Its so worth a stop and to walk the Seafield to Clonahinchy road and watch to see what birds are coming into feed with the Rabbits on grain around the Horse fields.
Rock Doves, Skylarks , Reed Bunting, Curlew, Chough , Redwings, Linnets , Chaffinch, House Sparrows and a highlight of 14 Tree Sparrows that were all using the fields for winter food sourse.
There have been regular sightings this winter of Marsh Harriers within County Clare and Limerick. Last winter was very simular.
Marsh Harriers have a massive area of vagrancy so its hard to say how many we have , sure they follow the water coarses with good established reedbeds and are well able to travel distance with British tagged birds showing up north of Scotland and far south as Senegal.
All I know is that its great that we have them and be able to get good observations of a wonderful Raptor that has chose to inhabit our Loughs around the Burren.
Iv been lucky enough to have seen the Forsters Tern in a few different locations along Galway bay but this was the 1st time that I found it within Kinvarra bay. This seems to be its favorite wintering grounds over the years so Im glad to have finally caught up with it here.
