Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

Friday 2nd September 2022

Friday 2nd September 2022

Little Stint at Seafield John N Murphy

The Pectoral Sandpiper, one Little Stint and 15 Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield, Quilty.(Neal Warnock)
At the Bridges of Ross today there were four Balearic Shearwaters, 14 Sooty Shearwaters one Long-tailed Skua, 12 Arctic Skuas, three Bonxies, two Black Terns and two Puffins. (Des Higgins)


Thursday 1st September 2022

Thursday 1st September 2022

Black Tern at Ballyallia John N Murphy

A juvenile Black Tern was at Ballyallia Lake.(Finbar MacGabhann, John N. Murphy, James Organ, Nuala and Tom Lynch and Stan Nugent)
A Pectoral Sandpiper, two Little Stint and seven Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield, Quilty.(Jeff Copner)


Wednesday 31st August 2022

A Pectoral Sandpiper was at Seafield, Quilty.(Neil Warnock)
Two Curlew Sandpipers were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon within a flock of 40 Dunlin.(John N Murphy)
A Kingfisher at the White Strand.(Adrian Glasgow)


Tuesday 30th August 2022

Four Sabine’s Gull, a Cory’s Shearwater, six Great Shearwater, over a hundred Sooty Shearwater, a thousand plus Manx Shearwater, over 200 Storm Petrel, a juvenile Arctic Skua, one Bonnie and six Arctic Tern were recorded during a Pelagic off Loop Head.(N.T. Keogh, N. Keogh, M. Sarda, N. Warnock, D. Higgins, J. Adamson, J. Creamer, F.Gibson)
A Kingfisher was at Doonbeg.(John Dixie Collins)


Monday 29th August 2022

A juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher was at the mouth of the Skivileen River, Doonbeg along with 16 Bar-tailed Godwits and two Kingfishers. (John N Murphy)
One Common Sandpiper and one first-wi ter Mediterranean Gull were at Clarecastle Quay. (JNM)


Saturday 27th August 2022

One Wilson’s Petrel was at the Bridges of Ross, along with ten Cory’s Shearwaters, ten Great Shearwaters, 50 Sooty Shearwaters, three Arctic Skuas, 15 sandwich Terns and three Hump-backed Whales. (Noel Keogh, John N Murphy et al)


Wednesday 24th August 2022

At the Bridges of Ross today 6.30-19.00 there were two Wilson’s Petrel, 80+ Cory’s Shearwaters 30+, Great Shearwater, two Balearic Shearwaters, two Long-tail Skuas, one Bonxie, three Pomarine Skuas, 12 Arctic Skuas, two Leach’s petrel, ten Storm Petrels, 30 Sabine’s Gulls and three Grey Phalaropes. (Des Higgins et al)
One Mediterranean Gull was at Clarecastle Quay and a Kingfisher was at Ballycorrick Bridge.(Chris & Alex Cullen)
One Whooper Swan was at Ballyallia Lake. (per Irish birding.com)


Monday 22nd August 2022

Monday 22nd August 2022

Great White Egret at Clarecastle Eric Shaw

There was an adult Great White Egret at Clarecastle Quay this morning. (Eric Shaw)


Sunday 21st August 2022

One Garden Warbler was at Applewood, Ballycar.(John N Murphy)
A kettle of five Buzzards were at Tubber this morning.(James Organ)


Saturday 20th August 2021

At the Bridges of Ross this morning (6.10-14.30) there were two Wilson’s Petrels, two Long-tailed Skuas, 12 Cory’s Shearwaters, 46 Great Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwaters, 100 Sooty Shearwaters, two Sabines Gulls, four Pomarine Skuas and 27 Storm Petrels. (per Irishbirding.com)
Off the Bridges of Ross this afternoon (14.50-19.30), there was one Wilson’s Petrel, two Great Shearwaters, 60 plus Sooty Shearwaters, 25 Storm Petrels, 19 Sabine’s Gulls, three Arctic Skuas, two Pomarine Skuas, three Bonxies, and 300 Arctic Terns. (Simon Mitchell)
At Kilkee cliffs (08.10-10.15) there was one Great Shearwater, 14 Sooty Shearwaters,one Balearic Shearwater, one Bonxie, one Sandwich Tern, three Dunlin, three Ringed Plover and nine Whimbrel. (Chris and Alex Cullen)