Bird News Monday 21st May

The 2 Pectoral Sandpipers are still in the south west corner of Lough Beg. (Bird Guides).

A male Great Spotted Woodpecker was coming to a feeder in a garden in Ballynahinch (Malcolm Hynes).
 
2 Jays were seen along the dual carriageway from Newtownards to Dundonald - one at the roundabout at Newtownards and the other at Quarry Corner (Micky McCoy).

The Bluethroat continues its stay on Tory Island, Co. Donegal. (Irish Birding).

Thanks to Tom McCreery for this shot a female Red-breasted Merganser, his favourite bird. You can check out the rest of todays bird pictures at www.nibirdpics.blogspot.co.uk

Red-breasted Merganser - Tom McCreery