Clare Bird Sightings

Friday 20th April 2018

A GREAT WHITE EGRET was at Lake Atedaun. (Jeff Copner)
One Buzzards at Bunratty. (PC)
Two Grasshopper Warblers,a Sedge Warbler and one Warer Rail were singing at Clonmoney South opposite Saints Island on the Shannon Estuary.(Páidí Cullinan)
There was one Greenland White-fronted Goose and eight Sedge Warblers at the Shannon Airport Lagoon along with 23 Gadwall, 20 Whimbrel, 178 Black-tailed Godwits, 57 Golden Plover, four Water Rails and three Little Egrets. (PC)
Three Whimbrel and six Blackcap were at Lough Giorroga this evening. (John N Murphy)


Friday 20th April 2018

A Cuckoo was at Ballyorgan (Tony Mee).


Thursday 19th April 2018

Thursday 19th April 2018

Ring-necked Duck at Lough Girroga Páidí Cullinan

One adult drake Ringed-necked Duck was at Lough Girroga, Ennis.(Páidí Cullinan)
Two Buzzards were at Kilbane. (David Lyons)
One Cuckoo was heard calling at Glenmore. (Elaine Keegan)
One Cuckoo was heard calling at School Hill, Dysart. (Mary Gilmore)
A Cuckoo was calling in the Burren National Park.(Nuala Kennedy)
There was one Grasshopper Warbler and four Blackcaps at Kilshanny. (Dave McNamara)


Wednesday 18th April 2018

Cuckoos were heard in Kildysart and Ballynacally.


Thursday 19th April 2018

Blackcaps were in song at the Bog Road, Castleconnell and Monaleen (TT).


Wednesday 18th April 2018

Three 1st winter Iceland Gulls were at Arthur’s Quay (TT).


Tuesday 17th April 2018

Three Iceland Gulls, inc. one adult bird, were at Arthur’s Quay (Jeff Copner).


Tuesday 17th April 2018

Tuesday 17th April 2018

The Brent Goose showing dark belly at Bishops Quarter (Jeff Copner) this bird has been in north Clare since April 2009 and it is unclear as to which subspecies family it falls into (per JNM)

A drake Ringed-necked Duck was at Ballyallia Lake.(Páidí Cullinan, Tom Lynch & Myles Carey)
The Brent Goose with a dark belly was at Bishop’s Quarter. (Jeff Copner)


Sunday 15th April 2018

Two Buzzards were at Ballysimon (TT).


Sunday 15th April 2018

The dark-bellied type Brent/Black Brant Goose was on the Rine, Ballyvaughan today along with one White Wagtail. (Padie Cullinan & Niall T Keogh)