Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

One adult male Ring-necked Duck was at Lough Atedaun (Conor Foley).
A drake and hen Velvet Scoter were at Doughmore Bay, Doonbeg (Conor Foley).
There were eight Black-throated Divers off the Rine.
Another on Black-throated Diver and four Sandwich Terns were off Finvarra.
One male Blackcap was sining at Applewood, Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.

One first-winter Velvet Scoter was off the Rine, Ballyvaughan (Brian Finnegan, John N Murphy, Austin Cooney et al). Also off the Rine and in Ballyvaughan Bay were 38 Black-throated Divers, 30 Great Northern Divers, one second-winter Iceland Gull, one first-summer Little Gull, one Sandwich Tern, 120 Common Scoter, 200 Brent Geese, 50 Bar-tailed Godwits, 44 Red-breasted Mergansers and 60 Wigeon.

Five Crossbills and a Woodcock were at Gortcoirce.
There were eight Little Egrets at Ballyallia Lake, Ennis.
A flock of 46 Whooper Swans were at Ballygireen, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
Two Water Rails were at Ballycar Lough.

There were 11 Little Egrets, 30 Pintail and four Whooper Swans at Ballyallia Lake, Ennis.
One Crossbill was at Gortcoirce.
A flock of 61 Goldeneye were at Rossroe Lake, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
One Woodcock was at Roxton, Corofin.
One Dipper was in Doolin village.

One first-winter Kumlien’s Iceland Gull and a second first-winter bird were at Gull Island Loop Head today.
Also at Loop Head all the nesting cliff ledges were stacked with Guillemots, Razorbills and kittiwakes.
A flock of 36 White-fronted Geese and 11 Greylag Geese were at Lough Muchanagh.
Eight Little Egrets and 20 Whooper Swans were at Ballyallia Lake.
A group of 31 Brent Geese were at Rinville Bay of which two were wearing colour bands 1.(Left Leg Yellow 7 Right Leg Yellow U ), 2.(Left Leg White L, Right Leg White L).
Seven Crossbills and one Woodcock were at Gortcoirce.
Six Red-throated Divers were at Doughmore Bay.
One Wooodcock was at Roxton, Corofin.
Two Dippers were at Doolin village.

Recent records received from British visiting birders Paul Slade, Paul Ellis and Andrew Tweed for the 25th February were as follows;
Mutton Island off Quilty, c.150 Barnacle Goose and one Peregrine.
Quilty : Two Surf Scoter (one ad drake) 9 Purple Sandpipers, 32 Pale-bellied Brent Geese and four Great-northern Divers.
Lahinch : 5 Gt Northern, 8 Red-Throat, 50 Common Scoter, 2 Raven.
Liscannor : 2 Greenshank
Airladie : 2 imm Iceland Gull offshore
Craggah : 4 imm Iceland Gull offshore
Gleninagh Castle : 41 Black-throated Divers, 17 Gt Northern, 100 Common Scoter.
Ballyvaughan : 31 Red-breasted Merganser and one Greenshank.