Clare Bird Sightings

Three Grey Phalarope, six Arctic Skua, 14 Great Skua, seven Pomarine Skua, 11 Arctic Tern, 80 Manx Shearwater, 14 Kittiwake, 35 Gannet, 18 Razor Bill, a Storm Petrel and six Sandwich Tern were at Black Head from 10.35-13.35.(Paul Troake)
Twenty Great Skua, two Pomarine Skua, five Arctic Skua, 31 Arctic Tern, 42 Leach’s Petrel, four Storm Petrel, 59 Brent Goose, eight Common Scoter, two Sandwich Tern, two Red-throated Diver, a Grey Phalarope and 13 Sooty Shearwater were at the Bridges of Ross between 07.30-11.00.(Chris Cullen)
Fifteen Great Skua, 15 Arctic Skua, two Pomarine Skua, five Long-tailed Skua, 15 Leach’s Petrel, a Sabine’s Gull, a Grey Phalarope, two Great Northern Diver and a Red-throated Diver were at the Bridges of Ross from 17.30-19.30(Sean Pierce)

A Balearic Shearwater, 1130 Sooty Shearwater, 2325 Manx Shearwater, 12 Leach’s Petrel, 40 Storm Petrel, a Grey Phalarope, 117 Great Skua, 36 Pomarine Skua, 23 Arctic Skua, two adult Sabine’s Gull, 50 Arctic Tern, a Sandwich Tern, two Puffin, three Light-bellied Brent, five Common Scoter and seven Red-throated Diver were at the Bridges of Ross. (Niall T. Keogh, Brian Porter, Gry Penn, Paul Troake, Geoff Pearson, Tom Tarpey, Jim Bowman, Paul Archer et al)

Four Whooper Swans were seen flying low over Corofin towards Lough Atedaun early this morning.(Maurice O Sullivan)
One 1st CY Mediterranean Gull and a 1st CY Peregrine were at Ballyallia.(Páidí Cullinan)

Forty four Sooty Shearwater, a Pomarine Skua, three Great Skua, two Grey Phalarope, four Common Scoter, 35 Sandwich Tern, two Arctic Tern, a Red-throated Diver and a Great Northern Diver were at the Bridges of Ross between 08.10-10.10.(John N. Murphy)
A Cuckoo flew across the road at Moyasta earlier this morning.(JNM)
A Green Sandpiper, a Kingfisher and a singing Chiffchaff were at the pond near Cassidy’s Park at Drumcliffe this morning.(Páidí Cullinan)