Clare Bird Sightings

A male Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Parteen.(John N Murphy)

A White-tailed Eagle flew past Whelan’s Quarry outside Ennis.(Jeff Copner)

A Snow Bunting and a Merlin were at Loop Head this morning.(Ray Glynn)
A White-tailed Sea Eagle with a green tag 25 on its left wing was at Inismurray.(Simon Berrow)
Four Whooper Swan flew over Milltown Malbay.(Sally O’Meara)
A Yellow-legged Gull and 50 Golden Plover were at Inagh River Estuary.(Geoff Pearson)
A Barnacle Goose was at Lahinch Marsh and two adult and two juvenile Whooper Swan flew east over the area.(GP)
One Wheatear was at the Caher Valley.(Jan Biemens)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 09.00-14.00 produced 4000 Gannets per hour initially, 100 Cory’s Shearwater, 20 Great Shearwater, 50 Sooty Shearwater, four juvenile Sabine’s Gull, two Grey Phalarope, two Arctic Tern, 20 Great Northern Diver three Red-throated Diver and one Common Scoter.(Geoff Pearson)
At Ross Ringing Station around lunchtime there were 120 Great Shearwater, 35 Cory’s Shearwater, 28 Sooty Shearwater, 32 Manx Shearwater, one Pomarine Skua and five Great Northern Diver.(John N Murphy)
Three Goldcrest are still at the gardens in Kilbaha(JNM)
Two Whooper Swan are in the fields on the Cliff road, Kilkee.(JNM)
A Kingfisher and a Common Sandpiper were at Clarecastle Quay.(JNM)
A Wheatear was at the Rine, Ballyvaughan this afternoon.(Jan Biemens)