Monthly Archives: May 2026

Thursday 21st May 2026

A Buzzard was at Dromore Wood during the Burren in Bloom Dusk Chorus this evening.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

Wednesday 20th May 2026

At least two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, an adult and a recently fledged juvenile, were at the Shannon Fields, Corbally (Pearse Ryan).

Tuesday 19th May 2026

A Whimbrel and ten Black-tailed Godwits were at Ringmoylan Pier (John Rutherford).

Three Swifts were at King’s Island and two were at the Ballysimon Road (Tom Tarpey).

Monday 18th May 2026

There were five Storm Petrel off Finvarra.(Paul Troake)

A pair of Jay were at Lees Road Wood this morning.(Nuala & Tom Lynch)

Sunday 17th May 2026

There were six Purple Sandpiper at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

Friday 15th May 2026

A pair of Common Sandpiper and a Curlew were at Lough Donnell.(Geoff Pearson)

There were 150 Dunlin and 100 Sanderling at Seafield.(GP)

Saturday 16th May 2026

A Canada Goose was at Morgans, Askeaton (Tom Keane).

Friday 15th May 2026

Three Whimbrel, two Curlew and 11 Knot were at Ringmoylan Pier (Tom Tarpey)

Thursday 14th May 2026

Thursday 14th May 2026

There were 50 Purple Sandpiper at Seafield.(John N Murphy)

The two ringed Dunlin are still present.(Yellow HHU and Blue ATV)

A White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)

Wednesday 13th May 2025

Wednesday 13th May 2025

Summer plumaged Red Knot at Seafield John N Murphy

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 05.45-15.45 produced one Leach’s Storm Petrel, two light morphed adult Pomarine Skua, 300 Manx Shearwater, three Tufted Duck flying west and 11 Purple Sandpiper.(Niall Keogh & Noel Keogh)

Seven Great Northern Diver in summer plumage, 30 Purple Sandpiper and two Knot (one in summer plumage), 140 Dunlin, 180 Sanderling, 30 Whimbrel and 40 Turnstone were at Seafield. (John N Murphy)

One Purple Sandpiper was at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

Three Puffin and one summer plumaged Black-throated Diver were off Coolshiva Pier.(Paul Troake)

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