Glossy Ibis

This Glossy Ibis was found on 5th & 6th October at Islandavanna by Chris Cullen a local birder to this area. It spent two days foraging in a wet and newly re-seeded field before moving on. I managed to get there on the second day and snap the following series of shots.

There have been 11 Clare records to date involving 15 birds.

Here are the previous sightings.

1857: One in the Burren prior to this date.

1902: One at Lahinch on 27^th October.

1906: One on 9^th September and one on the coast on 2^nd October.

2008: One at Willow Park on the Fergus River, Ennis from 23^rd to 25^th August.

2010: One was at the Shannon Airport Lagoon on 27^th August. Two were at Lough Gash, Newmarket-on-Fergus from 8^th to 10^th July.

2016: Two were at Lahinch Marsh from 5^th to 14^th January. One was at Ballyvelaghan Lough, New Quay on 23^rd January. Two were at Lough Erinagh, Ennis from 13^th February to 9^th March.

2017: One juvenile was at Kilbaha, Loop Head from 7^th to 12^th October.

2018: One flying west near Sandfield, Liscannor on 8^th January.

2022: One was near the Clare/Limerick boarder at Cooney on 21^st June.

Immature Glossy Ibis at Islandavanna © John N Murphy