Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

One first-winter Little Gull, 10 Long-tailed Duck, two Black-throated Diver, 26 Common Scoter and 30 Black Guillemot were off Aughinish Island.(John N Murphy)
Three Long-tailed Duck were at the Flaggy Shore.(JNM)
Fifty Red-breasted Merganser were in outer Muckinish Bay.(JNM)
Two Black-throated Diver and 36 Common Scoter were off Bishop’s Quarter.(JNM)
Off Coolshiva Pier there were four Black-throated Diver, 30 Common Scoter, 25 Guillemot and 12 Razorbill.(JNM)
A female Marsh Harrier and a male Hen Harrier werr at Lough Muckanagh.(JNM)
Six Yellowhammer were at Tubber.(JNM)
A Pink-footed Goose and 100 Greylag Geese were at Ballycar Lake.(JNM)
A Buzzard was at Ennis with another at Crusheen. Two more were at Tubber and one at Derrenatloghtaun in the Burren.(JNM)
A Merlin was at Lough Gealán and a Jay was at the High Commons.(James Organ)
One Woodcock was at Lisheen Cross.(Chris Cullen)
Another Woodcock was at Connolly.(Finbar MacGabhann)
A male Blackcap was at Oak Park.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A Jay was at the High Commons, Kilnaboy today and a Merlin was at Lough Gealáin. (James Organ)

At the Bridges of Ross between 11.30-13.00 there were two Manx Shearwater, seven Common Scoter, three Kittiwake, one Great Northern Diver, and 64 Gannet.(Chris Cullen)
The Ruff was still at Drumcliffe along with 34 Whooper Swan.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)