There were two Common Sandpiper at Cloughaun Lough, Loop Head.(Chris Cullen)
A White-tailed Eagle was at Lisheen Cross.(CC)
There were 15 Swift at Kilrush.(John N Murphy)
Five Whimbrel were at Ross Ringing Station.(JNM)
Sunday 9th August 2026
Between the Bridges of Ross and Ross Ringing Station (7.00 to 14.00) there were five Wilson’s Petrels, five Cory’s Shearwaters, one Great Shearwater, 20 Sooty Shearwaters, 39 Storm Petrels, three Puffin, one Common Scoter, one summer plumaged adult Mediterranean Gull and two Whimbrel. (John N Murphy & Ger Walsh)
This evening (16.45 to 18.30) off Ross Ringing Station there were six Cory’s Shearwaters, one Sooty Shearwater, one dark phased Arctic Skua, five Arctic Terns and eight Sandwich Terns. (JNM)
Four Common Sandpiper was at Islandavanna.(Chris Cullen)
Saturday 8th August 2026
At the Bridges of Ross this evening there was a Fea’s Petrel, one Sooty Shearwater, one Arctic Skua and 13 Storm Petrels. (Ger Walsh)
In the afternoon at Ross Ringing Station there was nine Sooty Shearwater, two Storm Petrels and one Puffin. (John N Murphy)
Seventeen Whimbrel flew past Ross Bay.(Charlie Lyons)
Wednesday 5th August 2026
At Ross Ringing Station this morning (9.00-11.30) there were 12 Cory’s Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwater, one dark phased Arctic Skua, one Storm Petrel, two Arctic Terns and 15 Sandwich Terns. (John N Murphy)
Two Storm Petrel, 14 Cory’s Shearwater, five Puffin, one Great Shearwater and two Arctic Skua were at the Fodry, Loop Head.(Paul Troake)
Three Cory’s Shearwater were off Black Head.(Sean Holland)
Tuesday 4th August 2026
At Ross Ringing Station this morning there were two Wilson’s Petrels, one Cory’s Shearwater, one Sooty Shearwater, 20 Storm Petrels, two Common Scoter, two Whimbrel, one Puffin and a Carrion Crow and three Wheatear on the clifftop. (John N Murphy)
One White-tailed Eagle was at Lough Muchanagh. (Maura Crowe)
One Common Sandpiper was at Cloghaun Lough. (JNM)
Two Kingfisher were at Doonbeg Bay. (Cathal Mullane)
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