Clare Bird Sightings

Saturday 13th January 2018

Saturday 13th January 2018

Yellow-legged Gull ©Tom Tarpey

An adult Yellow-legged Gull and a 1st winter Ring-billed Gull were on the Shannon at Mill Road, Corbally. The Yellow-legged Gull is the tenth record for the County. A Goosander flew down river from the Clare side of St.Thomas’s Island (TT).
A Danish ringed Black-headed Gull, White 6EM, was at Thomond Weir. The bird was ringed as a 3y+ adult male in eastern Copenhagen on 2/4/13 and was last seen in a central Copenhagen park on 30/3/16. This is the second Black-headed Gull from the same ringing site in Copenhagen in the past two years.(TT).
27 Shoveler, three Mallard, two Tufted Duck and a Snipe were at Healy’s Field (TT).
A Little Egret was at the Dublin Road bridge in the Groody Valley (TT).
20 Hawfinches and a Brambling were at Curraghchase (per Irishbirding).
Eight Whooper Swans were at Herbertstown (Andrew Holmes).
A Great Northern Diver, 156 Wigeon, 78 Shelduck, 42 Teal, eight Cormorants, 2,500 Golden Plover, 600 Dunlin, 500 Lapwing, 120 Curlew, 50 Black-tailed Godwits, 16 Bar-tailed Godwits, 18 Redshanks, five Greenshanks, six Ringed Plover, three Snipe and a Jack Snipe were at Morgans, Aughinish (Geoff Hunt).

Saturday 13th January 2018

Saturday 13th January 2018

Female Ring-necked Duck with drake Tufties at Termon Lough John N Murphy

One female Ring-necked Duck was at the south-west corner of Termon Lough at the Clare/Galway border. (John N Murphy & Finbarr MacGabhann)
One adult drake Surf Scoter was at Bishop’s Quarter (JNM & FMacG), along with 26 Common Scoter, 11 Black-throated Divers, five Long-tailed Duck and the albino Curlew.
One Adult female Marsh Harrier, one male Hen Harrier and one female Marsh Harrier were near Lough Muckanagh. (FMacG & JNM)
Another female Marsh Harrier was seen north of Ballymaley flying towards Dromore Nature Reserve this evening. (JNM & FMacG)
Two Sandwich Terns were along the Flaggy Shore, with one all white albino Linnet within a flock of 80 Linnets near Lough Murree.(FMacG & JNM)
A Continental Cormorant, a Goosander and 125 Greylag Geese were at St. Thomas’s Island, Parteen (Tom Tarpey).
An adult Yellow-legged Gull was st College View Drive, Athlunkard (TT)
There were 11 Little Egrets, seven Woodcock and a Peregrine at the Falls, Ennistymon this evening. (Dave McNamara)
A flock of ten Yellowhammers were near a Tubber. (FMacG & JNM)
Eight Crossbills were at Slieve Elva. (JNM & FMacG).
One adult Sandwich Tern, adult and one first-winter Mediterranean Gulls were at Corronroo. (JNM & FMacG)

Wednesday 10th January 2018

There were 52 Purple Sandpiper at Seafield, Quilty.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
One male Blackcap was at Oak Park, Ennis.(NL & TL)

Tuesday 9th January 2018

Four Brambling were at the Bishop’s House in Ennis. (Paidi Cullinan)

Monday 8th January 2018

Monday 8th January 2018

Hawfinch ©James Hayes

Eleven Hawfinches were at Curraghchase (James Hayes).
Two Buzzards were seen between Clarina and the Ferrybridge and two more were seen at Ballysimon (JH).
98 Oystercatchers were at Kings Island (TT).

Monday 8th January 2018

Monday 8th January 2018

Juvenile Little Gull at Seafield John N Murphy

One Glossy Ibis was at Liscannor (14th County record)(John N Murphy), along with one male Peregrine and 25 Common Scoter on the Bay.
The female Marsh Harrier and Spotted Redshank were still at Ballyallia Lake. (Finbarr MacGabhann)
One juvenile Little Gull and four Tree Sparrows were at Seafield, Quilty. (JNM)
One adult Iceland Gull was at Spanish Point with a third-winter bird at Quilty village. (JNM)
There were three Bramblings at the Bishops House in Ennis and five Jay and four Woodcock were at Rockmount. (Dave McNamara)
One male Brambling was at St. Flannans College, Ennis. (JNM)

Sunday 7th January 2018

Sunday 7th January 2018

2nd winter Ring-billed Gull ©Tom Tarpey

Two Ring-billed Gulls, an adult and a 2nd winter, were at O’Callaghan’s Strand (TT).
A Buzzard was at Glenwilliam (Andrew Holmes).
18 Hawfinches were at Curraghchase (James Hayes & Mike Sheehy).
27 Gadwall and 100 Teal were at Lough Gur (Tony Mee).

Sunday 7th January 2017

Sunday 7th January 2017

Male Brambling at St.Flannans College John N Murphy

One male Brambling was at St.Flannan’s College, Ennis. (Finbarr MacGabhann)
A female Hen Harrier was at Creevagh in the Burren.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
One Common Sandpiper was at Clarecastle Quay. (FMacG)
There were 16 Little Egrets and one Woodcock at the Falls, Ennistymon. (Dave McNamara)

Saturday 6th January 2018

Saturday 6th January 2018

2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull ©Tom Tarpey

A 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull and a 2nd winter Ring-billed Gull were at O’Callaghan’s Strand. The Yellow-legged Gull is a new bird with more juvenile wing coverts showing than the bird found at Thomond Weir last week. This is the ninth record for the County (TT).
346 Tufted Duck, 230 Wigeon, 61 Teal, 21 Mallard, 26 Mute Swans, 39 Greylag Geese, 27 Cormorants, 15 Curlew, six Little Grebes and three Grey Herons were at Lough Gur (TT).
A juvenile White-tailed Eagle flew over Kilcornan (Geoff Hunt).
13 Hawfinches were at Curraghchase (GH).
An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Tarbert Bay and Grey Plover was at Glin(GH).

Saturday 6th January 2018

The female Marsh Harrier, one Spotted Redshank and a Ruff were at Ballyallia Lake (John N Murphy & Fergus Flood), with a second Ruff there in the afternoon. (Páidí Cullinan)
One immature/female Merlin was at Shannon Airport. (JNM)
Four Yellowhammer were at garden feeders at Rinnamona close to the Burren National Park.(Nuala & Tom Lynch)
There were 13 Little Egrets, one Kingfisher and two Woodcock at the Falls, Ennistymon. (Dave McNamara)

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