The American Herring Gull was at Kilkee. (Dermot Breen)
The drake Surf Scoter was still at Coolsiva Pier with 16 Long-tailed Ducks off Aughinish. (DB)
There were over 400 Manx Shearwaters up the mouth of the Shannon Estuary with ten Common Terns off Kilbaha (John Collins & John N Murphy)
The first Willow Warbler of the year was singing at Addroon Bridge. (Cliff Baxter)
There were 500-700 Manx Shearwaters between Loop Head and the Bridges of Ross with 50 Bottle-nosed Dolphins. (JC)
Saturday 31st March 2018
Friday 30th March 2018
The American Herring Gull was at Kilkee. (Ian Stevenson & Jim Bowman).
The drake Surf Scoter was at Coolsiva Pier (Paidi Cullinan), along with 27 Common Scoter, with two Black-throated Divers at Black Head and 14 Black-throated Divers off Ballyvaughan Pier.
One bird showing characteristics of Scandinavian Rock Pipit littoralis was at Clahane. (PC)
Tuesday 27th March 2018
Adult Forster’s Tern with Sandwich Terns off the North Clare coast (Phone scoped) John N Murphy
The adult Forster’s Tern was at Traught Beach this afternoon in Galway where it flew from the seashore towards Newtownlynch Pier. At the pier it landed on rocks for 20 minutes before flying off west out along the causeway at Aughinish Island past the Martelloe Tower and out to sea. (John N Murphy)
One Great Northern Diver was at Lough Adetaun. (JNM)
Monday 26th March 2018
The American Herring Gull was still at Kilkee today (Ciaran Cronin), along with one 2CY Iceland Gull
Between the Flaggy Shore and Aughinish Island this afternoon there were two Arctic Terns, six Sandwich Terns, eight Long-tailed Duck, three Manx Shearwaters, 80 Red-breasted Mergansers and 70 Great Northern Divers. (John N Murphy)
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