Clare Bird Sightings

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Juvenile Little Stint with juvenile Curlew Sandpipers at Seafield John N Murphy

A Glossy Ibis and a Buzzard were at Ballyallia Lake.(Nuala and Tom Lynch) An American Golden Plover was at Doonbeg (John N Murphy) along with four Curlew Sandpiper and three Ruff.(JNM, GP) Two Little Stints and 80 Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield.(JNM & GP) One Common Swift was at Moyasta this morning.(JNM) A Ruff and eight Curlew Sandpiper were at Quilty Beach.(JNM) There were 16 Curlew Sandpiper at Clounahinchy Beach.(JNM) A White-tailed Eagle and a Kingfisher were at Lough Atedaun.(James Organ) There were two Whooper Swan at Ballyallia this morning.(Maura Crowe) This afternoon there were four Whooper Swan and two juvenile at the Drumcliffe end of Ballyallia.(John Rutherford) There were six Gadwall and a Buzzard at Lough Erinagh.(N & TL) Two Gadwall were on the sea this afternoon at Caherush. (JNM)


Tuesday 9th September 2025

Tuesday 9th September 2025

Glossy Ibis pair ©Tom Tarpey

Two Glossy Ibis were at Coonagh (TT)

A adult Yellow-legged Gull was at Thomond Weir (TT).

A Common Sandpiper, 70 Little Grebes, 130 Mallard and a Kingfisher were at the Charleville Lagoons (Geoff Hunt).


Monday 8th September 2025

Monday 8th September 2025

Immature male Greenland Wheatear at Seafield Pier John N Murphy

There were four Ruff at Lough Gash.(John N Murphy)

There were 30 Curlew Sandpiper and a male Greenland Wheatear at Seafield with another ten Curlew Sandpipers at Quilty Beach. (JNM, Geoff Pearson, Gerry Wheeler) A colour ringed Dunlin was also at Seafield today (orange ring on tarsus of left leg and a yellow with black writing on tarsus of right leg with black initials JNJ. (JNM)

An adult Mediterranean Gull and two Curlew Sandpiper were at Rineville Beach.(JNM)

There were two Sabine’s Gull, one Black Tern, one Leach’s Petrel, one immature/female Greenland Wheatear and 12 Sandwich Tern at Ross Ringing Station this evening.(JNM)


Sunday 7th September 2025

Sunday 7th September 2025

Juvenile Black Tern at Seafield Jeff Copner

A Black Tern and two Curlew Sandpiper were at Seafield, Quilty.(Jeff Copner)

There were two Ruff at Shannon Airport Lagoon.(John N Murphy)

An American Golden Plover and Curlew Sandpiper were at Doonbeg.(Chris Cullen et al)

A Green Sandpiper was at a flooded field near Kilfenora.(James Organ)

A Buzzard was in the Tubber area.(Maura Crowe)


Saturday 6th September 2025

Saturday 6th September 2025

Curlew Sandpipers at Loughill ©Geoff Hunt

Four Curlew Sandpipers and an adult Yellow-legged Gull were at Loughill (GH).

Four Common Sandpipers were at Tarbert Bay (GH).

A Whimbrel was at Foynes (Clodagh Glasgow).


Saturday 6th September 2025

Saturday 6th September 2025

Juvenile Sabine’s Gull at Clahane James Organ

The Sabine’s Gull is still at Clahane.(Geoff Pearson)

There were two immature Great Northern Diver and five Common Scoter off Lahinch.(GP)

There was a juvenile Sabine’s Gull at White Strand Caravan Park, Milltown-Malbay.(Sally O Meara)


Friday 5th September 2025

Friday 5th September 2025

Two of the three Glossy Ibis’s at Islandavanna John N Murphy

Three Glossy Ibis’s, three Curlew Sandpipers a Sanderling and two Kingfishers were at Islandavanna this afternoon. (James Organ, John N Murphy & Chris Cullen)

At the Bridges of Ross this morning (6:45 – 13:00) there were five Great Skua, seven Arctic Skua, 21 Sooty Shearwater, three Corys Shearwater, two Great Shearwater, seven Storm Petrel , one Leach’s Petrel, one Grey Phalarope, one Sabine’s Gull, one Great Northern diver, two Red-throated diver, six Common Scoter, three Sandwich Tern and a Whimbrel. (Paul Lynch)

At the Bridges of Ross this afternoon (14:00 – 18:00) there were four Arctic Skua, two Pomarine Skua, six Storm Petrel, three Grey Phalarope, one Black Tern and low numbers of Manxs Shearwater all day, peaking at about 180p/h. (PL)

An immature/adult White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Muckanagh.(Maura Crowe)

Two Ruff were at Inagh Estuary along with the juvenile Sabine’s Gull still at Clahane, and one White Wagtail at Liscannor. (Geoff Pearson)

There was one Brent Goose at Kilmacreehy.(Cliff Baxter)


Thursday 4th September 2025

Thursday 4th September 2025

An American Golden Plover was at Ballymacrinan Bay, Moneypoint.(John N Murphy)

There were five Mediterranean Gull at Killimer and two more at Knock.(JNM)

There was a Green Sandpiper at Moyasta.(JNM)

One Curlew Sandpiper and two Ruff were at Islandavanna. (James Organ)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 09.45-14.00 recorded 50 Great Shearwater, two Great Skua, one Arctic Skua, three Arctic Tern, 21 Sandwich Tern, three Sabine’s Gull, six Leach’s Petrel, two Common Scoter and a small movement on Manx Shearwater.(Geoff Pearson)


Wednesday 3rd September 2025

A Wheater was on the Ballyhoura Mts (Irish Birding-James Mcgrath)

An adult Yellow-legged Gull was at Loughill (Luke Costello).


Wednesday 3rd September 2025

Wednesday 3rd September 2025

A moulting adult American Golden Plover was at Doonbeg Bay .(John N Murphy)

There were two Sabine’s Gull at Doonbeg this morning. (JNM)

At the Bridges of Ross between 10.00-13.00 there were 67 Sandwich Tern, six Arctic Tern, five Sabine’s Gull, (including one juvenile), one juvenile Little Gull, one Grey Phalarope and 150 Manx Shearwater. (Geoff Pearson)

At Finvarra between 09.55-12.45 there were three Leach’s Petrel, a juvenile Sabine’s Gull, an adult Long-tailed Skua and six Storm Petrel.(Paul Troake)

One juvenile Sabine’s Gull and two Wheatear were at Ross Ringing Station this evening.(JNM)

There were two Red-throated Diver at Ballyvaughan Bay.(PT)