Monthly Archives: March 2015

First year Ring-billed Gull at Seafield, Quilty John N Murphy

One first-winter Ring-billed Gull was at Seafield beach, Quilty along with two male Wheatears, 60 Purple Sandpipers, 120 Turnstone, 100 Sanderling, 70 Dunlin, 68 Oystercatchers and 80 Common Gulls. (John N Murphy)
One first-winter and one second-winter Iceland Gull were at Loop Head along with two Carrion Crows at Ross Bay and a od of 20 Bottlenose Dolphins off the tip of the headland. (John N Murphy)
At Moyasta Creek and Poulnasherry Bay there were ten Little Egrets, 320 Teal, 80 Wigeon, 114 Shellduck, 80 Brent Geese and two Stock Doves. (John N Murphy)
Eleven Barnacle Geese were on Illaunonearean with 150 on Mutton Island. (John N Murphy)
Three Little Egrets were at Kilcredaun Marsh with two more Little Egrets at Carrigaholt along with 18 Brent Geese, ten Great Northern Divers, eigth Great Crested Grebes ant two Black Guillemots. (John N Murphy)
Twenty Whooper Swans and one Greylag Goose were on the outskirts of Kilkee near the Reservoir. (John N Murphy)
One male Peregrine and 6 Teal were at Doonbeg, (John N Murphy)

Male Wheatear at Aughinish Island John N Murphy

One immature/female VELVET SCOTER was off Aughinish Island, north Care along with four Common Scoter, 68 Great Northern Divers, one Black-throated Diver, two Red-throated Divers, four Long-tailed Ducks, 28 Red-breasted Mergansers, 27 Brent Geese, two Little Egrets, one first-winter Mediterrenaean Gull, 36 Dunlin and two Wheatears. (John N Murphy)
There were 16 Long-tailed Ducks one Red-throated Diver and 56 Great Northern Divers off Finvarra Point. (John N Murphy)
Two Little Egrets were at Corronroo Bay. (John N Murphy)