One Pink-footed Goose and 18 Greylag Geese were at Lough Muchanagh.
Two Crossbills were at Gortcoirce.
There were six Little Egrets at Querrin.
One Peregrine was at Chimney Bay, Kilkee.
A flock of 30 Choughs flew the quarry on the Dunlickey coast road out of Kilkee.
Monday 19th March 2012
Sunday 18th March 2012
One male and one female Wheatear were at the Blue Pool, Killard, Doonbeg. These are the first recorded in Clare this year.
There were large numbers of Skylarks nesting in Shragh Bog, along with Snipe and one pair of Ravens as well.
Wednesday 14th March 2012
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.
Sunday 11th March 2012
Between Killard and Quilty today west Clare there was one adult Ring-billed Gull and single 1st-winter Mediterranean and Iceland Gulls at Doonbeg Bay, ten Red-throated Divers, two Velvet Scoters (Paul Troake) and a Common Scoter in Doughmore Bay, one 1st-winter Glaucous Gull at Tromracastle, approximately 250 Barnacle Geese on Mutton Island, five Common Scoters off Seafield and 55 Brent Geese heading SW at Quilty.
Leave a commentSaturday 10th March 2012
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.
Leave a commentFriday 9th March 2012
One male Hen Harrier was seen hunting around Lough Murree.
There were 13 Little Egrets at Drumcliff, Ballyallia Lake.
Monday 5th March 2012
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.
Saturday 3rd March 2012
There was 20 Crossbills at Gort Coirce, Dysert.
A flock of 11 little Egrets, 40 Pintail and three Jays were at Ballyalla.
Eleven Greylag Geese were at Lough Muchinagh.
One Woodcock was at the Crabtree, Ballycar.
Wednesday 29th February 2012
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.
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