Six Ruff, three Snipe, six Lapwing, 60 Teal, a Black-tailed Godwit and 45 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were at Camas North, Bruff (Geoff Hunt).
Tuesday 12th September 2023
Juvenile White-tailed Eagles ©Tom Tarpey
A Spotted Redshank was at Camas, Bruff (Paidi Cullinane).
Two juvenile White-tailed Eagles were at Ballydonohue, Glin. These birds, tagged Red Right, Green Left, nos. 20 and 26, are part of this year’s release of introduced birds(TT).
202 Redshank, nine Greenshank, 50 Black-tailed Godwits, 13 Bar-tailed Godwits, a Common Sandpiper , three Mediterranean Gulls, 39 Little Egrets and a Buzzard were at Tarbert Bay (TT).
73 Ringed Plover, 33 Oystercatchers, 20 Curlew, six Dunlin and five Turnstone were roosting at high tide near Glin (TT).
Monday 11th September 2023
The Icterine Warbler is still at Kilbaha opposite Keating’s Pub along with a Tree Pipit.(John N. Murphy, Jeff Copner)
There were 264 Great Shearwaters, eight Cory’s Shearwaters, one Balearic Shearwater, 75 Sooty Shearwaters, four Leaches Petrels, six Storm Petrels, two Sabine’s Gulls, eight Arctic Skuas, 7 Bonxies, 26 Brent Geese, 28 Common Scoters, 33 Arctic Terns, one Common Tern, 117 Sandwich Terns, one Red-throated Diver, two Curlew, a Dunlin, a Redshank and a Wheatear at the Bridges of Ross between 7.15 and 12.15 (Henrik Bohmer et al, Tom Tarpey).
There were 104 Cory’s Shearwaters, two Great Shearwaters, two Balearic Shearwaters, two Sooty Shearwaters, 13 Brent Geese, seven Common Scoters, two Bonxie, one Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, one Grey Phalarope, three Sabine’s Gulls, ten Arctic Terns and nine Arctic Terns at the Bridges of Ross between 15.00 and 17.00 (HB, JNM et al).
Two Ruff were at Cloughan Lough (TT).
There were ten Brent Geese at Bishop’s Quarter.(Anne Marie Gill)
Sunday 10th September 2023
The Icterine Warbler was still at Kilbaha along with one Willow Warbler, one Goldcrest and 12 Wheatear.(John N. Murphy, Finbar MacGabhann and Seamus Feeney)
One Great Shearwater was off Loop Head.(JNM, FMG)
At the Bridges of Ross between 01.00-16.15 there were four Great Shearwater, two Balearic Shearwater, one Cory’s Shearwater, three Arctic Skua and two Storm Petrel.(Finbar MacGabhann and Danish birders)
Two Curlew Sandpiper were at Rineville Beach.(FMG)
Saturday 9th September 2023
The Icterine Warbler is still in Kilbaha. (John N Murphy)
At the Bridges of Ross between 08.20-10.20 there were 235 Great Shearwater, one Cory’s Shearwater, 14 Sooty Shearwater, two Leach’s Petrel, one Storm Petrel, four Arctic Skua, 16 Sandwich Tern, one Brent Goose and one Whimbrel.(Chris Cullen)
One Curlew Sandpiper and one White Wagtail were at Rineville Beach.(CC)
One Carrion Crow, two immature Hen Harriers and a flock of 42 Chough were at the Fodry.(JNM)
A Curlew Sandpiper was at Seafield.(Geoff Pearson)
A Ruff was at Lough Donnell.(JP)
Friday 8th September 2023
A White-tailed Eagle was hunting at Islandavanna this afternoon.(Ian Garry)
Another White-tailed Eagle was at a farm at Doughmore, Doonbeg this evening. Green tag on left wing and red tag on right wing.(Nuala and Brian Shanahan)
A female Marsh Harrier was at Ballyallia.(Finbar MacGabhann)
A first summer ringtail Hen Harrier was at Lough Donnell.(Jeff Copner)
At Loop Head today there were 1,117 Great Shearwater, three Sabine’s Gull(two adults and one juvenile), 39 Cory’s Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, 87 Sooty Shearwater, five Storm Petrel plus a Pied Flycatcher.(Henrik Bohmer)
Eight White Wagtail were at Kilbaha Beach.(JNM)
There were 80 Sandwich Tern and four White Wagtail at Clahane.(JC)
Thursday 7th September 2023
Icterine Warbler at Kilbaha John N Murphy
A juvenile Icterine Warbler was at Side’s garden, Kilbaha.(John N Murphy) This was the third county record.
Also at Loop Head there was one Reed Warbler near the lighthouse, ten Golden Plover, two Buzzards, ten Wheatear, 750 Swallow and 50 House Martin. (JNM)
One Osprey flew east past Cloonkett. (Tom Ryan)
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