Sunday 1st August News

White-tailed Eagle - 1, Church Island, Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry (David Steele)                                  
(Tagged, green left, white right - presumed Co. Kerry bird)

Ruff - 1 (juvenile), Paddys Dub, Lough Beg Co. Londonderry
Dunlin - 3 (juveniles), SW Corner Lough Beg Co. Londonderry
Whimbrel - 1, SW Corner Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry
Oystercatcher - 3, SW Corner Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry
Greenshank - 16, Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry
Mediterranean Gull - 1 (adult), Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down (Dave and Orcilla Hadrick)
Little Egret - 11, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down (Dave and Orcilla Hadrick)
Little Egret - 9, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Common Sandpiper - 10, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Greenshank - 18, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Kingfisher - 1, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Green Sandpiper - 1, adult, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down
Common Sandpiper - 6, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down
Ruff - 1 (juvenile), Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down
Bar Tailed Godwits - 35, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down
Dunlin - 8, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down
Shoveler - 1, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down
Teal - 10, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve, Co. Down
Reed Warbler - 4, Kinnego Hide, Oxford Island, Co. Armagh (Garry Armstrong and Ed O'Hara)

Reed Warbler by Ed O'Hara, Oxford Island today
















Shoveler - 1, Dargan Bay, Co.Antrim
Eider - 800, Dargan Bay, Co. Antrim
Red-breasted Merganser - 25, Dargan Bay, Co. Antrim
Great Crested Grebe - 250, Dargan Bay, Co. Antrim
Redshank - 500, Dargan Bay, Co. Antrim
Black-tailed Godwits - 1000, Dargan Bay, Co. Antrim
Blackcap - 1, Randalstown Forest, Co.Antrim
Jay - 1, Randalstown Forest, Co.Antrim
Spotted Flycatcher - 1, Seaforde Estate, Co. Antrim (Walter Veale)



Thanks to Ed O'Hara for these pics of Reed Warblers at Oxford Island (yesterday)















Green Sandpiper and Common Sandpiper - Belfast Harbour RSPB by Danny Boyd (yesterday)

















Here's some great shots of Sedge Warblers by Mark Killops
























Tired of Reed Warblers and Sedge Warblers yet? Well here's some more from Geoff Campbell















































Republic of Ireland
Sooty Shearwater - 22, Malin Head, Co. Donegal
Sabine's Gull - 1, adult summer, Malin Head, Co. Donegal
Great Skua - 1, Malin Head, Co. Donegal
Balearic Shearwater - 2, Malin Head, Co. Donegal

(all of the Donegal sightings by Ronan McLaughlin)


Here's a great picture of a family of Great Crested Grebes by Ed O'Hara


'What about me dad?!'


Thanks again to Brian Nelson for helping in trying to pin down yesterday's mystery insect - it's a species of sawfly possiblyTenthredo mesomelas


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