Bird News Sunday 13th August

The adult American Golden Plover remains at Myroe. Also five Meds and a Whimbrel at Myroe, seven Meds, six adults and a juvenile at Ballykelly. (Stuart McKee / Garry Armstrong). The American Golden Plover was still present this afternoon (Aaron Long / Jeff Larkin)

The Black-winged Pratincole is still at Blanketnook, at the Moyle end (Sean Farrell / Aaron Long)

Rocky Point, Donegal between 8am-10am, wind in WSW winds had 20 Sooty Shearwater, 8 Cory's Shearwater, 1 Great Shearwater, 2 Bonxie, 2 Storm Petrel and 11 Whimbrel (John O'Boyle)

Lough Beg this morning had 19 juvenile Ruff and the first juvenile Black-tailed Godwits of the autumn. (David Steele)

A very distant Yellow Wagtail (not the Black-headed), was on the turf fields south of Shore Ave, Myroe (Jeff Larkin / Aaron Long)

An adult Med Gull was at the flooded meadows, Canal Bank Poyntzpass. (Joe Devlin)