Ireland Ramsar wetland
Clara Bog
89 bird species recorded; the most from April to May.
Niall Kearney · CC BY-SA 4.0
This month here
32 species in January.20 species in February.32 species in March.41 species in April.44 species in May.34 species in June.29 species in July.15 species in August.12 species in September.9 species in October.12 species in November.1 species in December.
The birds you are most likely to see in the month you choose, those that come for the season first. It opens on today's month.
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- Resident all year
- Summer visitor comes to breed
- Winter visitor comes for the winter
- Passage migrant in spring and autumn
In numbers
89 species, counted.
Our own rating, from the records only: species (50 points), threatened species (20), migrants (20) and protected status — Ramsar, IBA, SPA, observatory (10).
- 89Speciesrecorded more than once
- 35Migrantssummer, winter or passage visitors
- 0ThreatenedVulnerable, Endangered or Critically Endangered (IUCN)
- 1,619Recordsopen records within 6 km
- 55 mAltitudeabove the sea
- 5Raptors
- 2Owls
- 6Waders
- 1Gulls & seabirds
- 6Ducks & geese
- 3Herons, ibises & grebes
- 51Songbirds
- 15Other birds
From open records (eBird and others, through GBIF, licensed for any use). More birdwatchers mean more records: a quiet place may have more birds than it shows.
The checklist
All 89 species.
By group, with the year in twelve cells: the darker the cell, the more often the bird is recorded that month.
Raptors5 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common BuzzardButeo buteo
- Common KestrelFalco tinnunculus
- Eurasian SparrowhawkAccipiter nisus
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
Owls2 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- Long-eared OwlAsio otus
Waders6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian CurlewNumenius arquataNT
- Common SnipeGallinago gallinago
- Northern LapwingVanellus vanellusNT
- European Golden PloverPluvialis apricaria
- Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticola
- RedshankTringa totanus
Gulls & seabirds1 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Black-headed GullChroicocephalus ridibundus
Ducks & geese6 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Mute SwanCygnus olor
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Eurasian TealAnas crecca
- Tufted DuckAythya fuligula
- Whooper SwanCygnus cygnus
- Greylag GooseAnser anser
Herons, ibises & grebes3 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Grey HeronArdea cinerea
- Little GrebeTachybaptus ruficollis
- Great CormorantPhalacrocorax carbo
Songbirds51 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Eurasian ChaffinchFringilla coelebs
- Eurasian BlackbirdTurdus merula
- European RobinErithacus rubecula
- Eurasian WrenTroglodytes troglodytes
- RookCorvus frugilegus
- Meadow PipitAnthus pratensis
- Common StarlingSturnus vulgaris
- Great titParus major
- Eurasian MagpiePica pica
- Western JackdawColoeus monedula
- Hooded CrowCorvus cornix
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Eurasian Blue TitCyanistes caeruleus
- BullfinchPyrrhula pyrrhula
- DunnockPrunella modularis
- Willow WarblerPhylloscopus trochilus
- Song ThrushTurdus philomelos
- SkylarkAlauda arvensis
- White WagtailMotacilla alba
- Coal TitPeriparus ater
- European GreenfinchChloris chloris
- Barn swallowHirundo rustica
- Mistle ThrushTurdus viscivorus
- BlackcapSylvia atricapilla
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Common Reed BuntingEmberiza schoeniclus
- GoldcrestRegulus regulus
- Common RedpollAcanthis flammea
- Common ChiffchaffPhylloscopus collybita
- Common LinnetLinaria cannabina
- RedwingTurdus iliacus
- Eurasian TreecreeperCerthia familiaris
- Grey WagtailMotacilla cinerea
- FieldfareTurdus pilaris
- Common House MartinDelichon urbicum
- European StonechatSaxicola rubicola
- Northern RavenCorvus corax
- YellowhammerEmberiza citrinella
- WhitethroatSylvia communis
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Sedge WarblerAcrocephalus schoenobaenus
- Spotted FlycatcherMuscicapa striata
- White-throated DipperCinclus cinclus
- Eurasian JayGarrulus glandarius
- Eurasian SiskinSpinus spinus
- Northern WheatearOenanthe oenanthe
- Bohemian WaxwingBombycilla garrulus
- WhinchatSaxicola rubetra
- Common Grasshopper WarblerLocustella naevia
- BramblingFringilla montifringilla
- Eurasian Tree SparrowPasser montanus
Other birds15 species
JFMAMJJASOND
- Common Wood PigeonColumba palumbus
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- Common PheasantPhasianus colchicus
- European SwiftApus apus
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- Common KingfisherAlcedo atthis
- Stock DoveColumba oenas
- Grey PartridgePerdix perdix
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Willow PtarmiganLagopus lagopus
- CootFulica atra
- European Water RailRallus aquaticus
- Great Spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos major
- Corncrake, corn crakeCrex crex
Monthly presence relative to all bird records that month, so a busy month does not inflate every species.
When to go
The most species from April to May.
Species recorded in each month, with the usual temperature and rain.
- Jan7°/2°93 mm
- Feb7°/2°74 mm
- Mar9°/2°74 mm
- Apr12°/4°67 mm
- May15°/7°78 mm
- Jun18°/10°87 mm
- Jul19°/11°94 mm
- Aug18°/11°101 mm
- Sep17°/9°83 mm
- Oct13°/7°100 mm
- Nov9°/4°103 mm
- Dec7°/3°99 mm
- Bar: species recorded that month.
- Temperature: average maximum / minimum (NASA, 1991–2020).
- Rain: monthly total.
The place
Clara Bog.
Nature Reserve in County Offaly, Ireland
Clara Bog is a wetland of international importance (Ramsar) in Ireland.
89 bird species have been recorded here more than once, in 1,619 open records.
The most recorded are the Eurasian Chaffinch, the Eurasian Blackbird and the European Robin.
21 species come for the summer, 12 for the winter and 2 only pass through.
The most species are recorded from April to May.
Get there and watch
- Grand Hotelplace to stay · 9.9 km · 6 within 10 km
- Claranearest town · 3.1 km in a straight line
- Dublin Airport (DUB)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 92 km in a straight lineCar hire at DUB airport (Dublin)Discover Cars · sponsored link↗
Plan the visit
A guided walk, a bed nearby, a car.
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From above
The place and its surroundings.
The satellite image of the 6 × 6 km around the place, with the bird hides, towers and trails that OpenStreetMap shows.
Around, in OpenStreetMap
- 2marked trails within 4 kmGrand Canal Way, Clara Bog Boardwalk
- 10car parks within 3 km
- 6places to stay within 10 kmGrand Hotel, Four Seasons, Tudor Lodge B&B and 3 more
- bird hides within 6 km
- observation towers within 6 km
- visitor centres within 6 km
- viewpoints within 5 km
- restaurants and cafés within 3 km
- campsites within 10 km
Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
In our other atlases
Around Clara Bog.
The lakes, beaches, islands, rivers and mountains around this place, and its night sky, in the family's atlases.
Peakyas24 mountains within 25 kmRoughan Hill · 4.8 kmSpire · 5.3 kmBellair Hill · 7.2 kmLong Hill · 15 kmKnocknure · 16 kmLackan Hill135 m · 17 kmHill of Uisneach · 20 kmWolftrap Mountain487 m · 25 km
Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.
Photographs
The place, as people saw it.
Other places nearby.
Clara Bog
Ireland
- 46Birdyas Score
- 89Species
- 35Migrants
- 0Threatened
Where these figures come from
| Name and type | Wikidata (Q4090966) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Birds | 1,619 open bird records within 6 km (GBIF, CC0 and CC BY 4.0 only; mostly eBird, Cornell Lab of Ornithology) |
| See these records | gbif.org |
| Species | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0; Wikidata (CC0); Wikimedia Commons |
| Altitude | Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA |
| Temperature and rain | NASA POWER (CERES SYN1deg, 2001–2020; MERRA-2) |
| What is around | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Sister atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas |
Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
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