Clare Bird Sightings

Sunday 27th November 2016

A Bonaparte’s Gull was at Lough Donnell(Jeff Copner)
A Peregrine and 24 Brent Geese were at Fanore.(Páidí Cullinan)

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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).

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Saturday 26th November 2016

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).

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Friday 25th November 2016

Buzzards were seen at Curraghchase and Rathkeale today (Geoff Hunt).

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Thursday 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)

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Tuesday 22nd November 2016

Buzzard at Mount Earl, Adare (Andrew Holmes).

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Tuesday 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)

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Monday 21st November 2016

One Buzzard was at the Rosbrien Junction this morning (John N Murphy).

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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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Sunday 20th November 2016

Blackcap at Monaleen (TT).
Buzzard at Ballinruane (Andrew Holmes).

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