Clare Bird Sightings

Saturday 27th September 2025

An Osprey was at Moyasta.(Geoff Pearson)

A Wheatear was at the Headland at Loop Head and two more were between there and the Plover Fields. A Willow Warbler and six Wheatear were at Kilbaha. Four more Wheatear and a Whimbrel were at Poulnasherry Bay. (Chris Cullen)


Friday 26th September 2025

A Hoopoe was near the parking area at Fanore Beach.(Jan Biemens)

One Curlew Sandpiper, 28 Bar-tailed Godwit and two Wheatear were at Rineville Beach. One Chiffchaff was at Kilbaha. A female Common Scoter was at Poulnasherry Bay. (John N Murphy)

One Whimbrel, one Common Sandpiper and 60 Golden Plover were at Liscannor. Eighty Golden Plover were at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

There were two Chiffchaff and one Wheatear.at Loop Head. (Tony Mee)

There were two Wheatear at Spanish Point.(Jeff Copner)

A White-tailed Eagle and a Ruff were at Ballyallia Lake.(per Irish Birding)

A male and female Hen Harrier were at Lough Muckanagh again this morning.(Maura Crowe)


Thursday 25th September 2025

A male and female Hen Harrier were at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)

There were 34 Golden Plover at Clahane.(Jeff Copner)

There was one Glossy Ibis at Islandavanna(Chris Cullen) and another flew over Lahinch Marsh.(JC)


Thursday 25th September 2025

A Green Sandpiper, two Common Sandpipers and five Jack Snipe were at the Charleville Lagoons (Tom Tarpey)


Wednesday 24th September 2025

A Green Sandpiper was at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)

A Mediterranean Gull, a Common Sandpiper and a Kingfisher were at Inismurray Quay.(Páidí Cullinan)

One Glossy Ibis was at Islandavanna.(Chris Cullen)


Wednesday 24th September 2025

Wednesday 24th September 2025

3cy White-tailed Eagle ©John D Murphy

Two immature White-tailed Eagles, tag 26, a 3cy bird and tag 79, a1cy bird, were at Ballydonoghoe, Glin (John D Murphy, Dave Fox et al.).


Tuesday 23rd September 2025

An Osprey carrying a large fish flew east from Moyasta at 11.20.(Stan Nugent)

Four Glossy Ibis’s were seen flying west out of Kilkee today. (Ellie Byrne) Another one was at Ballyvaughan Harbour.(Matthew Curtis)

A Ruff and two Curlew Sandpier were at Seafield.(Geoff Pearson)

There were three Wheatear, two White Wagtails and two Chiffchaff at Loop Head. A Kingfisher was at Cloghaun Lough.(John N Murphy)

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Kincora Harbour, Killaloe.(Noel Keogh)


Monday 22nd September 2025

There were 14 Red-throated Diver and 46 Common Scoter at Lahinch Bay.(Jeff Copner)

A Buzzard was soaring over Milltown Malbay.(Sally O’Meara)

There were three Glossy Ibis, two juvenile Ruff and 200 Black-tailed Godwit at the back end of Ballyallia Lake late this evening.(Nuala and Tom Lynch)

There were five Glossy Ibis at Illaunnamanagh Point, Shannon this evening.(Brendan Dempsey)

One Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Ballycuggeran Slipway near Killaloe. (Noel Keogh)


Sunday 21st September 2025

Sunday 21st September 2025

Black Tern at Lough Atedaun James Organ

A Pectoral Sandpiper was at Seafield, Quilty.(Chris Cullen)

Two Mediterranean Gull and a Common Scoter were at Brews Bridge. One of the Med Gulls was colour ringed (yellow ring black writing 2N91) and had previously been seen in Dublin earlier this year. A female Wheatear was at Shanakyle Cemetery.(Peter & Sean Whelan)

A juvenile Sabine’s Gull, one dark phase Arctic Skua, two Grey Phalarope and two Whimbrel were at Ross Ringing Station and one Wheatear was in Kilbaha.(John N Murphy)

Three Greenland Wheatear and 74 Golden Plover were at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

Two juvenile Ruff were at Ballyallia. (James Organ) Two Black Tern, 250 Black-tailed Godwit and a Kingfisher were at Lough Atedaun. (Charlie Lyons & JO). A Barn Owl flew across the car park at Lough Atedaun this evening.(JO)


Sunday 21st September 2025

Two immature White-tailed Eagles were at Ballynamuddagh, Glin and another was at Ballydonoghoe, Glin (Clodagh Glasgow).