Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

The juvenile Black Tern, five Ruff and a female type immature Hen Harrier were at Lake Atedaun.(John N Murphy, Stan Nugent)

A Green Sandpiper and a Kingfisher were at Kildysart.(JNM)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 06.15-18.00 produced 3000 Cory’s Shearwater, 500 Great Shearwater, 35 Sooty Shearwater, 184 Sabine’s Gull, 13 Great Skua, six Arctic Skua, nine Pomarine Skua, one Long-tailed Skua, 11 Storm Petrel, one Leach’s Petrel, 27 Arctic Tern, 13 Sandwich Tern, 11 Common Scoter, two Puffin, two Grey Phalarope, two Whimbrel, four Kittiwake and up to 2500 Manx Shearwater per hour at 17.00. (Niall Keogh et al)

At the Fodry, Loop Head between 07.10-15.40 there were 215 Sabine’s Gull( including several double-figured flocks, max c.22), a large Shearwater passage, constant throughout, mostly mid-distance, typically c.750 to 1000 per hour, approx 5000 Cory’s, 2600 Great Shearwater plus 15 Sooty Shearwater. Also one Leach’s Petrel, seven Pomarine Skua, seven Great Skua and seven Arctic Skua.(Paul Troake, Geoff Pearson)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 07.00-10.15 produced one Wilson’s Petrel, 35 Cory’s Shearwater, four Storm Petrel, six Sooty Shearwater, two Pomarine Skua, one Arctic Skua, eight Common Scoter, 13 Sandwich Tern, one Swift and one Great Northern Diver.(Niall Keogh et al)

A female Hen Harrier was at Kilbaha.(NK et al)

A Lapland Bunting was at Ross Ringing Station.(John N Murphy)

An Osprey and one Black Tern were at Lake Atedaun.(Jeff Copner, Maura Crowe and Shane Dowdall)

The White-tailed Eagle with wing tag number 19 was back at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)

A Black Tern was at the eastern shore of Lake Atedaun this evening.(James Organ)

An adult Mediterranean Gull and a 2CY Mediterranean Gull were at Querrin.(Geoff Pearson)

Off the tip of Loop Head one Sooty Shearwater, two Storm Petrel, two Whimbrel and a Swift were seen. (Chris Cullen)