Bird News Saturday 26th August

Melmore Head this morning (7:30 to 11) had  380 Manx Shearwater, 15 Sooty Shearwater and one Balearic Shearwater. Also 17 Bonxies, 10 Arctic Skua and 5 Common Scoter (Oscar Campbell)

A Red Kite was seen near Moneyslane - not far from where the juvenile Kite was recently shot (Karen Elliott)

The Forsters Tern was at Soldiers Point, Co Louth. Also present were 3 Grey Plover, 6 Whimbrel, 7 Greenshank and 20 Little Egret. A Ruff was at the Swords Estuary. At Dundalk there was a Spotted Redshank and 2 Ruff  (Gerard McGeehan / Shirley Dunlop)

Grey Point, Belfast Lough in an early evening sea watch had a minimum of 4 Arctic Skua, a Bonxie and 4 Porpoise (Wilton Farrelly)

Thanks to Christine Beggs for this pic of an adult and juvenile Sandwich Tern: