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 January 2025
 19th January: White-tailed Eagle, Ballinacourty Pier (John Power).
 19th January: 1st Win. Ring-billed Gull, again present, Oranmore.
 19th January: Pied Crow, again present, Bearna village.
 18th January: White-tailed Eagle (Tag 27), again present, Rahasane turlough.
 18th January: (Lesser) Snow Goose, Blue Phase, again present, Belclare turlough.
 18th January: Kingfisher, Waterside, Galway city (Ríona Ní Aodha).
 18th January: 2-1st Win. Ring-billed Gull & Fem. Red-crested Pochard, again present, Waterside, Galway city.
 18th January: Great White Egret, again present, Summerville Lough.
 17th January: 2 (Ad. Male & ringtail) Hen Harrier & 2 Great White Egret, again present, Barranny, Lough Corrib.
 17th January: Great White Egret, again present, Summerville Lough.
 16th January: Ad. Iceland Gull, again present, Nimmo's Pier, Galway city.
 16th January: Pied Crow, again present, Bearna village.
 16th January: 2-1st Win. Ring-billed Gull & Fem. Red-crested Pochard, again present, Waterside, Galway city.
 16th January: 1st Win. Ring-billed Gull, again present, Oranmore.
 16th January: 2 (Ad. Male & ringtail) Hen Harrier, Barranny, Lough Corrib (Ian O'Connor).
 16th January: 2nd Win. Glaucous Gull, Oranmore (Paul Troake).
 16th January: Great White Egret, Summerville Lough (Pete Tyndall).
 15th January: Pied Crow, again present, Bearna village.
 15th January: Male Marsh Harrier & 2 Ringtail Hen Harrier, again present, Barranny, Lough Corrib.
 15th January: 2 Great White Egret, again present, Barnaderg Bay, Letterfrack.
 14th January: Male Marsh Harrier & Ringtail Hen Harrier, again present, Barranny, Lough Corrib.
 14th January: Short-eared Owl, Tawin (Paukl Troake).
 12th January: 2-1st Win. Ring-billed Gull & Fem. Red-crested Pochard, again present, Waterside, Galway city.
 12th January: Ad. Iceland Gull, Waterside, Galway city (Tom Shevlin).
 12th January: Pied Crow, again present, Bearna village.
 11th January: Slavonian Grebe & Juv. Arctic Skua, Rinville, Galway Bay.
 11th January: Pied Crow, again present, Bearna village.
 9th January: 1st Win. Ring-billed Gull & Kingfisher, Oranmore (Paul Troake).
 9th January: 2 White-tailed Eagle, 2 Great White Egret & Male Marsh Harrier, Barranny, Lough Corrib (Ian O'Connor).
 9th January: 2 Mediterranean Gull, South Park, Galway city (Tom Cuffe).
 9th January: Fem. Red-crested Pochard, again present, Waterside & Lough Atalia, Galway city.
 8th January: Black-headed Gull, ringed in Falkirk, Scotland, Waterside, Galway city (Tom Cuffe).
 5th January: Herring Gull ssp. argentatus, Waterside, Galway city (Dermot Breen).
 5th January: 2-1st Win. Ring-billed Gull, again present, Waterside, Galway city.
 5th January: 2 drake Ring-necked Duck, again present, Rostaff Lake.
 5th January: Pied Crow, again present, Bearna village.
 5th January: (Lesser) Snow Goose, Blue Phase, again present, Belclare turlough.
 4th January: Male Marsh Harrier & Ringtail Hen Harrier, Muckrush, Lough Corrib (Darren Ellis).
 4th January: (Lesser) Snow Goose, Blue Phase, Belclare turlough.
 4th January: Pied Crow, again present, Bearna village.
 4th January: 2-1st Win. Ring-billed Gull & Fem. Red-crested Pochard, again present, Waterside, Galway city.
 3rd January: 3 Woodcock, Aillebrack, Ballyconneely (Dermot Breen).
 3rd January: Pied Crow, Bearna village.
 2nd January: 2-1st Win. Ring-billed Gull & Fem. Red-crested Pochard, again present, Waterside, Galway city.
 2nd January: 2 drake Ring-necked Duck, Rostaff Lake (Jill Warwick).
 1st January: White-tailed Eagle, again present, Rahasane turlough.
 1st January: Marsh Harrier & Hen Harrier, Barranny, Lough Corrib (Ian O'Connor).
 1st January: 2-1st Win. Ring-billed Gull, Waterside, Galway city (Tom Cuffe).
 1st January: Great White Egret, again present, Barnaderg Bay, Letterfrack.
 1st January: White-tailed Eagle, Island Eddy, Galway Bay (Sean Holland).

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