Monthly Archives: August 2024

Tuesday 6th August 2024

At the Bridges of Ross between 06.50-19.50 there were 5 Wilson’s Storm Petrel, (G Murray, N. Keogh, N.T. Keogh and John N. Murphy) 35 Storm Petrel, 1110 Cory’s Shearwater, 12 Great Shearwater, 60 Sooty Shearwater, 17 Pomarine Skua,(15 light/2 dark adults)  13 Arctic Skua, one Sabine’s Gull, (sub-adult type), one Grey Phalarope, 25 Puffin and 75 Arctic Tern. There were good numbers of Manx Shearwater-17500 in five hours this afternoon/evening.(GM. P.Phillips, JNM, NTK. NK, Jim Dowdall Geoff Pearson and S. Holland.)

Off Ross Ringing Station between 17.30-20.00 there was one Wilson’s Petrel, (18.30) 68 Cory’s Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwater, seven Arctic Skua, two Pomarine Skua, two Storm Petrel, 45 Black-tailed Godwit and four Arctic Tern.(JNM)

An adult Peregrine was hunting at Cullenagh, Ennistymon this afternoon.(James Organ)

Monday 5th August 2024

At Ross Ringing Station between 09.45-11.45 a seawatch produced one Wilson’s Petrel(10.39), one Great Shearwater, 11 Cory’s Shearwater, one Sooty Shearwater, over 7000 Manx Shearwater, one Great Skua, one Storm Petrel, two Arctic Skua, two Sandwich Tern and five Whimbrel. (John N Murphy)

At Black Head between 07.15-11.30 there were 65 Cory’s Shearwater, six Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, one Great Skua and four Storm Petrel.(Paul Troake)

At the Bridges of Ross between 14.50-17.50 a Long-tailed Skua, four Cory’s Shearwater, one Arctic Skua, one Sooty Shearwater, 19 Whimbrel, 102 Fulmar, 37 Gannet, 35 Kittiwake, two Guillemot, 19 Oystercatcher 4580 Manx Shearwater and one Cormorant were observed.(Chris Cullen)

At Rinevilla/Kilcredaun a Whimbrel, one Common Sandpiper, three Little Egret and 80 Sandwich Tern were seen.(CC)

Saturday 3rd August 2024

A South Polar Skua was seen at the Bridges of Ross at 17.23 . If accepted this a first land based record for Ireland. A second Irish and first Clare record.(Gerard Murray, Brian McCloskey, Cian Cardiff, Victor Caschera, Jim Dowdall, Ger Walsh, Sean Doherty, Christen Bohmer.)

Barolo’s Shearwater was off the Bridges of Ross at 10.05.(Niall Keogh et al)

A second Barolo’s Shearwater was seen at 12.10. (Noel Keogh et al)

A third Barolo’s was seen at 14.50.(NK et al)

The seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 05.45-19.30 also produced three Wilson’s Petrel,  one Long-tailed Skua, three Pomarine Skua, three Arctic Skua,  two Great  Skua,  1110 Cory’s Shearwater , nine Great Shearwater,  two Balearic Shearwater,  34 Sooty Shearwater,  one Blue Fulmar,  23 Sandwich Tern,  12 Arctic Tern and 80 Puffin.(B McC, JFD, CC, GM, VC, GW, SP, NTK, NK, BP, ET, CTB, SD, JC, DM, EM, TC)

Friday 2nd August 2024

A Wilson’s Petrel flew past Ross Ringing Station at 10.35.(John N. Murphy)

At Ross Ringing Station between 07.20-08.20 there were 15 Cory’s Shearwater.(JNM)

An all white albino Hen Harrier was in the field at Ross Ringing Station.(JNM)

Off Ross Ringing Station between 14.15-15.15 there were two Great Shearwater, three Sooty Shearwater, two Arctic Tern, five Sandwich Tern and 11 Storm Petrel.(JNM)

Between 06.00-08.00 there were 18 Cory’s Shearwater, one Sooty Shearwater and 12 Common Scoter.(Tony Cully, Dara Cully.)

A Scopoli’s Shearwater was off Loop Head at 15.25. ( Vittorio Cashera, Dan Mantle, Jim Dowdall, Niall Keogh et al)

Between 11.45-19.30 1120 Cory’s Shearwater, 25 Great Shearwater, 35 Sooty Shearwater, 42 Storm Petrel, 10 Arctic Tern and 20 Puffin were recorded.(TC, DC, VC, DM, JD, NK et al)

Thursday 1st August 2024

The Pacific Diver was still off Black Head today.(Barry Howell)

There we’re five Cory’s Shearwater and 25 Whimbrel off Ross Ringing Station in Loop Head this evening.(John N. Murphy)

A Hen Harrier was at Kiltumper.(Cliff Baxter)

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Caherhurley.(Ben Ryan)

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