Clare Bird Sightings

Wednesday 11th October 2017

The Glossy Ibis was the pond in Kilbaha village this afternoon.(Mark Gibson, Dougie Dickson, Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A Yellow-browed Warbler was at the gardens in Kilbaha this morning.(NL & TL)
At the Bridges of Ross there were 61 Sooty Shearwaters, 30 Manxies, eight summer plumaged Great Northern Divers, 29 Fulmars,
three Arctic Terns, one juvenile Little Gull, one Bonxie, seven Arctic Skuas and 20 Pomarine Skuas. (MB & DD)
Two Merlin, a Peregrine and around 100 Golden Plover were on the Headland.(NL & TL)
Two Water Rail were at Kilcredaun.(Páidí Cullinan)
A Swallow was at Kilbaha this evening.(MG,DD & PC)
A Peregrine was at Illaunnaerin this evening.(PC)


Tuesday 10th October 2017

A Merlin, 190 Golden Plover, seven Snipe, two Peregrines and two Ravens were on the headland at Loop Head. (Tom Tarpey).
An adult winter Mediterranean Gull was at Ross Bay (TT).
A Peregrine was at Ballyallia this afternoon.(Tom Lynch)


Tuesday 10th October

A Buzzard was perched on a lamp post beside the N18 at Ballinacurra this morning (TT).


Monday 9th October 2017

The Glossy Ibis was back in Kilbaha this morning. (Mark Gibson & Dougie Dickson)
Thirteen Whooper Swan were at Ballygireen.(Richard Collins)
Four Whooper Swan, a Blackcap, four Goldcrest and 20 Snipe were at Kilbaha.(Jeff Copner and Dave McNamara)
One Little Stint was at Doonbeg. (MG & DD)
A hundred Golden Plover were on the Headland.(JC & DMcN)
Three Whooper Swan were at Ballyallia.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)


Monday 9th October 2017

A Swallow was at Monaleen (TT).
A male Hen Harrier was seen near Bruree (per Andrew Holmes).


Sunday 8th October 2017

Sunday 8th October 2017

One of the two Yellow-browed Warblers at Loop Head yesterday John N Murphy

A Common Rosefinch was in Kilbaha Village along with the Glossy Ibis. (Nuala & Tom Lynch)
Three Yellow-browed Warbler, two Chiffchaff, five Goldcrest, one Turtle Dove and two Spotted Flycatchers were in Kilbaha throughout the day. (Aidan G Kelly & Brian Porter, NL, TL etc al) Also in Kilbaha this morning was one Garden Warbler and kingfisher (Mark Gibson & Dougie Dickson)


Sunday 8th October 2017

A Chiffchaff was at Coonagh (TT).


Saturday 7th October 2017

Saturday 7th October 2017

Glossy Ibis late this evening, landing in a field near the graveyard at Kilbaha, Loop Head John N Murphy

There was one juvenile Glossy Ibis at Loop Head this evening.(John N Murphy, Aidan G Kelly & Brian Porter)
Also at Loop Head today were two Yellow-browed Warblers, two Sported Flycatchers, three Snow Bunting, three Merlin, one female Hen Harrier, six Goldcrest, one adult Mediterranean Gull, one Bonxie, five Wheatear, two Swallows, 56 Snipe and 300 Golden Plover. (Mark Gibson, JNM et al)
Off the Bridges of Ross this morning there were two juvenile Long-tailed Skuas, ten Sooty Shearwaters, seven Manx Shearwaters, one Leach’s Petrel, one Storm Petrel, six Bonxies, five Arctic Skuas, five Arctic Terns,one Red-throated Diver and four Great Northern Divers. (Mark Gibson & Dougie Dickson)


Friday 6th October 2017

At Loop Head and Kilbaha this morning there was one Yellow-browed Warbler, two Lapland Buntings and a Spotted Flycatcher. (Mark Gibson et al)
A family party of four Whooper Swan were at Farrihy Lough.(Des Finnamore et al)


Thursday 5th October 2017

There were two Curlew Sandpipers and one Little Stint at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening.(John N Murphy)
Two Common Sandpiper were at Clarecastle Pier.(Páidí Cullinan)