A Bonaparte’s Gull was at Lough Donnell(Jeff Copner)
A Peregrine and 24 Brent Geese were at Fanore.(Páidí Cullinan)
Sunday 27th November 2016
Sunday 27th November 2016
25 Mallard, 37 Tufted Duck, six Mute Swans, nine Cormorants, a Little Egret and two Herons were on the Shannon between Plassey and the Shannon Fields (TT).
20 Wigeon, eight Shoveler, five Teal and two Snipe and a Kestrel were at Coonagh (Maura Turner).
Saturday 26th November 2016
First winter Buzzard at Curraghchase ©Tom Tarpey
An adult and first winter Buzzard were just west of The Ferry Bridge and another first winter was at Curraghchase.(Nuala and Tom Lynch, Maura Turner, Clodagh Glasgow and Gearóid Jackson et al). Several Jays and Red Squirrels were also seen at Curraghchase during the joint Limerick & Clare Branch outing.
Buzzards were also seen today at Rosbrien (TT, first winter) and Kilcullane, Bruff (Tony Mee) and at Adare in recent days (per Andrew Holmes).
Leave a commentThursday 24th November 2016
There were 25 Whooper Swan and a Little Egret at Ballyallia. There was a noticeable increase on the number of duck in the lake.(Myles Carey, Tom Lynch and Páidí Cullinan)
Leave a commentTuesday 22nd November 2016
The 3CY Ring-billed Gull was still at the Post Office Field, Ennis (Paidi Cullinan, Nuala Lynch)
The first-winter Black Redstart was back near the Museum in Ennis (Paidi Cullinan, Nuala Lynch)
Monday 21st November 2016
The 3CY Ring-billed Gull was still at the Post Office Field, Ennis (Paidi Cullinan).
A Black Redstart was at the back of the Clare Museum, Ennis (John Rattigan).
Twelve Whooper Swan, 104 Black-tailed Godwit and five Jay were at Ballyallia. Six Jay were at Lees Road Wood.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)





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