I found this North American wader on the tide line at Seafield Pier, Quilty, Co.Clare on 14/10/2025. It's an immature bird, moulting from juvenile to winter plumage. It's one of about a dozen that arrived in Ireland in the past week or so and is the 13th County record for Clare.
I came across this unusually confiding Common Sandpiper on the Limerick/Kerry border on the shore of Tarbert Bay.
This bird appears to be in adult plumage. It has a badly disfigured right foot, however it didn't seem to be unduly affected by it.
I came across three Black Terns on a trip to west Clare today. There has been an unusually large passage of Black Terns around the Irish coast this autumn, with a few birds also showing up at inland sites like this one. Indeed I came across a single juvenile bird last week (10/9/2025) at another inland site; Lough Gur in Co. Limerick.
At least two of today's birds were juveniles. The third bird may also have been a juvenile, however I didn't manage to get a clear enough view of it to determine its age.
