Ten Black-throated Diver were at Finvarra Point.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A first winter Iceland Gull was at Moy and four Red-throated Diver were at Lahinch.(Jeff Copner)
Tuesday 20th February 2018
There were 192 Barnacle Geese at Killard, Doonbeg with 23 White-fronted Geese and 12 Whooper Swans at nearby Tullagher Bog. (Elaine Keegan)
Two Red-throated Diver were off the Battery at Clonderlaw Bay.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Over 150 Golden Plover and 230 Curlew were at Ballinagh, Clonderlaw Bay(N & TL)
A flock of over 500 Dunlin and 260 Black-tailed Godwit were at Knock.(N & TL)
A Great Northern Diver was at Lake Atedaun.(Maurice O Sullivan)
Monday 19th February 2018
A male Bramblings from Ballyallia this morning John N Murphy
There were 10 to 12 Brambling at Costelloe’s Farm, Ballyallia this morning.(John N Murphy)
One Brambling was at Boghill, Lisdoonvarna. (Dave McNamara)
There were two Glaucous Gulls, ten Brent Geese, one Peregrine and five Little Egrets between Liscannor and the marsh. (DMcN)
Saturday 17th February 2018
A 2CY Iceland Gull in Kilbaha harbour John N Murphy
One 2CY Glaucous Gull and nine Iceland Gulls (four 2CY , three 3 CY, one sub adult and one adult) were at Loop Head. (John N Murphy & Eanna O Flynn)
Five Glaucous Gulls and one Iceland Gull were feeding on the dead whale carcass at Liscannor. (Dave McNamara & Jeff Copner)
Also at Liscannor and Ennistymon were 27 Red-throated Divers, 48 Common Scoter, 11 Little Egrets and four Woodcock. (Dave McNamara & Jeff Copner)
Two Barnacle Geese were at Moveen. (JNM)
One Barn Owl was at Applewood, Ballycar. (JNM)
Saturday 17th February 2018
A 1st winter Kumlien’s Gull, a 1st winter Iceland Gull, a first winter Yellow-legged Gull, a 2nd winter Ring-billed Gull and a Redshank were at O’Callaghan’s Strand. Two colour-ringed Gulls, a British Black-headed Gull, Yellow 2EB2 and a Norwegian Common Gull, Green JT78 were also present(TT).
The Common Gull was ringed as chick in near Karmoy in southwestern Norway on 4/7/2016 and was last reported in Fredrickstad in southeastern Norway on 25/9/2016.
The Black-headed Gull was ringed as a chick at Forvie on the Ythan Estuary, north of Aberdeen, Scotland on 19/6/2016. It is the first Scottish ringed Black-headed Gull found in Limerick.
Buzzards were at Ballysimon and Rosbrien (TT).
Two Shelduck, 16 Gadwall, eight Shoveler, 20 Teal, 38 Tufted Duck , 20 Pochard, 75 Coot, four Greylag Geese, ten Mute Swans and seven Snipe were at Coonagh (TT).
Tuesday 13th February 2018
An Iceland Gull was at the Post Office Field in Ennis.(Cliff Baxter)
Three Brambling were at Ballyallia with two more at Templemaley near the Ballyhee Cutting.(Tom Lynch)
A Long-eared Owl was at Gregan’s Wood.(Páidí Cullinan)
One Buzzard was west of Dromore Lake near Ruan this evening. (John N Murphy)
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