Clare Bird Sightings

Monday 5th February 2018

Monday 5th February 2018

Drake Goosander ©Tom Tarpey

One drake Goosander was at Corbally today (Maura Turner).
A Buzzard was at M7/M20 slip road in Rosbrien (TT).
A 1st winter Iceland Gull was at O’callaghan’s Strand (Andrew Holmes).


Monday 5th February 2018

OnePink-footed Goose was with a flock of 460 Barnacle Geese at Killard, Doonbeg. (Elaine Keegan)
A Glaucous Gull was feeding on a dead Pilot Whale and a first winter Glaucous Gull was feeding on a Leather-backed Turtle in Liscannor Harbour.(Jeff Copner)
The Spotted Redshank, a Ruff, a Green Sandpiper and 30 Whooper Swan were at Drumcliffe.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)


Sunday 4th February 2018

Sunday 4th February 2018

Siberian Chiffchaff ©Tom Tarpey

A Siberian Chiffchaff was at the eastern bank of King’s Island. Two Whooper Swans, 97 Oystercathcers and a 1st winter Iceland Gull were also present on the adjacent flooded marsh and playing fields. (TT)
Two drake Goosanders were at Corbally Weir (TT).
A 1st winter Kumlien’s Gull and a 1st winter Iceland Gull were at O’Callaghan’s Strand and another was at Healy’s Field. Two Ring-billed Gulls, an adult and a 2nd winter, were also at O’Callaghan’s Strand. (TT).
Twelve Hawfinches, four Brambling and a Buzzard were at Curraghchase (per Irishbirding).


Sunday 4th February 2018

Sunday 4th February 2018

Drake Goosander ©Tom Tarpey

Two drake Goosanders were on the Shannon upstream of St. Thomas’s Island (Tom Tarpey).
A flock of over 400 Barnacle Geese were in a field near Killard graveyard.(Dixie Collins)


Friday 2nd February 2018

Friday 2nd February 2018

This small short-tailed & short winged Common Sandpiper has been over-wintering at Clarecastle Quay for the past four years John N Murphy

There was one Green Sandpiper, three Common Sandpipers and a Chiffchaff at Clarecastle Quay today. (John N Murphy)


Thursday 1st February 2018

A Kittiwake was at Bushy Island and a Shag was at Beagh Castle (Paul Troake).
A Buzzard was seen near the M7 at Rosbrien(PT).


Thursday 1st February 2018

Five Ruff, two male Brambling and 19 Whooper Swan were at Ballyallia Lake.(Páidí Cullinan, Nuala and Tom Lynch)


Wednesday 31st January 2018

Three Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper were at Clarecastle Pier (Páidí Cullinan)


Monday 29th January 2018

Four Whooper Swans, all adults and 25 Teal were in a flooded field at Ballyengland, Askeaton (TT).
A juvenile Buzzard was at the Golf Links Road, Ballysimon (TT).


Monday 29th January 2018

A female Marsh Harrier, a male Peregrine, a Spotted Redshank and 11 Whooper Swan were at Ballyallia Lake.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Páidí Cullinan)
Two Spotted Redshank and three adult Mediterranean Gull were at Corraunroo.(Paul Troake)
There were four Glaucous Gulls feeding on a dead whale carcass at Liscannor. (Geoff Pearson)
Seven Black-throated Diver, 65 Great Northern Diver, 17 Common Scoter and two Sandwich Tern were at Bishops Quarter.(PT)
A Whimbrel was at the Rine.(PT)