The Baird’s Sandpiper was still at the east side of Blanketnook near the pump house. 2 Little Stint were also present (Derek Brennan)
A Great White Egret is at The Quoile (John Mason)
The Osprey was still at the north end of Lough Beg. 11 Ruff best at Long Point. (Richard Gray)
6 Ruff were on Ardglass Golf Course (Chris Murphy)
A Curlew Sandpiper was at Drains Bay (Linda Thompson)
The juvenile Black Tern was still at Lough Beg this afternoon, also at least 2 Glossy Ibis and 20 Ruff (eight juveniles) (David Steele)
An Arctic Skua chasing Terns off Helen's Bay. 2 Ruff at Belfast WoW. (Shane Brighton)
This morning St John’s Point had a Pomarine Skua, a Red-throated Diver and a good passage of Manx Shearwater (Warren Fowles)
Great White Egret, John Mason:
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Adult summer plumaged Sabine’s Gull this morning from Stena ferry off Whiteabbey. Following ferry briefly after flying in from Carrickfergus direction (Geoff Campbell).
Late news from yesterday on Rathlin of a Leach’s Petrel which flew into a hotel! (Katy Bell).
Seawatch from Fanad Head, 7:15 to 9 am, 350+ Sooty Shearwater, 6 Bonxie, 5 Arctic Skua (Wilton Farrelly).
Baird’s Sandpiper at Blanketnook, Donegal at the Grange end (Derek Brennan).
Singles of Great and Arctic Skua, Little Gull and Whimbrel at Magilligan Point (Garry Armstrong, David Steele, Stuart McKee, Hal McCullough).
Possible Hobby at Portmore Lough (Gary Brown). Great White Egret and Merlin also present (John Cusack).
Brent Geese seen at several sites today and yesterday eg flock of 37 at Whitehead (Gerrard McGeehan).
Adult American Golden Plover still present 5pm also 5 Curlew Sandpipers and 3 Little Stints (Garry Armstrong, David Steele, Hal McCullough & Stuart McKee).
Marsh Harrier at the Starbog Road (Ivan Quail).
Deceased Barn Owl on the M1 hard shoulder between Lurgan and Moira (Alan Dickson).
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull as Dundrum (David Nixon).
Osprey at Quoile Pondage (Utkarsh Sakshena).
Sabine’s Gull, Geoff Campbell:
Leach’s Petrel, Katy Bell:
Barn Owl hunting in lowland field near Eglinton airport close to railway at 0810 (Peter Elliott).
Green Sandpiper on pond at private land near Carryduff (Clive Mellon).
2 Ospreys at Quoile Pondage this morning (Daniel Bailie). The 2 Ospreys were near the Castle Island hide this afternoon. (Harvey Hughes).
Last night a Wood Sandpiper was at Lady Bay. (John Cusack).
A male Blue-winged Teal was shot on the south shore of Lough Neagh this morning.
A Ruff was at the Bann Estuary, there was no sign of the Osprey. (James McDowell).
There was no sign of the Wood Sandpiper at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this evening but a Curlew Sandpiper was seen briefly. (Daniel Newton).
Green Sandpiper, Clive Mellon:
3 Curlew Sandpiper were off the Tready Hide at Inch. Another was off the viewing platform (Searlas Anderson)
The Osprey still at Lough Beg, opposite side of Longpoint (Jonny Rosborough)
A seawatch from Bloody Foreland, 630 to 1030 had 25 Corys Shearwater, 10 Great Skua, 1216 Manx Shearwater, 2 Pomarine Skua and 7 Sooty Shearwater. (Michael Thornton)
Lough Beg / The Bann today had an Osprey, 6 Glossy Ibis, 3 Green Sandpiper, 5 Great White Egret and Whooper Swans (Jim Wells et al)
Fanad Head this morning from 6:45 to 10am had circa 25 Corys Shearwater, 6 Great Shearwater, 5Sooty Shearwater, a Storm Petrel, a Pomarine Skua, 3 Arctic Skua and 4 Bonxie (WF, SD, AL, JB)
The Wood Sandpiper and three Ruff were still at RSPB WoW (Alan Fitzsimmons)
Rocky Point, Donegal this morning had 9 Cory’s, 7 Sooty and 1 Bonxie. Malin beg “magic” garden, had a Wood Warbler, although elusive (Dermot Hughes / John O'Boyle)
An adult Iceland Gull was at Loughshore, Shore Road, Whiteabbey (Tony Dodds)
A Marsh Harrier and Hen Harrier were in the Antrim Hills (Ewan McKenzie)
Galboly this evening up to 20:15 had 152+ European Storm Petrels, all after 18:00 when the northwest breeze dropped out…most flying quickly north but a few groups pausing to feed quite close in with Manx Shearwaters; also seen, singles of Sooty Shearwater, Great Skua and Arctic Skua (David Steele)
Myroe had several Curlew sandpiper and at least 2 Little Stints (Ivan Quail / Nicky Lynn / John Clarke / Michael Latham)
Wood Sandpiper, Alan Fitzsimmons:
This interesting corvid has been around House of Vic-ryn, Moira Road, Lisburn it possibly shows some characteristics of House Crow:
21 Ruff, single Curlew Sandpiper and Great White Egret off Long Point, Lough Beg (Ivan Quail).
Osprey at north end of Lough Beg this evening and 6 Great White Egrets (David Steele).
Adult and 2 juvenile Ruff at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve (Stuart McKee, Gerrard McGeehan).
Osprey still from Castle Island hide, Quoile (Ewan McKenzie).
Two Ruff were at RSPB WoW this morning (Daniel Newton) Three Ruff (two juvenile and an adult) were present at lunchtime (Stuart McKee)
Four Spotted Flycatcher were at Augher River walk this morning (Colin Bell)
A Ruff was at Ladys Bay, Lough Neagh (Richard Caves)
An Osprey was seen flying down river over Steamboat Quay to Castle Island Hide, the Quoile at 2pm (Tim Davis) The bird was still present at 5:30pm (Laura Millar)
Juvenile Ruff, Richard Caves:
An Osprey was at Kilmore Quay Lower Lough Erne this morning, it flew south west behind Inishcorkish Island out of view. The Osprey returned to the area before flying off eastwards. (Colin Bell).
Two juvenile Curlew Sandpipers, a Stock Dove, two Wheatear, two Mediterranean Gulls and juvenile Peregrine were at Myroe. (Theo Campbell, Paul McSwiggin). One of the juvenile Curlew Sandpipers was still at Myroe this evening. (John Spottiswood).
On Arranmore in Donegal a juvenile Citrine Wagtail was at Poolawaddy ( NE corner ), flew towards Leabgarrow. (3rd Island record). (Andrew McMillan).
An Osprey and a Common Sandpiper are at the Barmouth hide. (Searlas Anderson).
Two Spotted Flycatchers were near the Discovery Centre at Oxford Island. (Ed O'Hara).
A Whimbrel and a Greenshank were the best at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve. (Derek Polley).
The Osprey and at least five Great Egrets still at Lough Beg however no sign of the Black Tern. There are also a few small waders about including four juvenile Sanderling. (David Steele).
The Chough is still at Torr Head. (Ivan Cullen).
A male Hen Harrier flew over Dungannon park being harassed by gulls. (David Shilliday).
A single Sooty Shearwater and 800 Manx Shearwaters past Galboly in a couple of hours this evening in nearly calm conditions. (David Steele).
A Swift was at Woodcroft, Ballymena this evening. (Richard Gray).
An Osprey was seen circling over Killyleagh road close to the bridge on the Quoile river today at 12:30.
Spotted Flycatcher, Ed O'Hara.
Osprey, Searlas Anderson.
Common Sandpiper, Searlas Anderson.
