Clare Bird Sightings

Thursday 27th September 2018

A Buzzard was at Kylevarraga, Adare (Andrew Holmes).


Thursday 27th September 2018

A Buzzard was at Belharbour.(Paul Troake)
Four Wheatear and a Whimbrel were at the Flaggy Shore.(PT)
Two Black-throated Diver and a Great Northern Diver were at Bishops Quarter.(PT)
Forty five Red-breasted Merganser and three Bar-tailed Godwit were at Ballyvaughan(PT)
Two Whooper Swan were at Lake Atedaun.(Maurice O Sullivan, Nuala and Tom Lynch)


Wednesday 26th September 2018

Wednesday 26th September 2018

Black-Headed Gull Yellow 208P (Geoff Hunt)

Black-headed Gull Yellow 208P was seen at Harvey’s Quay today (Geoff Hunt). This bird was ringed as a chick at Lough Mask, County Mayo eleven years ago and has spent most of its winters on the Shannon in Limerick City.


Wednesday 26th September 2018

The American Golden Plover was with a flock of 130 Golden Plover at the Fodry, Loop Head.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Thirty nine Rock Dove, four Wheatear and eight Chough were close to nearby Gull Island.(N & TL)
A Whimbrel was at Ross Bay.(N & TL)
A Spotted Redshank and six Mediterranean Gull were at Corraunroo.(Paul Troake)


Tuesday 25th September 2018

The American Golden Plover was with a flock of Golden Plover at Loop Head. (Jeff Copner)
A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was with a flock of Rock Dove nearby(JC)
A Peregrine was hunting in the area.(JC)
Seventy five Collared Dove were at Ballyallia.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)


Monday 24th September 2018

Six Buzzards were seen in a silage field near Ballingarry (Sean Dunworth).


Monday 24th September 2018

Monday 24th September 2018

Two juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers with a Golden Plover at Loop Head John N Murphy

The adult American Golden Plover, two Juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpipers, five Lapland Buntings and 18 Twite were at the Fodry, Loop Head this morning. (John N Murphy)
At Loop Head Lighthouse there were two White Wagtails, one Robin and one Great Tit. (JNM)
The adult Ring-billed Gull was still at Kilkee Beach. (JNM)
One Arctic Skua was off the Bridges of Ross, (Mike Sheedy et al)


Sunday 23rd September 2018

An adult and a 1st winter Mediterranean Gull were at Tarbert (Geoff Hunt).
80 Ringed Plover, 15 Dunlin and three Turnstone were at Glin (GH).


Sunday 23rd September 2018

Sunday 23rd September 2018

Buzzard with Hooded Crow at Ballycar John N Murphy

Two Buff-breasted Sandpipers were at the Fodry, Loop Head. (Paidi Cullinan)
One Curlew Sandpiper was at Quilty Beach. (Jeff Copner)
One Buzzard was at Applewood, Ballycar again this morning. (John N Murphy)
Two Buzzard were at Lahinch Marsh.(Dave McNamara)


Saturday 22nd September 2018

Saturday 22nd September 2018

A moulting adult American Golden Plover at Loop Head John N Murphy

There was an adult American Golden Plover in the Plover Fields at Loop Head this morning within a flock of 120 Golden Plover. (John N Murphy & Sean Pierce)
At the Bridges of Ross there was one adult Long-tailed Skua, one Balearic Shearwater, 150 Sooty Shearwaters, two Sabine’s Gulls, 15 Bonxies, 12 Arctic Skuas, three Storm Petrels, 20 Sandwich Terns, six Common Scoter, ten Red-throated Divers, two Great Northern Divers, one Great-crested Grebe, one Whimbrel and two Puffin. (SP & JNM)
One the rest of Loop Head there was one female Ring-tailed Hen Harrier, one Peregrine, three Sparrowhawk, two Wheatear, two Chiffchaff, one Willow Warbler, 60 Snipe and two Little Egrets. (JNM & SP)
One adult Ringed-billed Gull, two first-winter Mediterranean Gulls, one Kingfisher, ten Sandwich Terns and 40 Sanderling were on the beach at Kilkee. (JNM)
One Buzzard was at Ennistymon. (Dave McNamara)
One Buzzard was at Applewood, Ballycar. (JNM)