May 14, 2024

Greenland Wheatear pushing through at Clahane

 This stand out Greenland type Wheatear has been hanging around the river entry area at corner in Clahane for about a week, and will probably push through with west coast with the last of the |Waders such as Whimbrel , Dunlin and Purple Sandpipers









May 2, 2024

Grasshopper Warblers incoming

The shrilling wanndering repetant call of the Grasshopper Warbler can be heard in all the right places such as bogs ,Tussock grass fields to low forestry. 
Now is the time to see them as you can hear them before they go quiet and low into the undergrowth.
A couple of photos this week from Dugmore beach, Ballyea forestry and Doonagore bog