There was one Green Sandpiper at Loughvella.(Chris Cullen)
A White-tailed Eagle with a dark red tag was at Ballyallia. Looked like 1st/2nd CY bird. A Great White Egret and three Whooper Swan were at Drumcliffe.(James Organ)
Saturday 25th October 2025
Two Merlin were at the Lighthouse, Loop Head. A Chiffchaff was at Tevlin’s Garden, Kilbaha. A family party of two adults and four juvenile Whooper Swans were at Cloughaun Lough. There were two Chiffchaff and a female Blackcap at lower Feard Cross.(Anthony Mee)
A male Marsh Harrier was at Lough Atedaun.(James Organ)
Friday 24th October 2025
A Hoopoe was at Carrownacalla North this afternoon.(per West Clare Wildlife)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at bird feeder in a private garden in Doora.(Howard Williams)
A Green Sandpiper was close to the entrance to Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)
A male Hen Harrier and a Kingfisher were at Lough Atedaun.(John Rutherford)
A Curlew Sandpiper was at Liscannor Harbour.(Jeff Copner)
Tuesday 21st October 2025
Snow Bunting at Bungowla John N Murphy
A male Snow Bunting was in the quarry along the cliffs near Bungowla. (John N Murphy)
One Drake Ring-necked Duck was at Kilkee Reservoir. (JNM)
Off Ross Ringing Station this morning between 10.00 & 11.30 there were, 50 Great Shearwaters, 11 Sooty Shearwaters, 31 Manx Shearwater, one 2CY Long-tailed Skua, one dark phase Arctic Skua, one immature Pomarine Skua, an adult Bonxie, two Red-throated Diver, two Great Northern Diver and over 300 Common Gulls, all heading west. A second-winter Mediterranean Gull was near Murphy’s Point. (JNM)
Ten Great Shearwaters were off Fodry Point, Loop Head this afternoon. (JNM)
One Merlin and a Chiffchaff were at Kilbaha. (JNM)
Two White-tailed Eagle(both with green left wing tag and red right wing tag), a Great White Egret and a Buzzard were at Ballyallia this morning.(Maura Crowe)
A White-tailed Eagle flew from Dromore Wood to Cahermacrea this afternoon.(Ian Garry)
One Merlin was at Clahane. (Jan Biemens)
Monday 20th October 2025
Mediterranean Gull at Ross Bay, Loop Head John N Murphy
A White-tailed Eagle and a Kingfisher were at Ballyallia this morning. Five Glossy Ibis flew east over the lake. A male Wheatear was at Templemaley. (Maura Crowe)
At Kilbaha and Loop Head today there was one male Blackcap, four Chiffchaff, one female Hen Harrier, one second-winter Mediterranean Gull and a Kingfisher at Cloghaun Lough. (John N Murphy)
A White-tailed Eagle, two Kingfisher and a female Pochard were at Lough Atedaun.(James Organ)
Sunday 19th October 2025
The juvenile Dotterel at Fodry, Loop Head Chris Cullen
A juvenile Dotterel and a Jack Snipe were at Fodry, Loop Head (Chris Cullen), also at the headland there were 350 Golden Plover, one Peregrine, two Merlin and five Reed Bunting. (John N Murphy & CC)
In Kilbaha village and surrounds there was a male Blackcap, three Chiffchaff, one Buzzard, one Merlin, one second-winter Mediterranean Gull and over 700 Herrings Gulls. ( JNM & CC)
Five Glossy Ibis were at Ballyallia until flushed by Peregrine. Three Ruff were there also. One immature White-tailed Eagle (42 blue), a male Marsh Harrier, a female Pochard, 13 Whooper Swan and two Kingfisher were at Lough Atedaun. (James Organ)
A male Merlin was at Brews Bridge. A Kingfisher was at Moyasta. A female Hen Harrier was at Kilcredaun. (Sean & Peter Whelan)
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