The SNOWY OWL was seen again by another group of walkers in the Gleninagh Mountain area.
At the Branch outing today to Fanore there was one adult Little Gull off the beach along with 16 Black Guillemots and up to 500 Manx Shearwaters out at sea. Up the Caher Valley there were four Grey Wagtails, one Blackcap, one Swallow,two Willow Warblers, three Wheatears, two Raven and a pair of Dippers. (John N Murphy, Susan O’Donoghue, Geoff Pearson et al)
At Gleninagh, Black Head there were two Black-throated Divers, 40 Great Northern Divers, 14 Common Scoter, 18 Sandwich Terns and hundreds of Manx Shearwaters streaming out of Galway Bay.(John N Murphy)
Six Yellowhammers were near Kilkeedy, the Burren. (John N Murphy)
Blackcaps were very vocal today with two near Mullaghmore, one near Carron, one near Ruan and one at Clarecastle Quay. (John N Murphy)
Saturday 11th April 2015
Friday 10th April 2015
One Buzzard was seen soaring over Shannon Town. (Dermot Harney)
There were six Yellowhammers near Kilkeedy, the Burren this evening. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
Seven Jay were at Lees Road Wood(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Friday 10th April 2015
Two House Martins were with the flock of Sand Martins on the Abbey River in Limerick City. Sand Martins have taken up residence in the riverside wall of the Potato Market again this year, in greater numbers than previous years .
Leave a commentThursday 9th April 2015
A Sedge Warbler was just south of Lough Donnell, an early arrival back from west Africa. Twenty Skylark were singing in the same general area.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
House Martins were seen along the Clonroad in Ennis. (Brendan Cooney)
There were ten Great Northern and five Red-throated Divers, off Lurga Point. ( Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Two Swallow were at Connolly. (Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Wednesday 8th April 2015
Swallows were seen today at Ballysimon (Tom Tarpey) and on the road between Fedamore and Grange (Andrew Holmes)
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Wednesday 8th April 2015
A MARSH HARRIER was seen near Lough Muchanagh, the Burren (Emma Glanville), along with one Yellowhammer near Kilkeedy.
Leave a commentTuesday 7th April 2015
Two WHITE-TAILED EAGLES were at Mount Shannon along with one Blackcap late this evening. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
Seven Jay were at Lees Road Wood this morning.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Twelve Yellowhammer were west of Boston.(Gerry Slattery)
Tuesday 7th April 2015
A Swallow was seen at Adare today (Sean O’Sullivan).
A Jack Snipe and two Snipe were flushed in a field near Tarbert (Geoff Hunt).
A pair of Red Grouse were at Long Mountain in the Ballyhouras.( Joan Neill)
Two Jay were on conifers on the slopes of Seefin(Joan Neill)
Monday 6th April 2015
A SNOWY OWL was seen in Gleninagh Mountain by a group of walkers around midday.
This morning at Applewood, Ballycar there were two Swallows, one Willow Warbler, one Chiffchaff, one male Blackcap, two Stock Doves and three Greylag Geese. (John N Murphy)
Twenty three Yellowhammer were at a sheep farm west of Boston.(Francie Donoghue and Gerry Slattery)
Three Blackcap and five Chiffchaff were singing in Lees Road Wood this evening.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
There were Swallows at Seafield, Quilty also this evening. (Ann O’Connell)
Monday 6th April 2015
A Willow Warbler was in song at Gooig Bog today. This is the first for the County this year.
Swallows were seen in Ballyorgan and Bruff today (Tony Mee).
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