Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Sunday 6th April 2025

A Mediterranean Gull was at Aylevarroo.(Sean Whelan)
A Common Sandpiper was at Lough Inchiquin and a Dipper was at Riverstown Bridge nearby.(James Organ)
There were 27 Golden Plover at Clahane.(Louis Peacock)


Saturday 5th April 2025

A White-tailed Eagle was Applewood, Ballycar.(John N Murphy)
There were over 150 Golden Plover at Brews Bridge.(Sean Whelan)
There 40 Brent Goose at Doonaha.(SW)


Friday 4th April 2025

A female Crossbill was at Kilcornan, Ennistymon.(Jeff Copner)
There were 100 Golden Plover, 40 Purple Sandpiper and a Norwegian ringed immature Black-headed Gull at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)
A Buzzard was at Carramore South, west Clare.(John N Murphy)
A male Hen Harrier was at Moyasta this evening.(JNM)


Thursday 3rd April 2025

There were 250 Golden Plover, 31 Brent Goose and 13 Purple Sandpiper at Clahane this morning.(Geoff Pearson)
There were 70 Brent Goose at Poulnasherry.(John N Murphy)
A Merlin and 400 Golden Plover were at the Fodry, Loop Head.(JNM)
Four male and two female Blackcap were at the Yank’s Garden, Loop Head.(JNM)
There were 20 Greenland White-fronted Goose at Lough Bunny.(Adrian Glasgow)
A male Hen Harrier and a White-tailed Eagle were near Lake Atorick on the Sliabh Aughties.(Sally O Meara)


Wednesday 2nd April 2025

A Green-winged Teal was at Kilcredaun Marsh.(John N Murphy)
There were 300 Manx Shearwater off the tip of Loop Head.(JNM)


Monday 31st March 2025

There were over 200 Puffin visible from the viewing point at the Cliffs of Moher.(Geoff Pearson)
There were seven Black-throated Diver, 25 Great Northern Diver and a singing Willow Warbler at the Rine.(GP)


Saturday 29th March 2025

There were two White-tailed Eagle and three Pintail Duck at Lake Atedaun.(Jeff Copner)
Twenty five Purple Sandpiper and 300 Golden Plover were at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)
There were 130 Brent Goose at the Inagh Estuary.(GP)


Thursday 27th March 2025

Thursday 27th March 2025

5cy White-tailed Eagle ©Eoghan O’Shea

Two adult White-tailed Eagles were seen near Killaloe. One, a 5cy bird with tag code ‘Z’, was released at Tarbert Bay in August 2021 (Eoghan O’Shea).
A White-tailed Eagle was soaring over the motorway at Tubber on the Clare/Galway border this morning.(Paidí Cullinan)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming at 12 O’Clock Hills near Oatfield Church.(Maura Turner)


Wednesday 26th March 2025

A House Martin was at Ballyallia Lake. (Cliff Baxter)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming at Ballygriffey Wood.(Adrian Glasgow)
Another Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming at Mountshannon, (Louis Peacock) and one more at a garden near Sixmilebridge.(CB)
There were 12 Red-throated Diver, nine Great Northern Diver, 85 Common Scoter, 12 Black Guillemot and two Sandwich Tern at Lahinch. (Jeff Copner)


Tuesday 25th March 2025

A drake Green-winged Teal was at Moyasta this morning.(Stan Nugent)
A Barn Owl was at Dromore Nature Reserve tonight.(Cliff Baxter)