Bird News Saturday 19th October

A Brambling and the 2 Great White Egrets were on Rathlin. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

The Cattle Egret is still in the field opposite the end of the breakwater at Kinnegoe Marina at Oxford Island. (Garry Armstrong, Ed O’Hara).

A partial summer plumaged Red-throated Diver was off Kinnegar shore in Belfast Lough. (Daniel Newton).

3 Pinkfeet were still with Whoopers in fields along Longlands Road, Comber. (Dave Weir).

2 Black-throated Diver and a Great Northern Diver were at Carnlough. (Michael Latham, Aaron Long).

There was no sign of the Snow Bunting on Ramore Head but about 25 Twite were present but disturbed by walkers. (John Clarke).

2 Slavonian Grebes were off Glynn in Larne Lough. An adult Iceland Gull was south of Ballycarry Bridge. (Kevin Kirkham).

A Slavonian Grebe was on Lough Money at midday today. (Dan Bailie).

2 Arctic Terns, an adult and a juvenile, were on the Barmouth pier at Castlerock, 4 Long-tailed Ducks flew east offshore. (Richard Gray).

The 2 Pinkfeet were still in the stubble field north of Kearney,  the best at Ballyquitan was a Merlin and 2 Swallows. (Wilton Farrelly).

Black-throated Divers, Ian Dickey.

Kingfisher, Rod Gillan.