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Westport OS Discovery Series - Map No 31

Directions:
From Westport, head towards the Quay, passing the entrance to Westport House on the right. Turn right at the Towers, and follow the Quay past the  museum and football pitch to the car park.

Description:
Overlooking Clew Bay, this area is excellent in the winter for waders, geese, ducks and gulls. The nearby Landfill Site on the R311 Castlebar to Newport Road can often bring sightings of unusual gulls.

Best Time to Visit:
Winter

Neighbouring Site:
Mulranny


Birds to look out for:
Geese - Barnacle & Light-bellied Geese,
Waders - Dunlin, Oystercatcher, Curlew, Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Redshank
Ducks - Shelduck,Wigeon, Teal, Mallard
Gulls - Common and Black-headed
Also look out for - Little Egret, Heron, Cormorant, Kingfisher, Little Grebe, Merganser, Mute Swan


Rare / Scarce / Unusual Birds:
Spooonbill (Sept 2005 - 10 juveniles for 3 weeks, 2 ringed in Holland earlier in the year)
White's Thrush (shot near Westport 09/01/1885 - now in the National Museum, Dublin)
American Golden Plover
Franklin's Gull (4th - 16th Dec 1999, at the Landfill Site at Newport)
American Herring Gull (12th - 16th December 1999 at the Landfill Site near Newport)
Ivory Gull (in 1905, 1998 - 2 seen at the Landfill Site near Newport)
Squacco Heron (Westport 1912 - now in the National Museum, Dublin)

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