Bird News Thursday 23rd January

A tristis type Chiffchaff, Great Spotted Woodpecker, flyover Snow Bunting and wing tagged Red Kite were near Armoy. (Clive Mellon / Dave Allen)

The Pied Wagtail roost in Belfast City Centre last night had 270 birds at Bridge Street - close to where the Cathedral Quarter proposed new development will begin. (David Clarke)

Blackcaps are widely reported in gardens at the moment.

Around Donaghadee had 1 Whimbrel,  1 Common Sandpiper, 5-8 Sandwich Terns and 1 Black-throated Diver. (Stephen Foster and Ronan Owens)

Sparrowhawk, Annette Elkin: