Category Archives: Scarce & Rare Bird Sightings

At the Bridges of Ross between 06.15 and 10.00 there were 16 Cory’s Shearwater, one juvenile Long-tailed Skua, an adult and juvenile Pomarine Skua, two Common Scoter and ten Sandwich Tern.(Jeff Copner)

There were six Jay at Lees Road Wood this morning.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
An Oystercatcher was at Liscannor with an orange ring on both legs.(Geoff Pearson)

At Ross, Loop Head between 07.00-08.00 there were two Cory’s Shearwater, two Sooty Shearwater and one Storm Petrel.(John N. Murphy)
At the Bridges of Ross between 10.00-12.00 there were two Cory’s Shearwater, a dark-phased Arctic Skua, two Sooty Shearwater, two Storm Petrel and 100 Manx Shearwater.(Éanna O’Flynn)
At Ross, Loop Head this afternoon 15.00-17.00 a seawatch produced a Wilson’s Storm Petrel. one all black Balearic Shearwater, 13 Cory’s Shearwater, ten Sooty Shearwater, seven Storm Petrel and an Arctic Tern.(John N. Murphy)

At the Bridges of Ross this morning there were two Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 40 Storm Petrel, 16 Cory’s Shearwater, 15 Sooty Shearwater, a dark-phased Pomarine Skua, a Common Scoter, 16 Whimbrel and a Peregrine which took one of the Storm Petrel.(John N. Murphy, Geoff Pearson, Éanna O’Flynn)
A Common Sandpiper was at Claughran Lough.(John N. Murphy)
A Wilson’s Petrel, three Cory’s Shearwater, a Sooty Shearwater, an Arctic Skua, ten Storm Petrel and nine Arctic Tern were at Black Head.(Paul Troake)
There were six Cory’s Shearwater off the cliffs at Kilkee this evening.(Éanna O Flynn)
Three Buzzard were at Caherhurley, Bodyke.(Tracy McNamara)

At Ross, Loop Head this morning there were four Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 135 Cory’s Shearwater, eight Great Shearwater, five Sooty Shearwater, 24 Storm Petrel and 12 Arctic Tern.(John N. Murphy, Sean Holland)