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Groomsport marsh had 3 Curlew Sandpipers and 7 Sanderling. 2 Long-tailed Duck were off Ballymacormick Point. (James Rooney).
Fanad Head, Donegal had 350 Sooty Shearwaters, 500 Manx and three Great Shearwater in calm conditions feeding on fish getting pushed to the surface by a pod of Dolphins (Stuart McKee)
3 Wheatear were today at Ballyhalbert Harbour, 2 of which were Greenland (Derek Polley)
Lough Beg this morning had 4 Ruff, a Garganey, 2 Pintail and 7 Gadwall. (Richard Hunter).
A 1 hour seawatch at Fanad Head in Donegal had 110 Sooty Shearwaters, 4 Storm Petrels, 3 Great Skua and an Arctic Skua. A Curlew Sandpiper was on the beach at the fish facvtory. (Wilton Farrelly).
Belfast WOW reserve this morning had a single Roseate Tern, 2 Ruff, a Whimbrel and 2 Knot. (Garry Armstrong, Ed O'Hara, Daniel Newton).
Seawatching from the Rue on Rathlin this morning produced 1 adult Pomarine Skua, 2 Arctic Skuas, 2 Great Skuas and 5 Storm Petrels. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).
A Yellow-legged Gull was at the bottom of Bay Road in Larne. (Ed Simpson).
3 Great Northern Divers were off Newcastle promenade this afternoon, a Sanderling was also present. (Kevin Kirkham).
Laby Bay, Lough Neagh had 6 Ruff and 3 Common Sandpiper. (Michael Latham).
Along the north coast Myroe had 2 Curlew Sandpipers and a Ruff, the Barmouth had 2 Ruff and Ramore Head had 2 Arctic Skua's and a Bonxie. (Neal Warnock).
Thanks to Michael Latham for the picture of the Ruff and to Neal Warnock for the pictures of the Curlew Sandpipers and the Ruff:
Lady Bay, Lough Neagh this morning had 2 Green Sandpipers, 9 Ruff, 8 Common Sandpipers and 7 Ringed Plover. (Ed O'Hara)
Belfast WOW: 1 Roseate Tern, 1Ruff and a Greenshank (Dave Peers)
St Johns Point between 7am - 8am had 12 Arctic Tern and a Arctic Skua.(Chris Murphy)
One Sooty Shearwater was off the West Light, Rathlin Island. (Ric Else/Hazel Watson)
An Osprey was seen flying from Lough Macnean Upper to Lough Macnean Lower at Belcoo, Fermanagh. (Richard Gray)
The Spotted Sandpiper was seen again at Castle Espie WWT. (Zoe Anderson).
The Rose-coloured Starling was still at Rossnowlagh (Paul Keogh)
Belfast RSPB WOW reserve this moring had four Roseate Terns, three adults and a juvenile, two Ruff and a Common Sandpiper. (Garry Armstrong, Ed O'Hara, Daniel Newton).
A Sanderling was at Kinnegar shore. (Gerard McGeehan, Shirley Dunlop).
A Whimbrel was at Whitehouse Lagoon in Belfast. (Kevin Kirkham).
Thirty Six Ruff, mostly juveniles were at Mullagh, Lough Beg this afternoon. (David Steele).
Roseate Terns and Ruff from WOW, Sanderling from Kinnegar shore and thanks to Lindsay Hodges for the picture of the Common Sandpiper and Comghal McQuillan for the picture of the Wheatear:
A Roseate Tern and two Ruff were at Belfast RSPB WOW reserve this morning. (Daniel Newton).
The two Green Sandpipers and four Common Sandpipers were at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh this morning. (Garry Armstrong)
The Spotted Sandpiper was still showing today at Castle Espie (Stuart Rosell).
A Little Gull, Mediterranean Gull, Knot and Purple Sandpiper were at Kinnegar, Belfast Lough this afternoon. (Kevin Kirkham).
The Rose-coloured Starling was still at Rossnowlagh in Donegal.
This morning the two Green Sandpipers and three Common Sandpipers were at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh. (Ed O'Hara).
A juvenile Curlew Sandpiper was at the mudflat area at the entrance to Ballymacormick Point, Groomsport. (James Rooney)
An adult Rose-coloured Starling is at Rossnowlagh, Co Donegal (Brad Robson).
Our thanks to Thomas Campbell for the photo's of the Oystercatchers and the Gannet and also to Juliet Fleming for the Common Sandpiper. 
The Spotted Sandpiper was seen again this morning from the Crannog at Castle Espie. (Ed O'Hara)
Lough Beg this afternoon had three Garganey in the southwest corner, an Osprey (a different individual to the one seen several times in July and on 4th August) and 15 Ruff including at least one juvenile (David Steele)
Spotted Sandpiper, Ed O'Hara:
The Spotted Sandpiper was seen again off the Brent Hide although it has been elusive this morning (Gerard McGeehan/ Shirley Dunlop) Bird still present at 16.15.(John Spottiswood) .
A count of 21 Little Egrets at Larne Lough this afternoon.(Kevin Kirkham)
A Great Skua flew across Millquarter Bay this afternoon.(Ian Jackson)
The past two days there has been a Green Sandpiper at Killymuck on the west shore of L Neagh, plus a Whimbrel and 9 Common Sandpiper today.(James O'Neill)
The Spotted Sandpiper photo's kindly sent in by Ian Enlander(top) and Comghal McQuillan(bottom)
