Bird News Thursday 16th June

 A Rosy Starling is on Rathlin this morning among a large arrival of Starlings. It is mobile, roaming around the west end of the island. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

The female American Wigeon has been reported again at Church Island, Lough Beg.

At Ballycarry Bridge in Larne Lough a Bar-tailed Godwit was with 6 Curlew between 12 and 12.30pm. Also present were 4 Little Egrets, one if full breeding plumage, and a single adult Mediterranean Gull with the Black Headed Gulls. (Kevin Kirkham).

A Marsh Harrier is at Reedy Flats on the south shore of Lough Neagh. (John Lambe).

Reed Warblers continue to show around the Kinnegar hide at Oxford Island. (Michael Latham).

A Cuckoo was seen again at Murlough Nature Reserve outside Dundrum this afternoon. (Ian McKee).

Two Arctic Terns were at Belfast Lough RSPB WOW reserve this morning but there was no sign of the male Garganey. (Derek Polley).

Thanks to Ric Else for the picture of the Rosy Starling, to Michael Latham for the picture of the Reed Warbler and to Derek Polley for the picture of the Arctic Tern:





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