Clare Bird Sightings

Wednesday 26th November 2025

A Barn Owl crossed the N18 near the Coonagh roundabout (James Organ).

A Common Sandpiper was on the Maigue downstream of Croom (Pearse Ryan).

Wednesday 26th November 2025

A male Blackcap was at Applewood, Ballycar.(John N Murphy)

Thursday 25th November 2025

There were 400 Golden Plover and nine Purple Sandpiper at Clahane. One hundred and forty Common Scoter, six Great Northern Diver and two Red-throated Diver were at Lahinch. Two Tree Sparrow, 100 Chaffinch were with the little flock of Snow Bunting at Seafield.(Geoff Pearson)

Monday 24th November 2025

There were ten Snow Bunting and 20 Purple Sandpiper at Seafield.(Geoff Pearson)

Saturday 22nd November 2025

Saturday 22nd November 2025

Semi-palmated Sandpiper at Seafield Sean Whelan

A Semi-palmated Sandpiper was at Seafield, Quilty today. (12th county record)

A Peregrine and a Merlin were at the Fodry, Loop Head. (Chris Cullen)

Saturday 22nd November 2025

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen at Curraghchase during the Limerick BWI Branch Outing (Gearoid Jackson, Maura Turner et al.)

Friday 21st November 2025

Friday 21st November 2025

Polish Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 ©Tom Tarpey

41 Tufted Duck and eight Gadwall were at Westfields (TT).

Black-headed Gull Yellow TLW5 was at the Mill Road, Corbally. It was ringed as an adult in Poland in 2019 and has wintered at the Mill Road, Corbally every year since. It had also been recorded during the breeding season in the Poland in June 2023 and on autumn passage in Holland in August 2020 and September 2023 and also in Kilbaha in October 2023.

Friday 21st November 2025

A White-tailed Eagle was over the Clounty/Mountshannon road.(Louis Peacock)

A White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Atedaun with a red wing tag with 9 the likely number. This is possibly the 6th bird to pass through the area since late summer.(John Collins)

Thursday 20th November 2025

154 Wigeon, 31 Gadwall, 22 Teal, 12 Mallard, a Tufted Duck, 33 Greylag Geese, 26 Mute Swans, six Cormorants, and 18 Curlew were at Lough Gur (Tom Tarpey).

16 Whooper Swans were at Camas and five more were at Fedamore (Gerry Murphy & TT).

Thursday 20th November 2025

The Semi-palmated Sandpiper was at Seafield again today.

The Great White Egret and Barnacle Goose were still at Ballyallia Lake. (Maura Crowe)

There were 350 Barnacle Goose at Mutton Island. (Geoff Pearson)

There were six Snow Bunting at Gleninagh.(per Irish Birding)

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