Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

A Buzzard was at Dromore Wood along with singing Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap.(Geoff Pearson)

One Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming at Muckanagh between Rossroe and Fenloe Lakes. (Johnny Moore)

Two Dipper were at Fisher Street, Doolin.(Sally O’ Meara)

The Semipalmated Sandpiper was still at Seafield.(Jeff Copner)

A Sandwich Tern was at the mouth of Poulnasherry Bay.(Dixie Collins)

The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was still at Seafield.(Geoff Hunt)

There were 300 Golden Plover along the Cliff Walk, Kilkee.(Donagh Sweeney)

A seawatch off Black Head between 15.40-17.40 produced 2500 Manx Shearwater and 150 Kittiwake.(Paul Troake)

The Cattle Egret was on the island at Ballyallia this morning.(Maura Crowe)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 08.30-12.45 & 14.00-17.30 produced two Leach’s Storm Petrel, two Storm Petrel, one Sooty Shearwater, 620 Manx Shearwater in the morning and 815 in the afternoon, 1150 Fulmar(am) and 215(pm) 70 Gannet (am) and 5(pm), one 2CY Little Gull, 1000 Razorbill(am) and 400(pm) 500 Guillemot (am) and 150(pm) and one Red-throated Diver. No ‘Blue’ Fulmar were seen. Up to 20% of the Kittiwake were 2CY. One ‘bridled’ Guillemot was noted.(B. McCloskey, N.T. Keogh, & P. Phillips)