The 1st winter drake Harlequin still at Tra na gCloch near Curranport, Donegal (Chris Ingram / Jim Wells).
Great White Egret at Oxford Island NNR off Owen Roe (Jamie Dillon / Ed O’Hara).
7 Greater Scaup at Inch, Donegal (Leia Getty).
2 Great Northern Divers remain at Lough Beg also 3 Pinkfeet, 2 ringtail Hen Harriers and 3 Great White Egrets (David Steele).
Ringtail Hen Harrier at Culnady (John Spottiswood).
Common Sandpiper along the River Lagan this evening (Mel O’Hagan).
Single Great White Egret at Lough Ross (John Cusack).
Single Twite at Gulladuff, Derry (John Spottiswood).
Common Sandpiper, Mel O'Hagan.
Great White Egret, Ed O'Hara.
Raven, Rod Gillan.
A Cattle Egret was at Diamond Lane, near Portmore RSPb (Jim Wells)
The two Great Northern Divers were still off Oxford Island. Two Great White Egrets and a Hen Harrier were seen on Owen Roe (Ed O’Hara)
A Pink-footed Goose was with the Greylags at Lady Bay (Jim Wells)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Rathlin (Jon Biddle)
Cattle Egret, Wilson Gardiner:
Great Northern Divers, Ed O’Hara:
Pink-footed Goose, Wilson Gardiner:
The Great White Egret is still present at Owen Roe, Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).
2 redhead Goosander still on Begney Lough this afternoon (David Nixon).
The first winter drake Harlequin Duck was still present at Trá na gCloch, Curranport, north west Donegal (Derek Brennan)
The Great White Egret remains at Owen Roe Flat, Oxford Island (Ed O’Hara)
The Lesser Yellowlegs remains on Rathlin. (Ric Else / Hazel Watson)
Two female Ring-necked Duck were at Dunfanaghy New Lake. Two Cackling Geese were still with the Barnacles there (Derek Brennan)
Up to 9 Little Gulls were seen of Galboly from 11am to 3pm (David Steele)
The Isle of Muck had 2 Whimbrel and 3 Red-throated Diver (Ian Enlander)
The Taiga Bean Geese were still with Pink-feet at the rear of Blanketnook (Chris Ingram)
The two Bittern seem to have been seen at different times at Inch today. One showed well off the Tooban Hide.
A single Woodcock was at Eshnadara,nr Rosslea Co Fermanagh this afternoon (Colin Bell)
Video footage of the Harlequin Duck, Derek Brennan:
Female Ring-necked Duck, Derek Brennan:
Long-tailed Duck in Ballycastle harbour (Patrick Barton).
Crossbill heard at Glenarrif Forest Park (Chris Hamilton).
Single Whimbrel At Ballymacormack Point (Simon Morton).
Slavonian Grebe at Glynn (Michael Latham).
Lesser Scaup and ringtail Hen Harrier at Portmore Lough (Daniel Newton / Garry Armstrong).
The best at Portavogie was a Grey Plover and 6+ Purple Sandpipers but no sign of the Black Redstart in half hour search (Bob Watts)
An adult Little Gull was at Red Bay (David Steele)
A Common Gull showing some features of the hybrid was at Millisle. 6 Purple Sandpiper were at Donaghadee (Bob Watts)
2 Green Sandpiper were in the flooded area adjacent to Newry Canal towpath, 0.9 km north of Madden Bridge (between Tandragee and Gilford), Co. Armagh (David Knight)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Hillsborough Park Lake this morning (Dougie Gamble)
Two Great White Egret were at Lough Ross on the Monaghan / Armagh border (John Cusack)
Common Gull, Bob Watts:
Red Kite yesterday on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
Long tailed Duck flew by Portstewart Head this morning (Stephen Riddell).
2 Black-throated Divers Carnlough Bay. Barn Swallow feeding over the coast at Galboly. 3 Black-throated Divers in Red Bay from O’Kanes lay-by (David Steele).
Great Spotted Woodpecker on feeders at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW Reserve (Derek Polley).
Merlin at Ramore (Ian Dickey).
Merlin, Ian Dickey:
The Green Sandpiper and a drake Goosander were at Corbet Lough, Banbridge (David McCreedy)
A juvenile/ 1st-w White-rumped Sandpiper was with Dunlin at the south end of Lough Beg. A Little Stint was also present. Unusually a Shag was on the lake (presumably blown in by yesterday’s storm) and also three Great Northern Divers. No sign of the Snow Goose (David Steele)
The Lesser Yellowlegs and a Red Kite were on Rathlin today (Jon Biddle)
A Bittern was seen again at Inch in Donegal. (Theo Campbell, Chris Ingram).
The Lesser Yellowlegs is still on Rathlin. (Jon Biddle).
1w drake Harlequin still present 8.50am 50m out on surf line with small gull flock @ the Tra na gCloch pin drop, Donegal (Andy Young).
Bittern at 0815 Inch, Donegal (Steve Millar).
2 Great Northern Divers off Owen Roe at the back of the Discovery Centre, Oxford Island NNR. Also adult Peregrine and Great White Egret at Kinnegoe Bay (Ed O’Hara).
Green Sandpiper still at Corbet Lough this morning (David McCreedy).
Red Kite at Rush Hall, near Limavady (John Pudney).
7 Purple Sandpipers and a Merlin at Portrush Coastal Zone (Mel O’Hagan).
Blue phase Snow Goose with 2 Greylags, ringtail Hen Harrier and 2+ Great White Egrets at south end of Lough Beg this morning (Dermot Hughes).
Great White Egret at Reedy Flats this afternoon (John Spratt).
Red Kite, John Pudney:
One of the Bittern showed this morning off the platform hide at Inch (Jon Biddle)
The first winter drake Harlequin was showing this morning off north west Donegal at: https://maps.app.goo.gl/6Fo5vjRq6uCc4h8e7?g_st=ipc
The Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper were at Corbet Lough, Banbridge (John Spottiswood)
At least 9 Taiga Beans were still with the Pinkfoot flock in fields behind Blanket Nook lake near blue containers). Donegal (Jon Biddle)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was seen yesterday on Rathlin by RSPB volunteers.
At Dunfanaghy New Lake, Co. Donegal: 2 Richardson’s Cackling were still with Barnacles. 2 Pink-feet were also present. 2 female Ring-necked Ducks and a male hybrid Ring-necked x Tufted (Aidan Kelly)
A Snow Bunting was on the beach at Warren Road north of Donaghadee this morning (Richard Weyl)
A drake and female Goosander were at Mill Bay, Larne Lough (Cameron Moore)
1w drake Harlequin feeding just offshore at Curranport, Donegal (Jon Biddle).
Merlin and Great Northern Diver on Rathlin also Chiffchaff still present yesterday (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
10+ Taiga Bean Geese still amongst the Pinkfeet flock at Blanket Nook, Donegal (Chris Ingram).
Adult Little Gull with a feeding flock off Galboly / Garron Point (David Steele).
Bittern again at Inch, Donegal late afternoon after a 6 hour wait (Ian Young).
No sign of the 2 Taiga Bean Geese at New Lake, Dunfanaghy in poor conditions this afternoon, but the 2 Cackling Geese with Barnacles, 2 Pinkfeet with Greylags & just over 100 Greenland WFs including 4 or so juvs (Jon Biddle).
Red Kite still present at Myroe (Rev Rhys Jones).
A Great White Egret and two Great Northern Diver were off Oxford Island (Ed O’Hara)
A Green Sandpiper and 7 Goosander were on Corbet Lake this morning. A Red Kite was also seen. (David McCreedy)
A Black Redstart was near Fishermans Row, Killough (Ann Feltham)
A Black Redstart was at Newcastle Harbour (Danny Baillie)
The Harlequin Duck was again at Curranport, Co Donegal. At Dunfanaghy New Lake, two Taiga Geese were with Whitefronts and Greylags close to the Anglers Car Park. A Green-winged Teal was at the west end. Two Cackling Geese were with the Barnacles. (Ralph Sheperd)
The Spotted Redshank was still at Dundrum South Inner Bay (David Nixon)
Spotted Redshank, David Nixon:
The wing-tagged Red Kite was still around Myroe this morning. (Rev Rhys Jones).
7 Goosanders are on Corbet Lough outside Banbridge, the birds are at the far end of the lough from the carpark. (David McCreedy).
A Great Northern Diver was in Kinnegoe Bay at Oxford Island. (Ed O'Hara).
A Common Sandpiper was at Penny Burn in Derry. (John Spottiswood).
A Great White Egret was at Inishcreenry, Upper Lough Erne in Fermanagh. (Gavin Thomas).
A Carrion Crow was at Sharman House in Bangor. (James Harte).
Great Northern Diver, Ed O'Hara.
Red-throated Diver, Terry Hanna.
Great Northern Diver still present in Portrush Harbour (Rodney Gillan).
11 Taiga Bean Geese still at Blanket Nook, Lough Swilly, Donegal (Chris Ingram).
Drake Lesser Scaup and drake Ring-necked Duck at Portmore Lough (Gavin Thomas).
Ringtail Hen Harrier and female Greater Scaup at Reedy Flats (Gavin Thomas).
2 Red Kites and a Merlin in the Antrim Hills (Ivan Cullen).
Ringtail Hen Harrier at Inch, Donegal (David Hill).
Wing-tagged Red Kite around Myroe (Nigel McFarland).
Great Northern Diver, Rodney Gillan:
The Lesser Yellowlegs remains on Rathlin (Jon Biddle)
40 Purple Sandpiper were at the Coastal Zone, Portrush. A flock of 30 Twite were also present. (Rod Gillan)
The first winter drake Harlequin Duck was seen again at Curransport, north west Donegal, this morning. Location: https://maps.app.goo.gl/y8ZN3eJ2VH12A9Fm9?g_st=ipc
A Snow Bunting was feeding on the tide line at Whitepark Bay (Patrick Barton)
Purple Sandpipers, Rod Gillan:
A female Brambling was at the Magheradartin Road, about 500m before the Comber Road, Hillsborough (Garry Wilkinson)
Two drake Ring-necked Duck are on Lough Fern, Co Donegal (Jamie Bliss)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was on Rathlin this morning along with a Snow Bunting and 35 Purple Sands (Jon Biddle)
The flock of Purple Sandpiper remain at the Coastal Zone, Portrush (Leia Getty)
A Red Kite was in the Antrim Hills (Michael Latham)
Two Cackling Geese were at the east end of Falcarragh Beach with the Barnacle Geese (Jamie Bliss)
Three Goosander were on Lough Begney near Dromara (David Nixon)
A Common Sandpiper was seen at the Governors Bridge, Stranmillis, Belfast (Stuart Cossey)
A Purple Sandpiper and a Red-throated Diver were seen at Whitehead Bay. A Barnacle Goose was at Larne Lough with a flock of 70 Greylags (Cameron Moore)
The Harlequin Duck was looked for at Port Arthur beach this morning, without success. A Grey Phalarope was however present. A female Ring-necked Duck was at Inch (Andrew McMillan)
6 Purple Sandpipers at Dunseverick Pools (Patrick Barton).
Female or immature Black Redstart from Memorial Garden, Fisherman's Row, Killough (Ann Feltham).
2 Great White Egret off Croaghan Island, Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).
Adult Mediterranean Gull at Whitehead (Gerard McGeehan).
2 Snow Buntings on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
4 Woodcock were seen at the Rectory, Drumquin Road, Limavady (Rev Rhys Jones)
14 Purple Sandpiper were on Rathlin (Hazel Watson / Ric Else)
Goosander at the mouth of River Bush Portballintrae (Stephen Riddell).
11 Taiga Bean Geese among large flock of Pinkfeet at new location behind Blanket Nook, Donegal (Chris Ingram et al).
Goosander, Stephen Riddell:
A ring-tail Hen Harrier was at Portmore Lough RSPB (Kenny Moore)
The Harlequin Duck was seen yesterday at Port Arthur. However this morning there was no sign of it, north of there to Glassagh. A Black-throated Diver was present (Robert Vaughan)
The Great Northern Diver is still in Portrush Harbour. 50 Purple Sandpiper were also near The Coastal Zone (Juliet Fleming)
Two Great White Egret and a ring tail Hen Harrier were at Oxford Island (Ed O’Hara)
A Snow Bunting was heard flying over The Moors, Castlerock (John Spottiswood)
A boat trip on Belfast Lough today had 5 Slavonian Grebe, 4 Common Scoter, circa 50 Red-throated Diver and 14 Great Northern Diver (Stuart McKee)
2 Chiffchaff were on Rathlin (Hazel Watson)
Great Northern Dover at Portrush Harbour (Donna Riddell).
Snow Bunting at the far end of Ballycastle Beach (Conor McCoy).
2 Snow Buntings yesterday on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
Great Northern Diver, Donna Riddell:
4 Pinkfeet with Greylags in field N of Greyabbey (Aaron Long et al).
10+ Mediterranean Gulls Kirkiston (Philip West et al).
Male Black Redstart Portavogie along shoreline also Grey Plover and 12 Purple Sandpipers (Wilton Farrelly et al).
2 Bitterns still at Inch, Donegal (Martin Deehan / John Biddle). Also 11 Taiga Bean Geese and 2 Pinkfeet behind Burt GAA club (Hugh Delaney).
Snow Bunting, Jack Snipe, 4 Grey Plover Ballyqintin Point (Bob Watts et al).
Female Scaup from Waddells Hill (Road by Castle Espie) (Stuart Cossey).
Female Marsh Harrier at Portmore Lough (Michael Latham).
Female Marsh Harrier, Lough Cowey (Bob Watts et al)
Snow Bunting, Aaron Long:
Female Marsh Harrier at Croaghan Island, Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).
The long-staying hybrid Ring-billed x Common Gull remains at Millisle (Aaron Long).
Male Black Redstart still present on the rocks near the New Quays pub, Portavogie (Aaron Long).
The morning NIOC boat-trip on Lough Beg had 2 Great Northern Divers, female type Long-tailed Duck, ringtail Hen Harrier, Ruff and a Green Sandpiper which was on the river north of the A6 road bridge (Richard Gray /Jim Wells et al).
No sign of the Taiga Bean Geese this morning in Inch, Donegal but a Russian Whitefront, a Pinkfoot, and 9 Barnacle Geese on the road to Farland. Also 800 Whitefront, and single Barnacle and 2 Brent Geese at Drumardagh (Chris Ingram).
2 Red-throated Divers close in at Glenarm Bay (David Gillespie).
Siberian Chiffchaff at Runkerry (Matthew Tickner).
White-rumped Sandpiper, Gerry Bond:
Yesterday both Hen and Marsh Harrier at Portmore Lough RSPB (Arnie Livingston).
The 1st winter drake Harlequin was again at Port Arthur seen from near the picnic table then flew north but had returned by 1415 (Mike McLaughlin).
A single male Black Redstart still at Portavogie on the rocks (Jonathan Clark).
Harlequin, Mike McLaughlin:
Tory Island had two Pink-footed Geese and a male Brambling. Yesterday an immature male Ring-necked Duck was also present. (Anton Meenan)
A ring tail Hen Harrier was seen on Divis Mountain (Gerry Judge)
A female Great Spotted Woodpecker was in a garden near Hillsborough (Juliet Fleming)
A male Black Redstart was on the rocks at Portavogie Harbour (Justin Childs)
On Rathlin, the Lesser Yellowlegs was with Redshank south of Doon Bay a Chiffchaff was seen near the church (Dermot Hughes)
Two Snow Bunting were heard on Rathlin (Hazel Watson)
There was negative news on the Harlequin Duck today.
Great Spotted Woodpecker, Juliet Fleming:
The 6 Ruddy Shelduck remain at Kiltonga NR (David Bowman).
The Spotted Redshank is still at Dundrum South Inner Bay and a male Merlin at Nutgrove (Swan site) at Seaforde (David Nixon).
7 Purple Sandpipers on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
Kestrel, Stevie Brennan:
19 Snow Bunting flew south over Church Harbour, Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson)
A female Brambling was in a garden near Hillsborough. A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at the Quoile (Garry Wilkinson)
The Bittern was seen again from the platform at Inch, Donegal (Mike McLaughlin/ David McCreedy)
Two Snow Bunting were in Runkerry sand dunes this afternoon (Matthew Tickner). Another Snow Bunting was seen in the Sperrins (Robert Vaughan)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was seen again on Rathlin (Paul Quinn)
A Glossy Ibis and a Goosander were at Ballycarry (Cameron Moore)
On Saturday a Brambling was in a garden in Antrim (Mark Smyth)
Bittern, Mike McLaughlin:
Snow Bunting, Robert Vaughan:
This Chiffchaff was seen on Rathlin yesterday and appears to show some tristis features:
2 White-fronted Geese south past Killard also 2 Black-throated Divers on sea (Stuart Cossey).
Brambling, 3 Sandwich Tern and female Blackcap at Bar Hall Bay (Bob Watts).
Jack Snipe at Ballyquintin Point, 2 Blackcap Bar Hall Bay (Richard Weyl).
Merlin at Templecowey (Bob Watts).
Pinkfoot with Greylag flock N of Greyabbey (Richard Weyl).
2 Great White Egret Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).
Bittern again at Inch from the platform (Donegal Birding).
2 Slavonian Grebes at Glynn (Michael Latham).
On Rathlin 6 Snow Buntings, 4 Chiffchaffs, 2 Blackcap (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
Drake Goosander in Larne Bay (Leia Getty).
A Whimbrel and approximately 1000 Kittiwake in a mixed feeding flock Isle of Muck (Ian Enlander).
1w Common Tern Portstewart Strand (Martin Clift).
2 Red Kites in the Antrim Hills (Michael Latham).
A Snow Bunting at Myroe this morning (Mervyn Guthrie).
The 6 Ruddy Shelduck of unknown origin remain at Kiltonga NR (Colin Bell).
Just 3 Mediterranean Gulls at Cloghy Beach (Bob Watts).
American Golden Plover in stubble field SE of lake and Long-tailed Duck at Inch, Donegal (Matthew Tickner).
Merlin hunting over grassland behind Pitt’s area (Robert Plant).
12 Mediterranean Gulls (mostly adult) at east end of Ballyholme Bay this morning (Anthony McGeehan).
Great White Egret at Hillhead Road, Co Derry (Rodrigo Ferronato).
Goosander, Leia Getty:
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The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Rathlin. A Snow Bunting, Woodcock and 11 Purple Sandpipers were also present (Ric Else / Hazel Watson)
The Ruddy Shelduck remain at Kiltonga, Newtownards (Michael Latham)
15+ Mediterranean Gulls were at Cloughey (Bob Watts)
Two Grey Plover were at Barr Hall Bay, Co Down (Bob Watts). Another Grey Plover was at Dundrum Inner Bay (Mel O’Hagan)
Two Great Northern Diver were at Newcastle Harbour (Chris Rankin)
A Merlin was at Rinagree, Portstewart (Richard Donaghey)
The first winter Harlequin Duck remains at Port Arthur beach, north west Donegal.
Ruddy Shelduck, Michael Latham:
The Lesser Yellowlegs is still on Rathlin near the Rue Pont lighthouse (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
The 1w Drake Harlequin is still at Port Arthur, Donegal (Tom Garner).
The 6 Ruddy Shelduck are still present near the weir at Kiltonga NR, near Newtownards and present since at least Sunday 9th November (Juliet Fleming).
Ruddy Shelducks, Garry Wilkinson (1 & 2), Juliet Fleming (3), Stephen Maxwell (4):
