Monthly Archives: September 2025

Juvenile Black Tern ©Tom Tarpey

There were 40 Storm Petrel at Finvarra Point between 07.40-08.05.(Paul Troake)

The Glossy Ibis were at Ballyallia early this morning.(Maura Crowe)

There were 52 Sandwich Tern roosting at Liscannor along with one Curlew Sandpiper.(Geoff Pearson)

Three Black Terns, an adult and two juveniles, and a juvenile Common Sandpiper were at Knockalough Lake.(Gerry Murphy & Tom Tarpey)

An American Golden Plover, three Curlew Sandpipers and 15 Sandwich Terns were at Doonbeg.(GM & TT )

There were three Curlew Sandpipers at the White Strand, Doonbeg and 20 more at Seafield.(GM & TT)

Grey Phalarope at Quilty John N Murphy

There were nine Glossy Ibis at Ballyallia this morning.(Maura Crowe)

There was one Grey Phalarope along with an adult and one juvenile Little Stint, and 70 Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield. Three Leach’s Petrel and a Red-breasted Merganser flew west past Seafield Pier.(John N Murphy)

A Grey Phalarope at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson, Jeff Copner)

Chiffchaff have been heard singing in Applewood, Ballycar and Mountshannon.(JNM, Louis Peacock)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 07.10-16.35 produced 116 Sooty Shearwater, seven Great Shearwater, 11 Cory’s Shearwater, 11 Great Skua, 38 Arctic Skua, three Pomarine Skua, one adult Long-tailed Skua, 135 Sandwich Tern, 85 Arctic Tern, 124 Sabine’s Gull, one first winter Little Gull, 160 Storm Petrel, three Wilson’s Petrel, 95 Leach’s Petrel, four Common Scoter, 38 Grey Phalarope, seven Red-throated Diver and one Puffin.(Paul Troake)

A Grey Phalarope was on the Inagh River Ennistymon.(per Restore Ballymacraven River website)

Great White Egret near Doonbeg John N Murphy

The Great White Egret was west of the Skivileen River at Doonbeg this afternoon. There were seven Grey Phalarope and over 100 Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield earlier. The adult American Golden Plover, three Ruff and 25 Sandwich Tern were at Doonbeg. Nine Grey Phalaropes and three Curlew Sandpipers were in the surf along the timeline at the White Strand, Doonbeg. (John N Murphy & James Quirke)

One Grey Phalarope and the juvenile Sabine’s Gull were at Clahane. A male Peregrine was at Lahinch Marsh.(Jeff Copner)

A juvenile Sabine’s Gull was roosting at Aughinish Martello Lagoon.(Paul Troake)

There were two juvenile Black Tern at Clounahinchy (Geoff Pearson), with another two juveniles at Doonbeg this evening. (James Organ)

There were ten Glossy Ibis at the eastern side of Ballyallia Lake, visible from viewing point off the road along the Lake shore.(Nick Larter)

American Golden Plover at Doonbeg John N Murphy

The American Golden Plover, two Black Terns, one adult Mediterranean Gull and a Wheatear were at Doonbeg. (John N Murphy)

One Great White Egret was in a flooded field west of Ballygriffey Wood. ( JNM )

The flock of 11 Glossy Ibis were still at the Drumcliffe end of Ballyallia this morning.(Maura Crowe, JNM, Ian Garry, James Organ & Stan Nugent) Two more Glossy Ibis were at Lahinch Marsh, north of the bridge.(Jeff Copner) There were two Curlew Sandpiper at Liscannor. (JC) The five Ruff were still at Lough Gash.(JNM)

A one hour seawatch at Ross Ringing Station between 14.00-15.00 produced one immature Sabine’s Gull, one immature Black Tern, 12 Leach’s Petrel, three Storm Petrel, six Arctic Tern, three Grey Phalarope, two Red-throated Diver and five Puffin.(JNM) There were 10 Sandwich Tern in Kilbaha Harbour. (JNM) There was one Wheatear at Castle Point, Kilkee and another female Greenland Wheatear at Tullagher Bay. (JNM)

At the Bridges of Ross between 07.05-19.05 there were 300 Sooty Shearwater, 133 Cory’s Shearwater, five Great Shearwater, one Balearic Shearwater, 151 Leach’s Petrel, 45 Storm Petrel, 85 Arctic Tern, 36 Sandwich Tern, two Black Tern, 21 Puffin, 43 Sabine’s Gull, three Common Scoter, 35 Grey Phalarope, 37 Arctic Skua, six Pomarine Skua, 43 Great Skua and 14 Red-throated Diver.(Paul Troake & Geoff Pearson)