Clare Bird Sightings

Sunday 21st February 2021

Sunday 21st February 2021

Marsh Harrier Tom Tarpey

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was heard drumming at Portnard, Cappamore. Two Buzzards were also in the area. (Gearoid Jackson).
Am immature Marsh Harrier and a Buzzard were at Coonagh (TT).
Two Blackcaps were at Monaleen (TT) and another two were at Crecora (Derek Casey).
A Buzzard was at Ballysimon (DC).


Sunday 21st February 2021

A Black Redstart and 13 Purple Sandpiper were at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)
A female Great-spotted Woodpecker was drumming at Parteen(Maura Turner)
Two Buzzard were at Ardnacrusha(MT)


Tuesday 16th February 2021

Two 1st winter Iceland Gulls were on the Shannon in Limerick City (TT).
Four Buzzards were at Fort East, north of Charleville (John N Murphy).
A Norwegian ringed Common Gull, White JH584, was at Thomond Weir. The bird was ringed on 7/10/2018, in its 1st year, in the province of Rogaland in the southwest of the country and was still in Norway on 4/4/2019 (TT).


Monday 15th February 2021

A White-tailed Eagle was at Ballyallia. Yellow F tag on right wing. Green tag on left wing.(Jeff Copner) One of six birds released at Lough Derg last August.


Saturday 13th February 2021

A 1st winter Iceland Gull was at the Limerick Boat Club (TT).


Saturday 13th February 2021

A pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers was seen again at a site in Parteen (Tiernan Downes).


Friday 12th February 2021

Two Blackcaps were in a garden in Monaleen (TT)and another was in Crecora (Derek Casey).


Friday 12th February 2021

There were 65 Gadwall were at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(Phil Brennan)
One Buzzard was at Applewood, Ballycar this morning. (John N Murphy)


Thursday 11th February 2021

Two Buzzards were at Newmarket-on-Fergus Village. (John N Murphy)


Thursday 11th February 2021

A Green Sandpiper was at Robertstown (Davey Farrar).