A juvenile Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Loop Head Lighthouse in October 2023 © John N Murphy
Now that we are in 2024 and I have some time to update this site, its time to try and revamp this blogspot giving New Life to birding on the headland. The Autumn and birding season of 2023 was fairly average at Loop Head. After saying that we did manage a Buff-breasted Sandpiper for a couple of weeks feeding in the grass around the Eire sign in October but he sadly got picked off by one of the many Merlin's passing through the headland during this period. There were two Pied Flycatchers on the headland in autumn and a Turtle Dove. Kilbaha had one Yellow-browed Warbler, one Iberian Yellow Wagtail but the highlight and bird of the season was an American Cliff Swallow on 20th |September, a first time appearance and it was only a 2nd Irish record at that time. Over the coming weeks and months I will be updating this site regularly so anyone visiting the headland with sightings of birds, mammals or anything interesting please let me know and we will share info on this site for all to use.
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