailed Eagle flew westward over Lough Collaun.(JO)

A Kingfisher was at Clarisford Park Killaloe.(Niall Brew)

A seawatch throughout the day at the Bridges produced two Wilson’s Petrel, 17 Storm Petrel, 45 Sooty Shearwater, one Great Shearwater, eight Cory’s Shearwater, up to 850 Manx Shearwater per hour during the morning, two Sabine’s Gull, three Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, two Puffin, two Arctic Tern, two Sandwich Tern, four Common Scoter and six Whimbrel. (Alan O’ Brien, John N. Murphy, Tony Cully)