Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

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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Saturday 30th July 2012

There were two Storm Petrels, one Great Northern Diver and 24 Chough off Hags Head.

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Thursday 28th June 2012

There were five Little Egrets, two pairs of Gadwall, one pair of Wigeon and 80 Black-tailed Godwits at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening.

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Wednesday 27th June 2012

There were seven Storm Petrels, 1,000 Manx Shearwaters, ten Choughs and five Ravens off Hags Head.
One Common Sandpiper was at Lickeen Lake.
Nine Crosbills were at Gort Coirce.
One juvenile Little Egret was at Lough Atedaun.

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