Tundra Bean Goose at Lough Muchanagh © Howard Williams
A Tundra Bean Goose was at Lough Muchanagh this afternoon (Howard Williams), it looks very like the bird that was at Liscannor two days earlier.
There was one Little Egret, 12 Scaup and seven Great Northern Divers at Carrigaholt.
One Great Northern Diver was in the lake at Kilcredaun Marsh.
Two Purple Sandpipers, seven Razorbills, 36 Guillemots, 20 Fulmars and ten Gannets were off the tip of Loop Head.
The female Marsh Harrier was at Lough Cullaun, the Burren.
The Pink-footed Goose, 25 White-fronted Geese, 55 Greylag Geese and a female Hen Harrier were at Muchanagh.
There were 13 Crossbills, four Woodcock and a Jay at Gortcoirce.
Tundra Bean Goose with Pink-footed Geese at Liscannor © John N Murphy
One Tundra Bean Goose was near the Pitch and Putt Course at Liscannor (John N Murphy, Austin Cooney, Brian Finnegan et al), along with three Pink-footed Geese. This is the first living record of Bean Goose in Clare. The first bird in the county was shot in the Shannon Estuary in February 1903.
There was one Pink-footed Goose at Lough Muchanagh along with 45 Greylage Geese and a Great Northern Diver.
There were 74 Whooper Swans and 36 Greylag Geese at Tool’s Lough.
A flock of 100 Common Scoter were at Lahinch with one Little Egret at Lahinch Marsh.
One immature and two male Hen Harriers were near Tubber.
A flock of 400 Wigeon and two Goldeneye were at Lough Atedaun as well as an Otter.
Nine Goldeneye were at Lough Cullaun, the Burren.
Pink-footed Goose with Greylag Geese at Lough Muchanagh © John N Murphy
The female Marsh Harrier, the immature Pink-footed Goose, one Hen Harrier and 67 Greylag Geese were at Lough Muchanagh.
Leave a commentThe Red-necked Grebe was back at Lough Cullaun, the Burren.
One juvenile Hen Harrier was at Lough Muchanagh.
A group of 12 Crossbills were at Moanreel.
A flock of 40 Whooper Swans, 46 Greylag Geese, three Greenshanks and three Water Rails were at Ballycar Lough.
There was on male & one female Blackcap at Oak Park, Ennis.
Red-necked Grebe at Cullaun Lake © Dave McNamara.
A Red-necked Grebe was at Lough Cullaun, the Burren, this morning.
One juvenile Hen Harrier was at Lough Muchanagh.
Meadow Pipit © John N Murphy
The female Marsh Harrier was at Lough Muchanagh.
There was one Peregrine and 1,000 Lapwings at Tool’s Lough.
Eight Goldeneye were at Lough Cullaun.
Four Woodcock were near Ruan Village.
The immature colour wing-tagged Hen Harrier was back at Drumcliff, Ballyallia Lake along with one Little Egret and 49 Whooper Swans.
One male Blackcap was at Applewood, Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
One female Blackcap was at Oak Park, Ennis.
Two Kingfishers were at O Briens Bridge.
A small group of 13 Goldeneye and five Whooper Swans were at the Moys, Killaloe.
There were 100 Pochard were at Ardclooney.
There were 30 Black-throated Divers, one first-winter Little Gull and two Long-tailed Ducks off Finvarra Point.
One female Eider, 12 long-tailed Ducks and one Purple Sandpiper was on the Flaggy Shore.
A flock of 36 Whoopers Swans, 42 Greylag Geese, two water rails and 28 Curlew were at Ballycar Lough.
One Crossbill was seen over a garden in Darragh.
One inland record of a Great Northern Diver at Lough Bunny.
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