There were 200 Barnacle Geese at Moveen, Kilkee.
Leave a commentSaturday 1st December 2012
Waxwing near Cootes Shop on the kilrush Road, Ennis with Jedward hairstyle © John N Murphy
The first-winter Drake Lesser Scaup was still at Lough Gash (John N Murphy, Floss Gibson & Austin Cooney).
An immature Blue-winged Teal was at Ballyalla Lake (John N Murphy, Tom & Nuala Lynch, Floss Gibson et al). Also at Ballyallia were 54 Pintail, 400 Teal, 35 Gadwall, 70 Shoveler, 300 Wigeon, 60 Tufted Duck and 30 Whooper Swans.
In Ennis Town there were five Waxwings at Cootes Shop on the Kilrush Road with another four near Roslevan on the Tulla Road.
One Spotted Redshank, one adult Mediterannean Gull and 90 Brent Geese were on the Clare side of Coranroo Bay.
Between Auginish and Doorus there were three Black-throated Divers, 30 Great Northern Divers, one Long-tailed Duck, 50 Black Guillemots and 40 Common Scoter.
One male Hen Harrier was near Lough George this afternoon.
One Woodcock was at Parknabinnia this evening.
Friday 30th November 2012
Waxwing at Westgate Retail Park © Gerry Butler
Up to 20 Waxwings were seen at the side of the N18 northbound lane, just north of the Bunratty flyover junction.
There were 13 Waxwings were seen at Woodlands on the Lahinch Road, Ennis. Elsewhere in Ennis four Waxwings were seen at the Westgate Retail Park and five at the Cahercalla junction opposite Cootes Shop on the Kilrush Road.
Thursday 29th November 2012
A female type Marsh Harrier was seen at Tubber (Howard Williams).
At Coranroo, on the Clare/Galway border, there were three Spotted Redshanks, one adult Med Gull and two Gadwall.
There was one Waxwing and a Peregrine at Flaggy.
Three Barn Owls were seen near Dromoland Castle.
Wednesday 28th November 2012
There were 16 Black-throated Divers off Gleninagh Castle near Black Head (Jeff Copner).
Another three Black-throated Divers were between Aughinish Island and Doorus (Dave McNamara).
Tuesday 27th November 2012
First-winter Lesser Scaup at Lough Gash © John N Murphy
The first-winter drake Lesser Scaup was still at Lough Gash (John N Murphy).
There were 12 Little Auks and nine Black-throated Divers at Ballyvaughan (Eric Dempsey).
Monday 26th November 2012
One of the 35 Waxwings on the Tulla Road © John N Murphy
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The young drake Lesser Scaup was still at Lough Gash (John N Murphy), along with one drake Greater Scaup, ten Gadwall and 160 Tufted Ducks.
A flock of 35 Waxwings were on the Tulla Road in Ennis this afternoon.
Another four Waxwings were near O’Keeffe’s Oil Depot near the Watery Road in the late afternoon.
One individual Waxwing was at the New Road Roundabout earlier in the morning.
Ten Whooper Swans were at Ballycar Lough this morning.
There were 30 Whooper Swans at Scarriff Bay just outside Mount Shannon this morning.
Sunday 25th November 2012
A Surf Scoter was at Lahinch, Liscannor Bay (Jeff Copner).
One first-winter Iceland Gull was also at Liscannor.
One little Egret was at Lahinch Marsh.
One kingfisher was at Lickeen Lough.
Four Greylag Geese and two Water Rails were at Ballycar Lough.
Three Woodcock were at Lough Cullaun, the Burren.
Saturday 24th November 2012
Two Waxwings at Cree © Mary Cahill
Two Waxwings were in Cree today. These are only the second records of Waxwing in Clare this year.
Two Common Eiders were at Kilcredaun Bay (one first-winter male & one adult male). Also in this area were six Common Scoter, a female Hen Harrier and a Merlin.
One female Long-tailed Duck was at the White Strand, Doonbeg.
There were 100 Barnacle Geese on Illaunonearaun, Kilkee.
A small flock of 20 White-fronted Geese were at Tullagher Bog along with one female Hen Harrier.
One Jack Snipe was in Shragh Bog.
Thursday 22nd November 2012
The second-winter Arctic Tern was at Clahane.
Ten White-fronted Geese were at Lough Muchanagh.
One Dipper was at Kilcornan, Ennistymon.
Two Woodcock were at Applewood, Ballycar.
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