Clare Bird Sightings

A Wheatear was at George’s Head, Kilkee.(Elaine Keegan)
A Tree Sparrow was Doonbeg Golf Club.(EK)
Three Sand Martin were at Our Lady’s, Gort Road, Ennis.(Chris Cullen)
A Chiffchaff was singing at Killene Lough this afternoon.(Páidí Cullinan)

Two drake Surf Scoter, 14 Common Scoter and 36 Black-throated Diver were off Coolshiva Pier.(Páidí Cullinan)

A Marsh Harrier and 69 Whooper Swan were at Islandmcgrath this evening.(Páidí Cullinan)
The Ring-necked Duck was back at Ballyallia.(PC)
Two Great Skua, three Puffins and around 40 Manx Shearwater were seen 5-10km off the west Clare coast between Hags Head and Loop Head from the RV Celtic Voyager.(Niall Keogh)

Two Cattle Egret were roosting on a tree on Ennis side of Skehanagh Roundabout.(Páidí Cullinan)
Fifty three Barnacle Geese were at Mutton Island with 16 more at Farrihy(PC)
Twenty two Purple Sandpiper were at Seafield, Quilty and four more at Doughmore Bay.(PC)
A Barn Owl was dead on the motorway east of Ennis(PC)

The Ring-necked Duck was at Lake Girroga, Ennis.(Páidí Cullinan)