Clare Bird Sightings

Chiffchaff at Kilbaha John N Murphy

One adult Bonaparte’s Gull was at Quilty this afternoon (Dave McNamara & Geoff Pearson).
One Yellow-browed Warbler, one Short-eared Owl, one Lapland Bunting, two Jack Snipe, two Blackcap, one Chiffchaff, one Peregrine, two Merlin, one Wheatear and 24 Rock Doves were at Loop Head this morning.(John N. Murphy, Dougie Dickson and Mark Gibson)

This is the second Yellow Wagtail at Ross Bay and a lot more juvenile than the first John N Murphy

One adult Bonapart Gull was at Quilty village this afternoon along with one juvenile Little Stont at Seafield (Mark Gibson & Doug Dickson).
Four Yellow-browed Warbler, a Willow Warbler and five Chiffchaff were in the gardens at Kilbaha. Two more Yellow-browed Warbler along with three Lapland Bunting, three Swallow, a Fieldfare, three Wheatear, two Merlin and a first winter Med Gull were on the headland at Loop Head. This evening a Hen Harrier was seen after taking a Water Rail being mobbed by a Peregrine and Kestrel. An American Golden Plover and 200 Golden Plover were in the Plover Fields. Two Yellow Wagtail and a Common Sandpiper were at Ross Bay.(John N. Murphy, Páidí Cullinan, Phil Brennan, Jeff Copner, Louise Moyles, Mark Gibson and Dougie Dickson)
Two adult Mediterranean Gulls were st Kilkee (Dougie Dickson and Mark Gibson).

A juvenile Common Sandpiper at Ross Bay, Loop Head John N Murphy

Two Snow Bunting, a male Blackcap, a Redwing, a Peregrine, 16 Goldfinch, 14 Chaffinch, 16 Reed Bunting, two Wheatear and eight Chough were on the headland, Loop Head. An American Golden Plover and 140 Golden Plover were at the Plover Fields. Two Yellow-browed Warbler, two Blackcap, three Chiffchaff, three Goldcrest and a Redwing were in the gardens at Kilbaha. A Yellow Wagtail, a Common Sandpiper and a Wheatear were at Ross Bay.(John N. Murphy, Phil Brennan, Nuala and Tom Lynch, Páidí Cullinan, Louise Moyles, Mark Gibson and Dougie Dickson)
A Barn Owl was at Lough Bunny.(Niall Casey)