Bird News Monday 20th January

A flock of about 20 Waxwings were on a tree on the street outside Lorag Recreation Centre on the Lagan at lower Ormeau in Belfast at 1.30pm on Monday (Gearóid Ó Muilleoir)

9 Purple Sandpiper were at Portstewart Head (Sean Hickey)

A 2nd Winter Med Gull was at the Crescent Play Area, Portstewart this afternoon (Tom Ennis)

Thanks to Davy Adams for this picture of a leucistic Oystercatcher at Kinnegar Shore:

Black Redstart, Portstewart, Stephen Dunbar: