Bird News Thursday 22nd August

Arctic Skua from Kinnegar Shore as well as 100s of Manx Shearwaters (Stuart Cossey). 

Single Little Gull and Great Skua off Rathlin from East Light in an hour this morning (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

Storm Petrel past St John’s Point 8-10am also 20,000+ Manx Shearwaters (Chris Murphy).

20+ Mediterranean Gulls south end of Cloughy Beach near Portavogie (Dermot Hughes).

27 Cory’s and 362 Sooty Shearwaters, 7 Pomarine Skuas past Bloody Foreland, Co Donegal 0630-0930 (RBA).

Albatross species presumed Black-browed at 0745 past Malin Head, Co Donegal. Also 19 Cory’s, Great, 46 Sooty, 3000+ Manx Shearwaters, 8 Sabine’s Gulls, 3 Pomarine, 4 Arctic Skuas, 7 Puffins 0630-0850 (Daniel Moloney).

3 Ruff, 3 Common Sandpipers and 20 Knot at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve this morning and from the Concentric car park a Great Northern Diver flew east out of the Lough this morning (Derek Polley). 4 Ruff this evening (Stuart Cossey).

Osprey still at the Bann Estuary mid afternoon (Rev Rhys Jones / Stephen Riddell).

3 late Swifts over Belfast Waterworks (Garry Wilkinson).

Tara, north of Ballyquintin midday seawatch had Storm Petrel and Great Northern Diver and c3,500 Manx Shearwaters per hour but tailed off at 1pm (Dermot Hughes).

Adult Bonaparte’s Gull again at Carfunnock Bay, Larne (Neal Warnock).

Great Skua, Ric Else:



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