Clare Bird Sightings

Tuesday 18th April 2017

A Cuckoo was heard in Cree this evening.(Sean Keane)


Monday 17th April 2017

Twenty Whimbrel and two Little Egret were at Clonderlaw Bay.(Páidí Cullinan)
Three Grasshopper Warbler were at Lickeen Lake.(Jeff Copner)
Three Whimbrel were at Ross Bay.(Richard Collins)
A Raven and a Peregrine were at Loop Head.(RC)
Two Purple Sandpiper were at the West End Kilkee.(RC)


Sunday 16th April 2017

Forty three Whimbrel, 11 Sandwich Tern and four White Wagtail were at Seafield, Quilty.(Myles Carey)


Saturday 15th April 2017

Saturday 15th April 2017

Cattle Egrets at Coonagh ©Tom Tarpey

Two Cattle Egrets at the Coonagh Nature Reserve this morning. 16 pairs of Gadwall were also present (TT).
A Buzzard was at Mungret(TT).


Friday 14th April 2017

A pair of Jay were at Lees Road Wood and another pair were at Ballyallia Wood.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Two Blackcap, six Little Egret a Greater Scaup and a Raven were at Ballyallia Lake.(Myles Carey, N & TL)
Forty four Golden Plover were at Cappanawalla.(Páidí Cullinan)


Thursday 14th April 2017

Thursday 14th April 2017

Adult Ring-billed Gull at Ballyallia John N Murphy

There was an adult Ring-billed Gull at the Slipway at Ballyallia Lake, Ennis. (John N Murphy)


Wednesday 12th April 2017

Wednesday 12th April 2017

Iceland Gull ©Geoff Hunt

A 2nd calendar year Iceland Gull was at Sarsfield Lock (Geoff Hunt).


Tuesday 11th April 2017

One Cuckoo was singing at Manusmore, Clarecastle, a nice early record. (Brian Finnegan, Síle Ní Dheargáin)
Nine Blackcap were singing in Lees Road Wood this morning.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
There were eight House Martin at Drumgeely, Shannon this afternoon.(John N. Murphy)


Sunday 9th April 2017

A Cuckoo was head calling at the Coonagh Nature Reserve this morning. Ten pairs of Gadwall and four pairs of Great Crested Grebes were also at the site (TT).
Swallows were seen at Ballingarry (Andrew Holmes) and the Ennis Road, Limerick City (TT).


Sunday 9th April 2017

Thirteen Black-throated Diver, 38 Great Northern Diver, 11 Manx Shearwater, 15 Common Scoter and a Raven were between Black Head and Coolshiva Pier this morning.(Páidí Cullinan)
Eighty five Brent Geese and ten Great Northern Diver were at Ballyvaughan.(PC)
A Little Egret was at Bishops Quarter.(PC)
A Grasshopper Warbler was singing at Sliabh Elva.(PC)
Four Blackcap were singing at Lees Road Wood.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A drake Surf Scoter was off Coolshiva Pier this afternoon.(PC)