Bird News for Friday 4th March.

Goldie was fortunate that the Harbour Sparrowhawk took Friday off and sent a trainee instead'

Thanks to Brian Douglas for the amusing caption above, picture was from the RSPB Harbour

Reserve.

4 Goosander were at Lough Island Reavy Co.Down 2 male and 2 fem type.(Irishbirding)

At Strangford Lough a BT Diver was at Kircubbin and along the Outer Ards a RT Diver at Ballyquintin Point and 2 Sandwich Tern between Ballywalter and Ballyhalbert (Harold McCourt).

6 Gadwall (4 of them male) and 4 Pochard were at Hillsborough Park Lake and 20 Eider (most of them male) at Kinnegar shore (Davy Brookes)

A male Brambling was in a garden in Ballymena (Shirley Gray).

Some late news from yesterday the Snow Goose was seen at the RSPB Portmore Lough Reserve and the Ferruginious Duck was at Lurgan Park.(Irishbirding)