Clare Bird Sightings

A 1st winter Iceland Gull was at Bishop’s Quay and a 1st winter Glaucous Gull was at Honan’s Quay (TT).
A Merlin, two Scaup, 17 Pochard, 13 Tufted Duck, two Gadwall and 60 Sand Martins were at Coonagh (TT).
A Blackcap was in song at Crecora. Seven Fieldfare were also present (Derek Casey).

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was drumming near Murroe (Mike Quirke).
A Green Sandpiper, six Sand Martins and two Whooper Swans were at Cooperhill Lough (Gerry Murphy & Tom Tarpey).
A Blackcap was in song at Glenstal (MQ).

Two Green Sandpipers and two Great Northern Divers were at Cooperhill Lough (Gerry Murphy).

A 1st winter Mediterranean Gull, eight Wigeon, 45 Oystercatchers, 55 Hooded Crows and a Chiffchaff were at the King’s Island marsh (TT).
Black-headed Gull Blue 2J73 was also seen at King’s Island. This bird was ringed as an adult in Cheshire in December 2014 and has wintered at that location every year since. It was last seen there on March 3rd and surprisingly has apparently migrated westwards to Ireland for the breeding season, bucking the trend normally associated with English ringed gulls recorded in Limerick City.