Clare Bird Sightings

Saturday 5th May 2018

Two summer plumaged Red-throated Diver were at Lahinch Bay.(Jeff Copner)


Sunday 6th May 2018

Two Swifts were over Monaleen this evening (TT).
The adult(4cy) Iceland Gull was at Harvey’s Quay this afternoon (TT).


Saturday 5th May 2018

Two Sandwich Terns were in Tarbert Bay (Geoff Hunt).


Friday 4th May 2018

Friday 4th May 2018

A singing male Sedge Warbler at the Shannon Airport Lagoon John N Murphy

There were 14 Gadwall, three Little Egrets, 18 House martins and 16 Sedge Warblers singing at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening. (John N Murphy) A pod of ten Bottle-nosed Dolphins were upstream of the lagoon near Inishcullen Hill. (JNM)


Thursday 3rd May 2018

Two Swifts were at Ballyallia this morning. This is the first report of Swift in the county this year.(Páidí Cullinan)


Wednesday 2nd May 2018

Two Peregrine and a Dipper were at the Caher Valley.(Páidí Cullinan)
A 2CY Peregrine was at Black Head.(PC)
Two Yellowhammer were at Coolorta in the Burren.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Two Jay were at Dromore Nature Reserve.(N & TL)


Monday 30th April 2018

A hundred and twenty Great Northern Diver, 11 Long-tailed Duck and a Red-throated Diver were at the Flaggy Shore.(Paul Troake)
A Red-throated Diver and 39 Red-breasted Merganser were at Finvarra Point.(PT)
Twenty two Black-throated Diver were off Black Head(Jeff Copner)


Monday 30th April 2018

30 Whimbrel were at Coonagh (Tony Mee).


Sunday 29th April 2018

Two Brent Geese were at Tarbert Bay (Geoff Hunt).


Sunday 29th April 2018

Two Peregrine were at the Caher Valley this morning.(Páidí Cullinan)
During the Branch outing 4 Dipper and a male Peregrine were seen along the Caher River.(Páidí Cullinan, Nuala and Tom Lynch, Austin Cooney, et al)
Three Jay and a Crossbill were at Sliabh Elva.(PC)
Fifty Whimbrel were at Doonbeg Golf Course.(Michael O Dwyer)
Eighty Whimbrel were at Kilbaha.(Jane Griffin)