Clare Bird Sightings

Monday 7th September 2020

The Pied Flycatcher was still at Seni Costello’s garden in Kilbaha.(Páidí Cullinan and John N. Murphy)
A Lapland Bunting was at the West Bank, Loop Head(PC & JNM)
A 2CY Iceland Gull was just west of Kilkee.(PC & JNM)
A half hour seawatch at the Bridges of Ross produced a Leach’s Petrel, two Great Skua, 12 Sooty Shearwater and 18 Brent Geese.(PC & JNM)


Sunday 6th September 2020

Sunday 6th September 2020

Ruff Tom Tarpey

Two Leach’s Petrels, one Storm Petrel, two Great Skuas, two Arctic Skuas and a Common Scoter were at the Bridges of Ross. (Geoff Hunt, Mike Flanagan and Michael Sheehy)
The Pied Flycatcher was still at Kilbaha. (GH)
Three Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield. (Jeff Copner & Tom Tarpey)
A Ruff was at Lahinch golf course. (TT)


Saturday 5th September 2020

Saturday 5th September 2020

Curlew Sandpiper Tom Tarpey

Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers were at Seafield. (Tom Tarpey)
One Arctic Skua and a Sandwich Tern were at Quilty. (TT)


Friday 4th September 2020

An adult Pomarine Skua, six Arctic Skua, two Great Skua, two Leach’s Petrel, three Storm Petrel, 109 Sooty Shearwater, two Arctic Skua, 32 Sandwich Tern, two Brent Geese, a Great Northern Diver, a Red-throated Diver and three Common Scoter were at the Bridges of Ross.(Páidí Cullinan, Tom Doyle and Ciara’s O’Flanagan)
A Pied Flycatcher was at Costello’s Garden, Kilbaha.(Jeff Copner, Páidí Cullinan)


Thursday 3rd of September 2020

A Fea’s Petrel, several hundred Sooty Shearwater, three Pomarine Skua, a Long-tailed Skua, four Great Skua, a Great Shearwater, two Sabine Gulls, three Leach’s Petrel and 22 Whimbrel were at the Bridges of Ross.(Tom Doyle, Ciaran O’ Flanagan and Finbarr MacGabhann)


Wednesday 2nd September 2020

Seven juvenile Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield.(Jeff Copner)
A Common Sandpiper was at Clarecastle Quay.(John N.Murphy)


Tuesday 1st September 2020

A Garden Warbler and a male Blackcap were at Kilbaha village.(John N. Murphy)
A Ruff was at Cloughaun Lough.(JNM)


Friday 4th September 2020

Five Buzzards were at Curraghchase (Fergus Flood).


Wednesday 2nd September 2020

Wednesday 2nd September 2020

Yellow-legged Gull Tom Tarpey

An adult Yellow-legged Gull was at Loghill (TT).
A Common Sandpiper was at Poulaweela Creek (TT).
A Kingfisher was at Robertstown (TT).


Tuesday 1st September 2020

Tuesday 1st September 2020

Arctic Skua (Geoff Hunt)

An Arctic Skua, nine Sandwich Terns, a Common Tern, six Mediterranean Gulls and two juvenile White-tailed Eagles were at Tarbert Bay (Geoff Hunt)