Bird News Saturday 14th August

A Pectoral Sandpiper is at the west end of Blanketnook, Donegal. A sub-adult Yellow-legged Gull was there yesterday (Derek Brennan)

A seawatch between 7am and 8:45am at Fanad Head had 69 Sooty Shearwater, 8 Storm Petrel and an Arctic Skua (Wilton Farrelly)

An Arctic Skua was off Castlerock (Richard Donaghey).

Two Red Kites were seen outside Banbridge. (Mike McLaughlin).

A summer plumaged Grey Plover 9 Greylag and a Peregrine were at Ballykelly Marsh. 12 Greylag and 2 Peregrine were at the Roe Estuary. (Martin Deehan).

Two Spottted Flycatchers were in the Antrim hills. (Michael Latham).
 
Thanks to Michael Henderson for the pictures of the Common Sandpiper and the Reed Warbler, to Mike McLaughlin for the picture of the Red Kite, to Tim Jess for the picture of the Great Spotted Woodpecker, to Wilf Swain for the picture of the Buzzard and to Michael Latham for the picture of the Spotted Flycatcher:










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