Clare Bird Sightings

At Black Head this morning there was one Leach’s Petrel, a first-winter Iceland Gull close in along the shore, 275 auks, 180 Kittiwakes and 100 Gannets.
The leucistic Great Northern Diver was also back on the sea at Black Head.

At the Bridges of Ross today there was 3,700 Kittiwakes, 3,400 Gannets, 2,200 Auks, 1,000 Fulmars, 28 Great Skuas, five Pomarine Skuas, ten Manx Shearwaters, seven Sooty Shearwaters, three Great Northern Divers, four Grey Phalaropes and a Common Scoter.
Twelve Purple Sandpipers were at Ross Bay.
One Merlin, 45 Curlew and 17 Purple Sandpipers were at Clahane.

The Pink-footed Goose was still at Lough Muchanagh along with one male Hen Harrier, and six Goldeneye.
One Peregrine and two Ravens were at Clahane.

The Pink-footed Goose was at Lough Muckanagh along with 72 Greylag Geese.
Nine Whooper Swans, 260 Golden Plover, 200 Lapwing and 50 Wigeon were at Tool’s Lough.
There were two Black-throated Divers, 42 Great Northern Divers and nine Long-tailed Ducks off Aughinish Island.
One Kingfisher was at Inch Bridge.
A flock of 30 Black-tailed Godwits were at Lough Atedaun.