Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

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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Tuesday 26th June 2012

A nesting pair of Mediterranean Gulls and two Little Egrets were in Coronroo
Bay on the Clare/Galway border.
Five Little Egrets were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon.

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Monday 25th June 2012

Two Blackcap were singing in Lees Road Wood this evening and another near Ballyallia Lake

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Thursday 21st June 2012

There were three Twite at Clahane, Liscannor.

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Wednesday 13th June 2012

An adult Rose-coloured Starling was at Spanish Point this evening (Paul Troake). This is a ninth county record and the third for Spanish Point.

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Friday 8th June 2012

One Leach’s Petrel was off the Bridges of Ross.
There were four Arctic Skuas and one Bonxie at Liscannor Bay.
Two Arctic Skuas and one Storm Petrel were off Green Island.
Five Storm Petrels, 200 Manx Shearwaters, 30 Puffins and two Choughs were at Hags Head.
A Jay was seen in Lees Road Wood this evening.

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Monday 4th June 2012

A Black Stork was seen flying over Boltiagh Bog this afternoon for 26 minutes before flying off south west towards Kerry (Paul Troake). This is a first county record and only a second Irish record.

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Sunday 3rd June 2012

A female Golden Oriole was seen going to roost in a garden at Feard, Loop Head late this evening (Tony Mee).

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Sunday 27th May 2012

Two male Blackcap were at the South Commons in the Burren and another was in the Post Office Field in Ennis

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Monday 21st May 2012

One first-summer Glaucous Gull was at CLahane along with 75 Common Scoter, 12 Great Northern Divers and 10 Manxs Shearwaters in Liscannor Bay.
One adult and one juvenile Dipper, one Spotted Flycatcher and six Ravens were at Kilcornan, Ennistymon.
One Adult Dipper and a juvenile Dipper and one Spotted Flycatcher were at Clifden House Bridge, Corofin.
Two Kingfishers were on the River Fergus at Kilnaboy.
One Dipper was on the Derry River Bridge near Lahinch.
One Common Sandpiper was at Lickeen Lake.

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