The Clare Branch outing to the Bridges of Ross this morning, (during a period of bright sunshine and very slack winds) reported two Great Skua, two Arctic Skua, a Puffin, six Whimbrel, three Wheatear, a Peregrine, 10 Common Scoter, 80 Manx Shearwater and four Chough as the highlights.(Austin Cooney, Finbarr MacGabhann et al)
A Green Sandpiper was at the pond at Drumcliffe at the entrance to Cassidy’s Park.(Paidi Cullinan)
Saturday 25th August 2018
Friday 24th August 2018
A Wilson’s Petrel(16.05), four Leach’s Petrel, a juvenile Long-tailed Skua, 28 Great Skua, two Arctic Skua, 60 Sooty Shearwater, six Storm Petrel, three Grey Phalarope, 24 Arctic Tern, two Puffin, six Whimbrel, a Great Northern Diver and a Red-throated Diver were at the Bridges of Ross.(Neal Warnock, Andrew McMillan, Keith Langdon, Brian McCloskey et al)
A Barn Owl was at Cross on the Loop Head Peninsula.(Aidan Kelly, Mark Stewart and Mick Derwin)
Thursday 23rd August 2018
A LITTLE SHEARWATER was at the Bridges of Ross at 1620.(Andrew McMillan, Neal Warnock et al) A Red-necked Phalarope, three Grey Phalarope, a Leach’s Petrel, a Long-tailed Skua, two Black Tern, 185 Sooty Shearwater, three Sabine’s Gull and 17 Great Skua were the other highlights from a very good day at the Bridges.
A juvenile Mediterranean Gull was at Ballyallia early this afternoon.(Páidí Cullinan)
Three Swift were at Ballyallia later in the afternoon.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A Common Sandpiper was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening.(Páidí Cullinan)
Tuesday 21st August 2018
A Grey Phalarope, 13 Sooty Shearwater, eight Great Skua, four Arctic Skua, three Storm Petrel, 25 Arctic Tern, 48 Sandwich Tern, four Common Scoter and six Whimbrel were at the Bridges of Ross between 07.00-12.00.(Keith Langdon)
Fifty eight Sooty Shearwater, eight Great Skua, an Arctic Skua, 21 Storm Petrel, a Puffin, 13 Arctic Tern, 16 Sandwich Tern and eight Whimbrel were there between 13.20-15.50(KL)
Three Sooty Shearwater, a Great Skua, two Arctic Skua, two Storm Petrel, 14 Kittiwake and 12 Whimbrel were seen between 16.25-18.05.(KL)
A Green Sandpiper was at Ballyallia early this afternoon.(Páidí Cullinan)
Thursday 16th August 2018
Four thousand plus Manx Shearwater, 100 Sooty Shearwater, three Great Shearwater, six Pomarine Skua, five Great Skua, five Arctic Skua, four Sabine’s Gull, six Storm Petrel and a blue-phased Fulmar were at the Bridges of Ross between 06.45-19.30.(Eanna O Flynn, Brian McCloskey, Peter Philips,Jeff Copner, Aidan Duggan et al.)
Wednesday 15th August 2018
A Wilson’s Petrel was at the Bridges of Ross this morning (Paidi Cullinan) along with one Great Shearwater, five Storm Petrel, one adult Long-tailed Skua, one adult Pomarine Skua, one adult Sabine’s Gull, four Great Skua, three Arctic Skua(all dark morph), 17 Sooty Shearwater, two Common Tern, 30 Whimbrel and a Common Scoter.(8.30a.m.-6p.m.)(PC, Brian McCloskey, Peter Philips, Luke and Sean Geraty)
A Barn Owl was at Derryulk Middle,near Sliabh Maghera.(Nick Clayson)
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