Clare Bird Sightings

Saturday 10th August 2019

One Bonaparte’s Gull was at Clahane, Liscannor. (Jeff Copner)
At the Bridges of Ross there was one Wilson’s Petrel (Brian McCluskey & Gerard Murray).
Also at the Bridges were two Balearic Shearwaters,79 Sooty Shearwaters, 53 Storm Petels, four Arctic Skuas, 38 Bonxiesand 14 Arctic Terns. (BMcC, GM, Paidi Cullinan & Eanna O Flynn)


Sunday 11th August 2019

A Common Sandpiper was at Clancy’s Strand (TT).


Saturday 10th August 2019

65 Gadwall, 18 Tufted Duck, four Pochard, 220 Coot, a Little Egret, two Ravens, three Swift, a Sparrowhawk and a Kestrel were at Coonagh(TT).


Wednesday 7th August 2019

A Peregrine was at Ballinacurra (TT)


Tuesday 6th August 2019

Tuesday 6th August 2019

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull ©Tom Tarpey

A juvenile Mediterranean Gull was at Clancy’s Strand, Limerick City (TT).


Monday 5th August 2019

A Buzzard was calling at Dromore Nature Reserve.(Cliff Baxter)
A male Peregrine was at Quilty Beach.(Jeff Copner)
A Bonxie was at the Bridges of Ross where there was a steady flow of Manx Shearwater throughout the morning.(JC)
Two Cory’s Shearwater, three Sooty Shearwater and three Arctic Skua were at the Bridges of Ross during the afternoon.(Henrik Braender)


Sunday 4th August 2019

A Common Sandpiper, a Whimbrel and 13 Little Egret were seen from the Martello Tower, Aughinish.(Paul Troake)


Monday 5th August 2019

Monday 5th August 2019

Lesser Black-backed Gull White 28C:C ©Tom Tarpey

59 Gadwall were Coonagh (TT)
Two colour-ringed Lesser Black-backed Gulls were at O’Callaghan’s Strand; Black F81D was a 3cy bird ringed on 3/10/2018 at a wildlife rehabilitation centre in Quinta da Marim, Olhao, in the Algarve region of southern Portugal and White 28C:C was a 2cy bird from Horse Island,Ardrossan, Ayrshire in Scotland (TT).

Lesser Black-backed Gull Black F81D


Friday 2nd August 2019

Three Peregrines were at Corbally (Brian McClure).
24 Ravens and two Wheatears were on Galtymore (Joe Doolan).


Wednesday 31st July 2019

Two Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper were at Clenagh Lake.(Páidí Cullinan)
A Whimbrel, a Peregrine, a Common Sandpiper and 415 Knot were at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(PC)
A Jay was at Lough Gash.(PC)
A Buzzard was at Tubber.(PC)
A Little Stint, two Whimbrel, a Grey Plover, 12 Little Egret, 35 Common Tern, 4 Arctic Tern and 400 Manx Shearwater were at the Rine.(Paul Troake)