The Common Buzzard was still at Clooney, Quin this afternoon along with one Treecreeper. (John N Murphy)
There were two Jays at Ballyallia Wood while along the Lakeshore there were 500 Wigeon, 18 Pintail. 300 Teal, 50 Tufted Duck and one Canada Goose and a Canada Goose x Greylag Goose hybrid. (John N Murphy)
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Sunday 25th January 2015
A Brambling was seen with the Chaffinch flock, which contained about 300 birds, in the arboretum at Curraghchase today (Maura Turner).
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Male Lesser Redpoll at the Shannon Airport Lagoon John N Murphy
The Common Buzzard was back at Clooney, Quin again this morning. (Brendan Cooney, Austin Cooney & John N Murphy)
A flock of 31 Curlew and a Little Egret were in the field at the Drumcliffe end of Ballyallia Lake. Five Whooper Swan flew westwards over the lake. (Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A female Blackcap was at Oak Park, Ennis. (Nuala and Tom Lynch)
A Jay, a flock of over 100 Chaffinch and 6 Mistle Thrush were at Lees Road Wood. (Nuala and Tom Lynch)
There were 280 Dunlin, 279 Knot, 160 Redshank, 130 Lapwing, 28 Shellduck, four Gadwall, ten Shoveler and 50 Teal at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this afternoon. (John N Murphy)
Further up the Shannon Estuary near Saints Island, Inishcullen Hill there were 1,200 Lapwing, 350 Golden Plover, 400 Dunlin, 180 Redshank, 200 Black-tailed Godwits and one Water Rail. (John N Murphy)
Saturday 24th January 2015
A Siberian Chiffchaff was seen at the Coonagh Nature Reserve today (Tom Tarpey). A Jack Snipe was also present.
This month’s Branch Outing was spread over two locations; six Jack Snipe were seen at Lough Gur, a Buzzard was seen on the Croom Road outside Bruff en route to the Starling murmuration south west of Croom. An estimated 250,000 birds, the largest number so far this winter, displayed in the murmuration between 16:50 and 17:25(Geoff Hunt).
Saturday 24th January 2015
Lesser Yellowlegs at Moyasta John N Murphy
The LESSER YELLOWLEGS was still at Moyasta Creek (Austin Cooney & John N Murphy), along with seven Little Egrets.
A drake GREEN-WINGED TEAL was at Knock, along with one drake Goldeneye, ten Greater Scaup, 35 Shelduck, 90 Teal, 140 Wigeon, 60 Golden Plover and five Great Northern Divers. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
The drake RING-NECKED DUCK was at Roo Lough. (Dave McNamara & Jeff Copner)
One Spotted Redshank, one adult Mediterranean Gull, 80 Brent Geese and two Little Egrets were at Corronroo Bay. (Dave McNamara)
There were two Little Egrets and two Great Northern Divers near Labasheeda. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
One Little Egret, four Great Northern Divers and two Black Guillemots were near Killimer.(John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
Five Black Guillemots, five Great Northern Divers and 57 Brent Geease were off Cappa Pier, Kilrush. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
There were 300-400 Fulmars off Baltard, Doonbeg. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
The 16 Tree Sparrows were still east of Doonbeg along with 154 Curlew near the Skivileen River and 100 Golden Plover. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
There were two Crossbills and 80 Siskin at Booltiagh. (John N Murphy & Austin Cooney)
A flock of 70 Dunlin, 55 Lapwing, 20 Ringed Plover, five Redshank, a Grey Plover, a Great Northern Diver and an Otter were at Liscannor. (Nuala & Tom Lynch et al)
There were six Golden Plover, 15 Redshank, nine Stonechat and two Great Northern Diver were at Clahane. (Nuala & Tom Lynch et al)
Up to 42 Lapwing, 17 Curlew, 12 Wigeon, a Greenshank and a Little Egret were at the Inagh Estuary.(Nuala & Tom Lynch et al at the Clare Branch outing)
Two Woodcock were near Keevagh, Quin. (John N Murphy)
There were nine Goldeneye at Lough Muchanagh, the Burren. (Jeff Copner)
A flock of 46 Whooper Swans were near Lough Cullaun, the Burren, (Jeff Copner)
One male Hen Harrier was at Doonagore Bog.(Jeff Copner) 1 Comment
Friday 23rd January 2015
The first-winter Ring-billed Gull was still at the Post Office Field, Ennis today. (Barry Howell)
A large flock of 38 Tree Sparrows were in fields mid way between Seafield and Lough Donnell near Quilty.(Jeff Copner)
One male and one female Hen Harrier were at Doonagore Bog. (Dave McNamara)
There were four Black-throated Divers and 25 Skylarks at Finvarra Point. (Dave McNamara)
Six Crossbills were at Slieve Elva. (Dave McNamara)
Nine Little Egrets were at the Falls Hotel, Ennistymon. (Dave McNamara)
Thursday 22nd January 2015
The first-winter Ring-billed Gull was still in the Post Office Field, Ennis (Barry Howell).
A male Peregrine, 480 Wigeon, 156 Black-headed Gull, 140 Wood Pigeon, 127 Lapwing, 86 Coot, 84 Teal, 75 Little Grebe, 74 Tufted Duck, 37 Shoveler, 10 Cormorant, seven Black-tailed Godwit, four Gadwall, four Great-crested Grebe, two Pintail Duck, two Common Gull and a Treecreeper were at Ballyallia. (Nuala and Tom Lynch)
Wednesday 21st January 2015
One Buzzard was at Clooney Quin. (Austin & Brendan Cooney)
One male Hn Harrier and a Merlin were at Doonagore Bog (Dave McNamara).
Three Crossbills were at Slieve Elva (Dave McNamara).
One Peregrine and a Merlin were at Clahane, Liscannor Bay (Dave McNamara).
Five Jay were at Lees Road Wood (Nuala and Tom Lynch).
There were 44 Whooper Swans at Ballygireen, Newmarket-on-Fergus early this morning (John N Murphy).
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