A Little Egret was at the Ballinacurra Creek.
Leave a commentWednesday 31st August 2011
A Scaup, seven Pochard, 30 Tufted Duck, two Great-crested Grebes, 11 Little Grebes, 45 Mute Swans, 200 Coot and a Snipe were at the Coonagh Settlement Ponds.
Leave a commentFriday 2nd September 2011
At the Bridges of Ross today there was three Great Shearwater, eight large Shearwaters, three Balearic Shearwater, 384 Sooty Shearwaters, 2,000 Manx Shearwaters, one adult Long-tailed Skua, five Pomarine Skuas, 27 Arctic Skuas, 11 Bonxies, three Sabine’s Gulls, one juvenile Black Tern, 350 Fulmars, 33 Arctic Terns, 23 Storm Petrels, one Sandwich Tern, five Puffins, 90 Razorbills, 16 Common Scoter, one Red-throated Diver, four Whimbrels and three Pintails. There were also six Bottlenose Dolphin, eight Common Dolphins and two Sunfish.
There were six Common Scoters at Lahinch.
Thursday 1st September 2011
One Peregrine, two Wheaters and 15 Whimbrel were at Clahane.
One female Hen Harrier passed across the road between Seafield and Quilty.
A flock of 30 Sanderling and five Bar-tailed Godwits were at Seafield.
Wednesday 31st August 2011
At the Bridges of Ross today there were Manx Shearwater 23 flying West & 245 flying East, Great Skua, Arctic Skua (1 pale phase adult chasing Kittiwakes), Sandwich Tern,three Common Scoter, 41 Fulmar, 167 Gannet, six Bottlenose Dolphin and ten Common Dolphin.
At Lahinch Marsh there was one Green Sandpiper and one male Hen Harrier.
At the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening there was one Peregrine and eight Little Egrets.
Tuesday 30th August 2011
One Green Sandpiper was in the small pool at Kilbaha this evening.
There were 11 Curlew Sandpipers, 60 Knot, 200 Dunlin and 70 Ringed Plover on the mudflats at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening.
A flock of 2,000 Black-tailed Godwits, 16 Little Egrets, four Water Rails, five Shoveler and one Peregrine were in the Shannon Airport Lagoon itself.
One Little Egret was at Ballycorrick Bridge.
One juvenile Peregrine was at Doonbeg.
Nine Grey Plovers and 26 Golden Plovers were at Islandavanna.
One Water Rail was at Ballyallia Lake.
Monday 29th August 2011
Two Curlew Sandpipers were at the Shannon Airport Lagoon this evening.
Two Curlew Sandpipers were at Islandavanna, Clarecastle along with 120 Knot.
Two Arctic Skuas and two Red-throated Divers were at Finvarra Point.
One Common Sandpiper and a small flock of 60 Sanderlings were at the Skivileen River, Doonbeg.
One Peregrine was near Traught.




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