Recent Sabine's Gulls, Castlegregory area

Adult Sabine's Gull, Rough Point, 8th September 2025 (David O'Connor).

Adult Sabine's Gull, Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Sabine's Gull, Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Sabine's Gull, Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Juvenile Sabine's Gull, Scraggane beach, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Juvenile Sabine's Gull, south of Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Juvenile Sabine's Gull, south of Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Juvenile Sabine's Gull, south of Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Good numbers of Sabine's Gulls have been seen migrating off Kerry headlands in recent weeks, so the three on different beaches around Rough Point today were probably lingering birds from the recent large movements of birds down the West Coast.

Glossy Ibises near Tralee

Part of a recent large influx of Glossy Ibises to Ireland, with record numbers seen in Co Kerry too. Flocks of 17 at Cromane, 15 at Trabeg, and 12 near Caherciveen have been reported in recent days, as were this flock of c.30 at Cockleshell Road near Tralee yesterday.

Glossy Ibises, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 10th September 2025 (David O'Connor).

Glossy Ibises, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 10th September 2025 (David O'Connor).

Glossy Ibis, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 10th September 2025 (David O'Connor).

Glossy Ibises, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 10th September 2025 (David O'Connor).

 

Recent Curlew Sandpipers and Ruff

 

Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper (left, with Ringed Plover), Black Rock, 9th September 2025 (David O'Connor).

Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Juvenile Curlew Sandpipers, Black Rock, 9th September 2025 (David O'Connor).

Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper (with Sanderling), Rough Point, 11th September 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Ruff, Baile an Reannaigh, 2nd September 2025 (David O'Connor).

White-rumped Sandpiper at Trabeg

 

White-rumped Sandpiper, Trabeg, 3rd September 2025 (David O'Connor).

White-rumped Sandpiper, Trabeg, 3rd September 2025 (David O'Connor).

White-rumped Sandpiper, Trabeg, 3rd September 2025 (David O'Connor).

Little Stint, Curlew Sand., Ring-billed Gull

 

Adult Ring-billed Gull, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 26th August 2025 (David O'Connor).

Juvenile Little Stint, Carrahane, 26th August 2025 (David O'Connor).

 

Juvenile Little Stint, Carrahane, 26th August 2025 (David O'Connor).

Adult Curlew Sandpiper, Black Rock, 26th August 2025 (David O'Connor).

Curlew Sandpiper at Black Rock

 

Adult Curlew Sandpiper, Black Rock, 24th July 2025 (David O'Connor).

Adult Curlew Sandpiper, Black Rock, 24th July 2025 (David O'Connor).

Adult Curlew Sandpiper, Black Rock, 24th July 2025 (David O'Connor).

Laughing Gull at Trabeg

 

First-summer Laughing Gull, Trabeg, 19th July 2025 (David O'Connor).

First-summer Laughing Gull, Trabeg, 19th July 2025 (David O'Connor).

First-summer Laughing Gull, Trabeg, 19th July 2025 (David O'Connor).

Found by visiting birder, David Douglas. The Seventh Kerry record, and about the 49th for Ireland, the last being at Bull Island, Co. Dublin, in July 2020.

Adult Ring-billed Gull, Trabeg, 19th July 2025 (David O'Connor).

Iceland and Glaucous Gulls on the Iveragh

 

Adult Iceland Gull, Reenard, Co. Kerry, 9th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Iceland Gull, Reenard, Co. Kerry, 9th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Probable near-adult (4th calendar year) Glaucous Gull, Knightstown, Co. Kerry, 9th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Glaucous Gull, Knightstown, Co. Kerry, 9th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

American Wigeon at Dingle

 

Male American Wigeon, Milltown, Dingle, 6th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Male American Wigeon, Milltown, Dingle, 6th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Male American Wigeon, Milltown, Dingle, 6th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Male American Wigeon, Milltown, Dingle, 6th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Male American Wigeon, Milltown, Dingle, 6th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Male American Wigeon, Milltown, Dingle, 6th March 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Great Spotted Woodpecker at Ballyseedy

 

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Ballyseedy Woods, Tralee, early March 2025 (Hubert Servignat).

Little Gull in Tralee Bay

 

Adult Little Gull, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 21st February 2025 (David O'Connor).

Adult Little Gull, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 21st February 2025 (David O'Connor).

Adult Little Gull, Cockleshell Road, Tralee, 21st February 2025 (David O'Connor).

Glaucous Gulls out west

There were three Adult Glaucous Gulls out west, one at Reenard Pier, and two across the water at Knightstown. Also, a female Velvet Scoter off Reenroe, near Waterville, and a Black Redstart at Valentia Lighthouse, on the north end of the island.

Adult Glaucous Gulls, Knightstown, 15th February 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Glaucous Gull, Knightstown, 15th February 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Glaucous Gull, Reenard, 15th February 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Glaucous Gull, Reenard, 15th February 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Glaucous Gull, Reenard, 15th February 2025 (Michael O'Clery).

Adult Glaucous Gull, Reenard, 15th February 2025 (Michael O'Clery).