Clare Bird Sightings

At Ross Ringing Station between 07.30-08.30 one Wilson’s Petrel, (07.52) Eight Cory’s Shearwater,  12 Great Shearwater,  50 Sooty Shearwater,  12000 Manx Shearwater,  one adult Sabine’s Gull,  85 Arctic Tern and four Storm Petrel were reported.(John N. Murphy)

Between 08.30-13.30 236 Cory’s Shearwater, 34 Great Shearwater, 45 Sooty Shearwater, one Pomarine Skua, one Grey Phalarope, 42 Arctic Tern, 24 Common Scoter, 17 Whimbrel, seven Sandwich Tern and one Storm Petrel were recorded.(JNM, Eanna O’ Flynn)

At Black Head between 07.45-11.00 a seawatch produced one Balearic Shearwater, 12 Cory’s Shearwater, three Great Shearwater, two Sooty Shearwater, two Great Skua, four Arctic Skua and one Storm Petrel.(Paul Troake)

A seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 08.15-12.15 produced 18 Cory’s Shearwater, ten Sooty Shearwater, one Great Shearwater, one Arctic Skua, one Pomarine Skua, six Storm Petrel, two Arctic Tern, 27 Sandwich Tern, one Puffin and 4392 Manx Shearwater.(Chris Cullen et al)

Off Ross Ringing Station there were four Great Shearwater, eight Cory’s Shearwater and two Arctic Tern.(John N. Murphy)

Two White-tailed Eagle were at Tubber this evening.(Maura Crowe)

At the Bridges of Ross this morning there were two Pomarine Skua, two Arctic  and 50 Storm Petrel.(Jeff Copner)

A seawatch between 18.25-20.35 produced one Wilson’s Storm Petrel, 38 Cory’s Shearwater, three Great Shearwater, 95 Sooty Shearwater, 9675 Manx Shearwater, 35 Storm Petrel, three Arctic Skua, one immature Pomarine Skua, 13 Arctic Tern and 32 Whimbrel.(Alan Lauder)

At the Bridges of Ross between 06.50-19.50 there were 5 Wilson’s Storm Petrel, (G Murray, N. Keogh, N.T. Keogh and John N. Murphy) 35 Storm Petrel, 1110 Cory’s Shearwater, 12 Great Shearwater, 60 Sooty Shearwater, 17 Pomarine Skua,(15 light/2 dark adults)  13 Arctic Skua, one Sabine’s Gull, (sub-adult type), one Grey Phalarope, 25 Puffin and 75 Arctic Tern. There were good numbers of Manx Shearwater-17500 in five hours this afternoon/evening.(GM. P.Phillips, JNM, NTK. NK, Jim Dowdall Geoff Pearson and S. Holland.)

Off Ross Ringing Station between 17.30-20.00 there was one Wilson’s Petrel, (18.30) 68 Cory’s Shearwater, seven Sooty Shearwater, seven Arctic Skua, two Pomarine Skua, two Storm Petrel, 45 Black-tailed Godwit and four Arctic Tern.(JNM)

An adult Peregrine was hunting at Cullenagh, Ennistymon this afternoon.(James Organ)

A South Polar Skua was seen at the Bridges of Ross at 17.23 . If accepted this a first land based record for Ireland. A second Irish and first Clare record.(Gerard Murray, Brian McCloskey, Cian Cardiff, Victor Caschera, Jim Dowdall, Ger Walsh, Sean Doherty, Christen Bohmer.)

Barolo’s Shearwater was off the Bridges of Ross at 10.05.(Niall Keogh et al)

A second Barolo’s Shearwater was seen at 12.10. (Noel Keogh et al)

A third Barolo’s was seen at 14.50.(NK et al)

The seawatch at the Bridges of Ross between 05.45-19.30 also produced three Wilson’s Petrel,  one Long-tailed Skua, three Pomarine Skua, three Arctic Skua,  two Great  Skua,  1110 Cory’s Shearwater , nine Great Shearwater,  two Balearic Shearwater,  34 Sooty Shearwater,  one Blue Fulmar,  23 Sandwich Tern,  12 Arctic Tern and 80 Puffin.(B McC, JFD, CC, GM, VC, GW, SP, NTK, NK, BP, ET, CTB, SD, JC, DM, EM, TC)