Clare Bird Sightings

Friday 15th November 2024

Friday 15th November 2024

Adult White-rumped Sandpiper at Seafield John N Murphy

Both adult and juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper were at Seafield, Quilty this morning.(John N Murphy)


Thursday 14th November 2024

Thursday 14th November 2024

Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper ©Tom Tarpey

One White-rumped Sandpiper was at Seafield. (Tom Tarpey)
The resident White-tailed Eagle (tag 19) and a male Marsh Harrier were at Lough Atedaun. (TT)
One Long-eared Owl was at Ballycar, Newmarket-on-Fergus this evening. (Frank McGeehan)


Wednesday 13th November 2024

Wednesday 13th November 2024

Juvenile White-rumped Sandpiper at Seafield John N Murphy

There were two White-rumped Sandpipers at Seafield, Quilty this morning (one immature and one adult)(JNM)(11th & 12th county records), along with one Little Stint, 35 Purple Sandpipers, 160 Dunlin, 80 Sanderling, 70 Turnstone and three Great Northern Divers.
One Merlin and 200 Golden Plover were at Baurnahard Point, Kilrush. (JNM)
One Buzzard was at Tullabrack. (JNM)


Tuesday 12th November 2024

The drake Ring-necked Duck and six Pochard were at Kilkee Reservoir(John N. Murphy)


Sunday 10th November 2024

Two Great White Egrets were on the Maigue at Croom today (Geoff Hunt & Sinead McDonald).
33 Whooper Swans were at Coonagh (TT).
Eight Little Egrets were roosting at Bunlicky Lagoon (Gerry Murphy & Tom Tarpey)


Sunday 10th November 2024

A Great White Egret was at Aughinish.(Sean Holland)
The Pacific Diver was off Black Head.(Jeff Copner)
A Cattle Egret flew south-west over Lough Atedaun. (James Organ)
A White-tailed Eagle and a female Marsh Harrier were at Ballyallia.(Neil Ellis)
A Peregrine and 250 Golden Plover were at Cappagh. (Sean Whelan)
Three Purple Sandpiper were at Clahane.(Nick Larter)
Four Pochard were at Kilkee Reservoir. (SW)


Saturday 9th November 2024

Saturday 9th November 2024

Black Redstart at Clahane Sean Whelan

During a well attended outing of tne Clare Branch a Black Redstart and 200 Golden Plover were seen at Clahane.
A Peregrine was at the Inagh River Estuary.
A Red-throated Diver, 50 Common Scoter and two Chough were at Lahinch.(Geoff Pearson, Nuala and Tom Lynch, James Organ, Ray Glynn et al)
A Swift and 28 Chaffinch were at Connolly’s Garden,Kilbaha.(Chris Cullen)
A Merlin, a Hen Harrier a Buzzard and six Chough were at the Plover Fields, Loop Head.(CC)
There were eight Great Shearwater, four Sooty Shearwater and two Manx Shearwater off the tip of Loop Head. (CC)
Three Purple Sandpiper were at Seafield,Quilty.(Sean Whelan,Charlie Lyons)
A Pacific Diver(presumed continuing 2CY), one Black Redstart, three Twite, one Buzzard and a Merlin were at Black Head.(Marcin Pisula)
There were three Black-throated Diver and a Buzzard at Gleninagh.(MP)


Friday 8th November 2024

A Great White Egret was on the river at Croom again today (Andrew Holmes).


Friday 8th November 2024

There was one Twite, one immature Merlin and 220 Golden Plover at the Plover Fields, Loop Head.(John N Murphy)
There were three Yellow-browed Warbler was at Tevlin’s Garden.(JNM)
The Ring-necked Duck and three drake Pochard are still at Kilkee Reservoir.(JNM)
The two drake Ring-necked Duck were still at Knockalough.(JNM)
A male and female Marsh Harrier were hunting between O’Toole’s Lough and Lake Atedaun.(James Organ)
Two White-tailed Eagle were at Lake Atedaun.(JO)
A Black Redstart was at the corner in Clahane. (Geoff Pearson Jeff Copner)


Thursday 7th November 2024

Two drake Ring-necked Duck were at Knockalough.(Davey Farrar)
Two Yellow-browed Warbler and a Chiffchaff were ringed in Tevlins Garden at Kilbaha.(Phil Brennan)
A Snow Bunting was on the track just below the summit of Moylussa. (Mary Cavanagh & Maura Turner).