Monthly Archives: November 2025

Saturday 22nd November 2025

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen at Curraghchase during the Limerick BWI Branch Outing (Gearoid Jackson, Maura Turner et al.)


Friday 21st November 2025

Friday 21st November 2025

Polish Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 ©Tom Tarpey

41 Tufted Duck and eight Gadwall were at Westfields (TT).

Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 was at the Mill Road, Corbally. It was ringed as an adult in Poland in 2019 and has wintered at the Mill Road, Corbally every year since. It had also been recorded during the breeding season in the Poland in June 2023 and on autumn passage in Holland in August 2020 and September 2023 and also in Kilbaha in October 2023.


Friday 21st November 2025

A White-tailed Eagle was over the Clounty/Mountshannon road.(Louis Peacock)

A White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Atedaun with a red wing tag with 9 the likely number. This is possibly the 6th bird to pass through the area since late summer.(John Collins)


Thursday 20th November 2025

154 Wigeon, 31 Gadwall, 22 Teal, 12 Mallard, a Tufted Duck, 33 Greylag Geese, 26 Mute Swans, six Cormorants, and 18 Curlew were at Lough Gur (Tom Tarpey).

16 Whooper Swans were at Camas and five more were at Fedamore (Gerry Murphy & TT).


Thursday 20th November 2025

The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was at Seafield again today.

The Great White Egret and Barnacle Goose were still at Ballyallia Lake. (Maura Crowe)

There were 350 Barnacle Goose at Mutton Island. (Geoff Pearson)

There were six Snow Bunting at Gleninagh.(per Irish Birding)


Wednesday 19th November 2025

Three immature White-tailed Eagles, inc. tag nos. 43 and 45, were at Cooperhill, Clarina (ref Gerry Murphy).

Three Whooper Swans were at King’s Island marsh (Tom Tarpey).


Tuesday 18th November 2025

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Templemaley. The Barnacle Goose was at Ballyallia.(Maura Crowe)


Monday 17th November 2025

165 Dunlin, 48 Redshank, three Greenshank, 19 Snipe, 13 Curlew, 76 Lapwing, five Oystercatchers, 28 Wigeon and 13 Teal were Robertstown (Tom Tarpey).


Monday 17th November 2025

A Semi-palmated Sandpiper was at Seafield, Quilty.

There were 120 Barnacle Geese on Mutton Island. (Geoff Pearson)

A pair of Stock Dove were near Bushy Park this morning. There were two White-tailed Eagle at Ballyallia. (Cliff Baxter)

A male Goldeneye was at Lough Muckanagh this afternoon.(Maura Crowe)

There were 12 Long-tailed Duck at Aughinish Causeway this evening.(Sean Holland)


Sunday 16th November 2025

1st winter Little Gull and a 1st winter Arctic Tern were on the Shannon at Foynes (Irishbirding-Paul Connaughton).


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