Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

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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Sunday 15th July 2012

One Cory’s Shearwater, one Bonxie and 200 Manx Shearwaters ph passed the Bridges of Ross (Geoff Hunt).
There were two adult Little Gulls and one adult Mediterraean Gull at Killimer.

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Thursday 12th July 2012

A BLACK STORK was seen earlier this morning at Ballyvaughan flying high towards the direction of the Caher Valley and Fanore (Emma Glanville). This is probably the same bird found in the county over a month ago.
A female Eider was seen along the Flaggy Shore.
There were eight Little Egrets, 80 Black-tailed Godwits and 50 Swifts at the Shannon Airport Lagoon.
Off the Bridges of Ross today there were 9,000 Manx Shearwaters, eight Storm Petrels and six Puffins.

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Thursday 5th July 2012

Three Blackcap were singing in Lees Road Wood and a Raven was calling nearby.

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