One White-rumped Sandpiper was at Kilkee Beach. (James Organ)
Two Pink-footed Geese were at Applewood, Ballycar.( John N Murphy)
There were three Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield.(J. Jaworski, JO, M. Wycherley, Éabha Hughes, Saul Herrera)
The Turtle Dove is still at Cregg, Lahinch.(JJ,JO, MW, EH,SH)
The Great Egret, one Curlew Sandpiper and 68 Golden Plover were at Doonbeg.(MW, JO et al)
This dark headed adult Herring Gull was an interesting looking bird at Kilkee John N Murphy
At the Bridges of Ross (08:00-17:00) there was one Long-tailed Skua ( juv), one Sabine’s Gull (ad), nine Leach’s Storm Petrel, 34 Grey Phalarope, 16 Sooty Shearwater, 120 Manx Shearwater, 13 European Storm Petrel, one Great Skua, one Arctic Skua (juv), 18 Puffin, one Common Scoter, 10 Arctic Tern (one adult), five Red-throated Diver, three Great Northern Diver, one Snow Bunting flew over and landed briefly and on rocks below one Purple Sandpiper.
BMcCloskey, KMullarney, AGKelly, DDickson, MGibson
One male Blackcap, two Willow Warblers, four Chiffchaff and 120 Rock Dove were at Kilbaha.(JNM)
The Pink-footed Goose, the Great White Egret and 70 Golden Plover were at Doonbeg.(Charlie Lyons, Chris Cullen & Tristan Cullen)
There were three Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield.(MG, DD, CL)
Another Curlew Sandpiper was at Kilkee.(JNM)
A Merlin, one Peregrine were at Loop Head Lighthouse. One Leach’s Petrel, one Sooty Shearwater, one Grey Phalarope, and one Red-throated Diver were off the tip of Loop Head.(CC & TC)
There were 115 Golden Plover were at the Fodry.(CC & TC)
Two Whooper, 135 Lapwing and 48 Black-tailed Godwit were at Ballyallia.(James Organ, Jakub Jaworski)
Great Egret at Doonbeg John N Murphy
At the Bridges of Ross today (08:00-18:00) there were four Little Auk (BMcC, KM DD, MG, et al), two Long-tailed Skua (ad + juv), six Sabine’s Gull (2 ad-type + 4 juvs), 60 Leach’s Storm Petrel, 165 Grey Phalarope, five Pomarine Skuas, 52 Great Shearwaters, 194 Sooty Shearwaters, c200 Manx Shearwater, 131 European Storm Petrel,16 Great Skua,11 Arctic Skua, one Little Gull (1cy), c250 Puffin (many adults), two Common Scoters, 54 Arctic Terns (all juveniles), one Sandwich Tern, seven Red-throated Divers, one Great Northern Diver, one Common Snipe (west), one Greenshank and a juvenile Merlin.
Several thousand auks split approx 80:20 Razorbill to Guillemot. Several ‘northern’ Guillemots (nominate aalge) were seen.
BMcCloskey, KMullarney, JNMurphy, DDickson, MGibson
There was one Great Egret still at Doonbeg. (John N Murphy)
A juvenile Black Tern was at Silver Strand, Killard. (JNM)
The Turtle Dove was still at Cregg, Lahinch. (Eanna O Flynn & Cait O Neill)
There were ten Twite and 130 Golden Plover near Goleen. (JNM)
Three Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield. (JNM)
A seawatch at Black Head (08.05-09.45) produced two Arctic Skuas, five Storm Petrels, two Arctic Terns and one Grey Phalarope. (Paul Troake)
There were 20 Grey Phalaropes at Finvarra Point. (PT)
At Aughinish there were 32 Mediterranean Gulls, one Wheatear, 63 Golden Plover, 8 Pintail and six Sandwich Terns. (JO)
Two Arctic Terns were at Farrihy Bay. (,JNM)
One White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Muckanagh. (Maura Crowe)
At Seafield this afternoon there was one juvenile Little Gull, one Curlew Sandpiper and four Arctic Terns. (Mark Gibson & Doug Dickson)
A flock of 35 Skylarks were the only birds of note at Loop Head (DD & MG)
A female Wheatear, two Shelduck and a Merlin were at the Rine, Ballyvaughan.(Adrian Glasgow)
A seawatch at Ross Ringing Station between 08.15-10.15 produced 20 Sooty Shearwater, 54 Manx Shearwater, 200 Gannet, one Storm Petrel, 600 Razorbill, 200 Guillemot, one Puffin, 250 Kittiwake, 23 Common Gull, two Black-headed Gull, two Common Scoter, one Red-throated Diver, one Bar-tailed Godwit and nine Grey Phalarope.(John N Murphy)
Another seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 16.30-18.30 produced one Sooty Shearwater, 24 Manx Shearwater, one juvenile Long-tailed Skua, five Great Skua, seven Arctic Skua, five Arctic Tern and 16 Grey Phalrope. (JNM, Mark Gibson & Doug Dickson)
Also at Loop Head today a Yellow Wagtail was by the pond in Kilbaha along with one Kingfisher (JNM), two Chiffchaff were in the gardens, near the lighthouse there was one immature female Hen Harrier, a Wheatear, one Red-throated Diver and over 300 Golden Plover.
A Great White Egret was at Tarmon Lough on Clare/Galway border.(Gerry Slattery)
There were 122 Golden Plover and two Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield.(Geoff Pearson)
Three Whooper Swan joined the long staying Whooper Swan at Lough Atedaun. Also at Atedaun were one Kingfisher, 42 Black-tailed Godwit, 33 Curlew and 24 Snipe.(James Organ)
At Aughinish Lagoon there four first winter Pintail, five Greenshank, and 48 Redshank.(JO)
Two more first winter Pintail, close to 100 Greylag Geese in the area and 26 Lapwing were at Pooleenacona/Tulla Cross Turlough.(JO)
Turtle Dove at Loop Head John N Murphy
The Great Egret, the Pink-footed Goose and two Kingfisher were at Doonbeg.(John N Murphy)
The Turtle Dove is still at Johnny Walsh’s farm, Kilbaha.(JNM) Also at Loop Head were two Hen Harriers (one immature male & one immature female) two Red-throated Divers, three Wheatear, 250 Golden Plover and four Sandwich Terns.
One Wheatear and 300 Golden Plover were at Gooleen. (JNM)
One Curlew Sandpiper was at Kilkee Beach. (JNM)
There were 35 Common Scoter, five Red-throated Diver, 40 Lapwing, 75 Golden Plover and 16 Curlew at Lahinch. (Geoff Pearson)
At Clahane there was one Whimbrel, 67 Golden Plover and two Greenshank. (Jeff Copner)
A Red-throated Diver was at Kilmacreahy.(Cliff Baxter)
Curlew Sandpiper ©Tom Tarpey
A Spotted Redshank, 59 Redshank, 67 Golden Plover, 78 Lapwing, 24 Snipe, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, five Greenshank and nine Curlew were at Robertstown (Tom Tarpey).
A Curlew Sandpiper, 39 Dunlin, 38 Redshank, three Greenshank, 15 Lapwing, 26 Curlew and four Black-tailed Godwits were at Loughill (TT).
A Mediterranean Gull, 69 Ringed Plover, 30 Turnstone, 29 Curlew, 27 Dunlin, 24 Oystercatchers, ten Redshank and three Greenshank were at Glin (TT).
Pink-footed Goose at Doonbeg John N Murphy
A Pink-footed Goose was at Doonbeg Lough and a Pectoral Sandpiper flew out of the Lough towards the Bay.(John N Murphy)
Two Green Sandpiper were at Lough Gash early this morning.(JNM)
There were six Curlew Sandpiper at Seafield.(JNM)
There were four Curlew Sandpiper at Kilkee Beach.(JNM)
A Turtle Dove and three Chiffchaff were at Kilbaha.(JNM)
The Turtle Dove was still at Cregg, Lahinch today. (James Crombie)
A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross produced 40 Sooty Shearwater, 1000 Razorbill, one Long-tailed Skua, three Arctic Skua, one Great Skua, one Puffin, four Storm Petrel, five Sandwich Tern, three Arctic Tern, two Great Shearwater, two Grey Phalrope, 200 Manx Shearwater, 400 Gannet per hour and 13 Kittiwake.(Geoff Pearson)
A male Hen Harrier was at the Kilkee side of Cross village.(GP)
There were 60 Snipe and four Greenshank at Cloghaun Lough, Loop Head. (JNM)
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