Two White-tailed Eagle were at Ballard Lough near Mullaghmore this afternoon.(Adrian Glasgow)
Two White-tailed Eagle were at Lough Muckanagh around the same time.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Three Lapwing were displaying courtship flight at Lough Muckanagh.(N & TL)
Eight Yellowhammer were at Tubber.(N & TL)
Seven Black Guillemot were at Lahinch.(Geoff Pearson)
Twenty Purple Sandpiper were at Clahane.(GP)
Three Barnacle Goose were at Healy Island.(Dixie Collins)
A Swallow was at Bodyke.(per Irish Birding)
Over 100 Sand Martin were over Ballyallia Lake at sunset.(James Organ)
Wednesday 27th March 2024
Monday 25th March 2024
Common Scoter at Clarecastle John N Murphy
An adult female Common Scoter, two Water Rail and a Jay were at Clarecastle Quay.(John N. Murphy)
Two White-tailed Eagles were at Lough Muckanagh. (Maura Crowe)
There were 35 Sand Martin over the Watery Road, Ennis this morning (JNM), with another or the same 35 birds at Ballyallia Lake.(per Irish Birding)
A flock of 84 Whooper Swans were at Ballygireen.(JNM)
Seventeen Whimbrel and a Red-throated Diver were at Liscannor Harbour.(Jeff Copner)
A flock of 99 Brent Geese were at Clahane. One bird had L on a white tag over red on left leg 3 on black tag over white on right leg.(Geoff Pearson)
Forty Purple Sandpiper were also at Clahane.(GP)
Two hundred and fifty Common Scoter were at Lahinch.(GP)
A Woodcock was roding at Core Bridge.(Andy Smith)
Saturday 23rd March 2024
A male Long-tailed Duck, 15 Great Northern Diver, 60 Brent Goose, 19 Shelduck, eight Red-breasted Merganser, four Sandwich Tern and a Black Guillemot were at Ballyvaughan and Rine during a well attended Clare Branch outing.(Ray Glynn, Nuala and Tom Lynch, Sean and Peter Whelan, Dixie Collins et al)
At the Bridges of Ross between 09.20-11.20 there were 69 Manx Shearwater, three Gannet, 265 Kittiwake, 49 Common Guillemot, nine Razorbill, three Cormorant and three Shag.(Chris Cullen)
Sixty seven Herring Gull were at Ross.(CC)
At Loop Head between 12.00-12.35 there were 160 Manx Shearwater, 222 Kittiwake, two Gannet, one Great Skua and 20 Golden Plover.(CC)
At Kilbaha there were 100 Herring Gull and a Little Egret.(CC)
Sixteen Sand Martin were at the western end of Lake Atedaun.(James Organ)
Nineteen Fieldfare were at Cahercommaun.(Dave O’Connor)
Tuesday 19th March 2024
Two White-tailed Eagle and two Goldeneye were at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming at Castle Lough, Dromore Nature Reserve.(Cliff Baxter)
A Blackcap was singing nearby.(CB)
Two hundred Common Scoter, two Sandwich Tern and two Grey Plover were at Lahinch.(Geoff Pearson)
Friday 15th March 2024
A White-tailed Eagle was perched on trees at the Drumcliffe end of Ballyallia this morning.Probably the 2022 female released on the Shannon Estuary.(James Organ)
Two Buzzards were present also. (JO)
There were 74 Brent Goose, 14 Purple Sandpiper and 10 Golden Plover at Clahane. (Geoff Pearson, Jeff Copner)
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