Monthly Archives: January 2017

Saturday 14th January 2017

Saturday 14th January 2017

Snow Bunting at Loop Head John N Murphy

Two Snow Bunting and a first-winter Iceland Gull were at Loop Head (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann).
One adult male Hen Harrier was south of Kilkee (JNM & FMacG).
One first-winter Iceland Gull was at Kilkee Bay along with one Purple Sandpiper (FMacG & JNM).
There were 14 White-fronted Geese at Tullagher (FMacG & JNM).
Over 300 Barnacle Geese were at Doonbeg (JNM & FMacG).
There were 17 Little Egrets at the Falls, Ennistymon (Dave McNamara).
At Lahinch Marsh there was one Merlin, 150 Golden Plover, 100 Lapwing, 70 Curlew and one Water Rail (DMcN).

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Saturday 14th January 2017

A Buzzard, two Ravens, a Kingfisher, 36 Tufted Duck, 20 Mallard, five Little Grebes, ten Mute Swans, two Herons, a Cormorant and a Snipe were at the Shannon Fields, Corbally.

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Friday 13th January 2017

106 Whooper Swans were counted in the Newtown, Clarina and Mungret areas during during the national census (Gerry Murphy).

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Thursday 12th January 2017

One Glaucous Gull was at Seafield, Quilty (Geoff Pearson).
One Iceland Gull was at Clahane, Liscannor (GP).
One male Blackcap was in a Housing Estate near Rosslevan on the Tulla Road, Ennis (John N Murphy).

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Wednesday 11th January 2017

The three Goosanders were seen again at Illaunarone this morning (Maura Turner) and at Corbally Weir in the afternoon (Geoff Hunt).

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Wednesday 11th January 2017

Wednesday 11th January 2017

Adult Iceland Gull along the Flaggy Shore Paul Troake

Five Black-throated Diver were at Coolshiva Pier.(Paul Troake)
An adult Iceland Gull and a Purple Sandpiper were at the Flaggy Shore.(PT)
Seventeen Whooper Swan and 43 Curlew were at Drumcliffe.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
One female Hen Harrier,50 Teal and 100 Lapwing were at Lahinch Marsh (Dave McNamara).
There were 17 Little Egret, one Woodcock and one Dipper at The Falls, Ennistymon (DMcN).

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Tuesday 10th January 2017

Three Goosanders were seen again this morning on the Shannon in Corbally between Illaunarone and the Park canal (Maura Turner).

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Tuesday 10th January 2017

There were four Snow Bunting and one Glaucous Gull at Loop Head (Geoff Pearson).

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Wednesday 10th January 2017

A small flock of 18 Greylag Geese were at Ballycar this morning (John N Murphy).

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Tuesday 9th January 2017

There were two Common Sandpipers at Clarecastle Quay (Finbarr MacGabhann).

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