Little Egret at Coonagh (Tom Tarpey)
There were 40 Golden Plover, 120 Lapwing, a Black-tailed Godwit, five Gadwall, 22 Pochard, 25 Tufted Duck, two Wigeon, a Teal, 11 Mute Swans, two Little Grebes, 85 Coot, three Little Egrets, two Herons, two Ravens, two Skylarks and a flock of about 60 Goldfinches were at Coonagh today.
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Merlin at Loop Head © Dave McNamara
At Loop Head today there was one immature Merlin at the Lighthouse, one Chiffchaff was in the Gardens at Kilbaha, two Pomarine Skuas and 3 Barnalce Geese were in Kilbaha bay along with ten Arctic Terns.
Two Ruff were at Lough Donnell.
One Ruff, 200 Wigeon and 100 Golden Plover were at Lough Atedaun.
Two immature Blue-winged Teals at Kilcredaun © John N Murphy
There were two immature Blue-winged Teals at Kilcredaun Marsh this evening (John N Murphy & Tom Lynch).
At Loop Head today there was one Snow Bunting at Kilbaha, four Wheatears on the headland, 26 Snipe, one Peregrine, two Sparrowhawks, two Ketrels, ten Chough, two Chiffchaffs and one Willow Warbler.
Chough near the tip of Loop Head © John N Murphy
At Loop Head today there were three Pomarine Skuas (one off the head & two in the Kilbaha Bay). There were also two Lapland Buntings, one Snow Bunting, one male Blackcap, two Wheatears,22 Skylarks, 200 Meadow Pipits, 40 Rock Doves,30 Chough, 34 Golden Plovers, one Red-throated Diver and a mixed flock of 300 Rooks and Jackdaws flying around the lighthouse.
Five Snow Buntings, one Wheatear and six Chough were at Baltard Bay.
Two Great Northern Divers ,two Peregrines, 32 Bar tailed-Godwits, four Whimbrels, 18 Sanderling and two Wheatears were at Seafield.
Three Brent Geese and 180 Lapwings were at Lough Donnell.
One Peregrine was at Querrin Creek.
Three Swallows were at Blackweir, Poulnasherry.
One Dipper was on the Claureen River.
Common Sandpiper © John N Murphy
Two Common Sandpipers, a Grey Wagtail and 12 Rock Pipits were at Clarecastle Quay and Bridge this afternoon.
There were 21 Common Scoter, 20 Red-throated Divers, and five Great Northern Divers off Liscannor.
One kingfisher was at Ballygriffey Castle Bridge.
Two Jays were at Clifden, Corofin.
One Jay was at Kilmaley.
A small flock of 26 Tufted Ducks were at Lough Gash, Newmarket-on-Fergus.
A Turtle Dove was seen feeding with a flock of Collared Doves at Huntsfield, Dooradoyle today.
Leave a commentTwo Common Sandpipers were near the Bridge at Clarecastle.
There were 14 Crossbills at Darragh.
A 2nd Calendar year Pomarine Skua off Fodry Point © John N Murphy
At Loop Head today there was one Snow Bunting at the Fodry, a flock of 400 Gannets were feeding off the tip of Loop Head Lighthouse, 27 Snipe and 34 Golden Plovers were in open ground around the lighthouse, one Wheatear was in the harbour with another at fields near the Bridges of Ross along with 46 Golden Plover. Seven Swallows were in Kilbaha. One Whimbrel was at Horse Island.
A one hour seawatch (10.30-11.30) off Fodry Point there were seven Pomarine Skuas, seven Arctic Skuas, one Leach’s Petrel which was taken by a Peregrine out to sea, one Red-throated Diver and four Great Northern Divers.
A one hour seawatch this evening (17.00-18.00) off the Bridges of Ross produced three Long-tailed Skuas (two adults and one 2nd-cal bird), 15 Arctic Skuas, 11 Pomarine Skuas, seven Bonxies, five Leaches Petrels, one Storm Petrel, three Sooty Shearwaters, six Manx Shearwaters, two Great Northern Divers and one Red-throated Diver.
At Doonbeg beach there were 60 Golden Plover, 36 Bar-tailed Godwits and one Black-tailed Godwit.
Brent Geese are steadily arriving in the county © John N Murphy
A half hour seawatch off the Bridges of Ross produced two Pomarine Skuas, three Bonxies, five Sooty Shearwaters and ten Manx Shearwaters.
One Snow Bunting was in Kilbaha.
At Black Head this morning (08.40-10.20), six Pomarine Skuas and two Arctic Skuas flew west along with three Storm Petrels, two Arctic Terns and four Manx Shearwaters.
Four Storm Petrels flew west off Finvarra.
One Kingfisher and 25 Brent Geese were at Doonbeg.
Six Whooper Swans were at Lough Donnell.
Ten Crossbills were at Gortcoirce, Dysart.
Juvenile Pomarine Skua on the beach at Kilbaha © John N Murphy
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At Loop Head today there were eight Snow Buntings, one juvenile Pomarine Skua in Kilbaha Harbour, one Merlin, 40 Snipe, one Wheatear, one male Merlin, ten Swallows, 14 Red Buntings, one Grey Phalarope off the Fodry Point along with three juvenile Bonxies and 16 Brent Geese.
One Snow Bunting was at Kilkee.
One juvenile Curlew Sandpiper was at Rineville beach.
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