Seawatch at Ballyquintin point 0820-0950: Dark phase Arctic Skua, 450 Sandwich Terns, 3 Common Scoter (Wilton Farrelly / Bob Watts).
Curlew Sandpiper at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve, also pair of Common Scoter off Concentrix cap park (Daniel Newton).
4 Curlew Sandpiper Myroe (Michael Latham).
14 Ruff at Lady Bay (Garry Armstrong).
Wood Sandpiper roosting with Redshank Kinnegar Pools (Stuart Cossey).
2 Arctic Skuas off Portstewart Strand (Stephen Dunbar).
Female Nightjar found at Fintona, Co Tyrone was taken into care at Doolittles Wildlife Rescue near Ballymena and presumed released back into the wild yesterday.
7 Ruff at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve (Chris Hamilton).
Ruff, Whimbrel and 2 Mediterranean Gulls on the Bann Estuary (John Spottiswood / Dennis Weir).
Portstewart pelagic produced Leach’s Petrel, dark phase Arctic Skua and 15 Storm Petrels (Jim Wells et al).
Bloody Foreland, Co Donegal 0745-1045 produced 72 Cory’s Shearwaters, 10 Sooty Shearwaters, 514 Manx Shearwaters , 3 Storm Petrels, Great Skua, 4 Great Northerns Divers (Ralph Shepard).
Wheatear at Dunseverick Harbour (Patrick Barton).
Nightjar, RFCA NI:
Yesterday 2 Ruff were on the west shore of Lough Neagh in Co. Tyrone. (Joe Proudfoot, Joe Doolan).
A Green Sandpiper and a Hen Harrier were at Kebble on Rathlin this morning. (Ric Else, Hazel Watson).
A Pectoral Sandpiper, 3 Curlew Sandpipers and a Little Stint were on the turf fields at Myroe. (Martin Deehan).
3 Curlew Sandpipers, 9 Ruff, the adult Little Ringed Plover and a Kingfisher were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve. (Derek Polley, Bob Watts, Tony Dodds).
An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Kinnegar sewage works. (Bob Watts).
2 Great Skua and an Arctic Skua were chasing terns at Magilligan Point. (Martin Deehan).
An Osprey was seen again at the Barmouth. (Alwyn Spence, Noel Daly).
The Pectoral Sandpiper, 2 Little Stints and 7 Curlew Sandpipers were at Myroe this evening. (John Spottiswood, Stephen & Donna Riddell).
A dark phase Arctic Skua was off Kinnegar shore and 2 Ruff at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this evening. (Wilton Farrelly)
A Bonaparte’s Gull was found at Kinnegar Shore early evening (Daniel Newton). It subsequently moved on to the sewage lagoon.
The Spoonbill was still at RSPB WoW (Daniel Newton)
The Greenish Warbler is still on Tory Island and was in song this morning (Derek Brennan). A Pied Flycatcher was west of the harbour this afternoon (Andy Ellard)
The Curlew Sandpiper was still at RSPB WoW (Gerard McGeehan)
Two juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, one juvenile Little Ringed Plover, Spoonbill at Wow also from WoW, a juvenile Arctic Skua was seen flying down the channel past the Stena ferry and out to sea (Stuart McKee)
A Curlew Sandpiper was at Kilclief, Strangford (Dermot Hughes)
The Bann Estuary had one Osprey, 4 Mediterranean Gulls 2 Arctic skua and 20 Brent were off Ramore (Matthew Tickner)
A seawatch from Rathlin this evening had an adult Sabine's Gull, 4 Sooty Shearwaters, 3 Arctic Skuas, Great Skua, Red-throated Diver and 3 Arctic Terns (Ric Else)
3 Curlew Sandpiper were at RSPB WoW this evening (Michael Latham)
Greenish Warbler, Derek Brennan:
Whimbrel, Castle Ward, Richard Caves:
Bonaparte’s Gull, Aaron Long:
The Spoonbill continues at Belfast Lough Reserve (Daniel Newton). Curlew Sandpiper and 4 Ruff this evening and Swift over Kinnegar (Stuart Cossey).
The Greenish Warbler remains on Tory, Co Donegal (Anton Meenan). Little Auk from the Tory ferry (Billy Miskelly / Sean Gibson).
3 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Ruff and Clouded Yellow from the sea wall near the sewage works, Newtownards (Ian Enlander).
Adult Sabine’s Gull from 0830-1000 seawatch off St John’s Point, also 7 Common Scoters, 5 Brent Geese and a modest movement of Manx Shearwaters, auks and divers (Philip Watson).
Juvenile White-tailed Eagle at Inch Lake, Co Donegal also Marsh Harrier still present, 2 juvenile Black Terns, 18 Ruff (Theo Campbell / Chris Ingram).
Swift and Wheatear at Giant’s Causeway (Kate Porteous).
Ruff and Mediterranean Gull on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
Wood Sandpiper briefly before flying off and Swift over Lough Beg (David Steele).
19 Ruff at Lady Bay (Sean Gibson).
8+ Arctic Skuas, 18 Brent Geese at Grey Point 1805-1955 (Wilton Farrelly / Bob Watts).
5 Brent Geese Ballygally Beach (Paula Campbell).
Lots of Skua action at Magilligan Point including several Arctic Skuas, a Great Skua and several Whimbrel (John Clarke).
Curlew Sandpiper, Ian Enlander:
The Spoonbill is still at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning along with 10 Ruff. (Joe Sweeney, Missy Zepeda).
Two Swifts were over the M2 between Antrim and Belfast. (Alan Fitzsimmons).
Yesterday a Swift was over Galgorm in Ballymena. (Richard Gray).
A Swift was over Ballygally on the Antrim coast this afternoon. (Paula Campbell).
There was no sign of the Pectoral Sandpiper at Lady Bay, 2 Ruff were at Portmore. (Sean Gibson).
Garron Point for a couple of hours this evening in moderate southwesterlies had a single Great Skua and 60+ Storm Petrels, the ‘Stormies’ mostly heading north offshore, one every couple of minutes or so, a few lingering, also Brent Geese on the move, total 150 flew south. (David Steele)
2 Ospreys still at the Bann Estuary (Garry Armstrong et al).
Greenish Warbler still on Tory, Donegal for 3rd day (Anton Meenan).
Spoonbill and several Ruff still at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve (Daniel Newton). Also Peregrine there (Michael Latham / Derek Polley)
St John’s seawatch 0830-1030 produced Storm Petrel, 3 Great Northern Diver, 3 Common Scoter (Chris Veale).
7+ Arctic Skuas (3+ pale, 4+ dark), Great Northern Diver Magilligan Point (Garry Armstrong / Wilton Farrelly / Bob Watts / Philip West / Daniel Newton / Sean Gibson).
2 Curlew Sandpiper, 10+ Mediterranean Gulls at Myroe. c60 Brent Geese, Ruff and Whimbrel at Ballykelly (Garry Armstrong, Daniel Newton et al).
Green Sandpiper Shaws Bridge, Co Armagh (Joe Devlin).
Garron Point from 1250-1850 in strong southerlies had one Leach’s Petrel, four Storm Petrels, one Sooty, 5,000+ Manx, five Arctic Skuas, four Arctic Terns, five Common Terns, 54 Sandwich Terns and 35 Brent Geese (David Steele)
This evening, the Pectoral Sandpiper and 25 Ruff were at Lady Bay (John Cusack)
Swifts at Castlerock, over M2 and 2 at Ballykelly (Bob Watts et al).
First summer Mediterranean Gull, Antrim Marina, Gareth Platt:
Spoonbill, Michael Latham:
7 Brent Geese over Kinnegar (Stuart Cossey).
The Little Ringed Plover is still at Belfast Lough RSPB (Michael Latham). Also juvenile Peregrine caught a Dunlin and flew off (Leia Getty). Little Stint still present at rear of reserve, also Spoonbill still and 2 Whimbrel (Kevin Kirkham). 2 Little Stints late afternoon (Leia Getty).
The Greenish Warbler is present for its second day on Tory, Co Donegal (Anton Meenan).
Tree Pipit mid morning over fields, White Wagtail Bar Hall Bay also Whimbrel at Ballyquintin Point. Whimbrel Kearney (Bob Watts).
Pectoral Sandpiper still Lady Bay with 8 Ruff (Garry Armstrong).
Osprey on the Bann Estuary (Mark McCullough). 2 Osprey this evening , Ruff, Mediterranean Gull, 2 Arctic Terns (John Spottiswood / Alwyn).
Pectoral Sandpiper, Michael Latham:
The Spoonbill and at least 18 Ruff were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Daniel Newton). A Little Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper were also present. (Stephen Riddell). Also a single Whimbrel present. (Stuart McKee). A Peregrine was present this afternoon. (Leia Getty).
A Red Grouse and a Wheatear were at Fardross Mountain in Co. Tyrone. (Colin Bell).
A Little Stint was at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this afternoon. (Daniel Newton).
At least 12 Ruff at Lady Bay, the Pectoral Sandpiper was not seen but may have been present this morning. (Jim Wells).
The Pectoral Sandpiper was still at Lady Bay this afternoon. (Richard Caves).
An Osprey was off the hide at the Barmouth, an Arctic Skua was present this afternoon. (John Spottiswood).
Ramore Head between 2-4pm had 2 Great Shearwaters, 1 Little Egret, 1 Puffin and 2 Bonxie. (Dennis Weir).
A three hour sea watch from Fanad Head this afternoon produced 4 Wilson’s Petrel, 6 Sabines Gulls, 1 Long Tailed Skua, 2 Arctic Skuas, 4 Bonxies, 1 Great Shearwater and 4 Sooty Shearwaters. (Wilton Farrelly/ Jamie Bliss).
A seawatch at Glencolmcille, Donegal from 10.30 to 3 o’clock had 50 Sabines Gulls, 3 Long Tail Skuas, a Pomarine Skua, 3 Great Skuas, 15 Great Shearwaters, 11 Sooty Shearwaters. (Gerard McGeehan, Anthony McGeehan).
Ruff, Gerry Bond.
Knot, Gerry Bond.
No sign yet of the Temmicks Stint today (Sean Gibson et al)
Two Whimbrel and 10 Ruff were the best at RSPB WoW, early morning (Daniel Newton)
A Marsh Harrier was at Portmore Lough RSPB early morning (Sean Gibson)
10 Ruff, a Little Ringed Plover and a Common Sandpiper were at RSPB WoW (Derek Polley)
14 Ruff, 2 Curlew Sandpiper are at Inch, Donegal. 2 Little Stint are at Blanketnook (Chris Ingram)
The Pectoral Sandpiper and 15 Ruff were at Lady Bay (Richard Caves)
Swifts are still been reported.
Pectoral Sandpiper, Richard Caves:
Little Ringed Plover, Stuart McKee:
8 Ruff at Belfast Lough (Jake Grant). 10 Ruff, 2 Whimbrel early afternoon (Stuart McKee / Bob Watts).
2 late Swifts near Ballymac on the Lisburn/ Dundrod Road (Richard Gray).
Pectoral Sandpiper still present with 12+ Ruff at Lady Bay (Tom Garner).
2 Green Sandpipers and 22 Ruff at Lough Beg also a late Swift (David Steele).
Temminck’s Stint this evening at Portmore Lough (Sean Gibson).
Temminck’s Stint: Aaron Long:
The Pectoral Sandpiper and 8 Ruff were still at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh. (Tony Dodds). The bird was still present this afternoon. (Juliet Fleming)
In Donegal Inch had a Marsh Harrier and 13 Ruff and Blanket Nook had 2 Little Stint and 4 Ruff. (Theo Campbell, Chris Ingram).
The Pectoral Sandpiper and 10 Ruff were still at Lady Bay this evening, a female Hen Harrier was over Ballyvannon Road. (Sean Gibson).
Two Osprey still at Bann with Peregrine and four Ruff. Two dark morph Artic Skua and a Wheatear at Magiligan. (Garry Wilkinson, NIOC).
Between 30 and 40 Mediterranean Gulls were at Ratallagh shore between Cloughy and Portavogie. (Graham McElwaine).
Pectoral Sandpiper, Juliet Fleming.
The female Garganey is still preset on the main lake, Castle Espie (Jonny Clark)
11 Ruff are at Inch, Co Donegal (Chris Ingram)
The Pectoral Sandpiper at Lady Bay has been identified from photographs as present on Thursday 21st August (Richard Caves / Oscar Campbell). The bird was still present today (Richard Caves \ Sean Gibson)
An Osprey and 3 Ruff were at the Bann Estuary. An Arctic Skua was off Portstewart (Stephen Riddell)
An Osprey was seen at Oxford Island at 11am (Colin Kennedy)
4 Bonxie were at Kilclief (Tim Davis)
The Spoonbill and a Ruff were at the Quoile (Aaron Long)
A seawatch at St John’s Point, Co Down between 3:30 and 5:30, had an Arctic Skua and a Storm Petrel (Aaron Long)
Garganey, Castle Espie, Jonny Clark:
Pectoral Sandpiper, Richard Caves:
Juvenile Long-tailed Skua and adult Arctic Skua with 100s of Kittiwake and terns at Killard Point by 7am (Stuart Cossey).
Pectoral Sandpiper still at Lady Bay with 8 Ruff. (Dermot Hughes / Gerard McGeehan/ Comghal McQuillan).
Nearby Marsh Harrier at Portmore Lough which was still present this evening (Dermot Hughes / Ken Simpson / Charlie MacFarlane).
Ringtail Hen Harrier at Reedy Flats (Garry Armstrong).
Juvenile Little Ringed Plover, 9 Ruff and Common Sandpiper at Belfast Lough (Stuart McKee).
Red Kite in the Antrim Hills (Michael Latham).
Osprey still Bann Estuary (per John Clarke / Karl Martin)
Adult Little Gull at Cloghfin Port, north of Black Head, Islandmagee this evening (Ian Enlander).
Marsh Harrier and Red Kite at Inch, Co Donegal (Michael Savage).
Osprey, Karl Martin:
RSPB WoW had the Little Ringed Plover and 6 Ruff. Kinnegar has a Whimbrel and White Wagtail (Stuart Cossey) Later in the afternoon, two Little Ringed Plover and the Spoonbill were present (Gerard McGeehan). There are also increasing numbers of Black-tailed and Bar-tailed Godwits (Tom Ennis / Laura Kerr)
There are now 3 Osprey at the Barmouth, mid morning (Ian Mercer)
The Spoonbill is back at the Quoile (Dermot Hughes) An Osprey was also seen later early afternoon (Dan Baillie)
25 Ruff were at Lady Bay (Chris Hamilton)
Early evening a Pectoral Sandpiper was with the Ruff, at Lady Bay It subsequently flew towards Portmore RSPB (Garry Armstrong)
Two Sooty Shearwaters, Balearic Shearwater, four Storm Petrels, four Arctic Skuas and two Arctic Terns amongst other seabirds off Galboly / Garron Point this evening (David Steele)
A Whale watching trip out of Killybegs late afternoon had 1 Great and 2 Arctic Skuas, 6 Sooties and 4 Storm Petrel. Also seen were 2 Fin Whale, at least one Humpback and several Minke (Derek Brennan)
Pectoral Sandpiper, Garry Armstrong:
Two Red Kites were in the Antrim hill. (Kenny Moore, Ian Dickey).
32 Ruff were at Lady bay this morning. (Ed O'Hara). There were still 25 present this evening. (Richard Caves)
Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve had 2 Little Ringed Plovers, 9 Ruff, a Common Sandpiper and there were still 4 Swifts present. (Derek Polley)
A Red Kite was seen from the train at Lurganare north of Newry. (Stuart Cossey).
Two Ospreys were still at the Barmouth. (Alwyn Spence).
A Green Sandpiper is at Portmore this evening. (John Cusack).
Ruff, Juliet Fleming.
Ruff, Richard Caves.
Juvenile Garganey Castle Espie present for 3rd day (Dave Weir).
20+ Ruff at Lady Bay (David Clarke / John Pyper).
Spoonbill, Little Ringed Plover and 7 Ruff at Belfast Lough WoW (Jake Grant / Gerard McGeehan).
65+ Mediterranean Gulls between Portavogie and Cloughy (Dermot Hughes).
Yesterday Rathlin had a Hen Harrier and a Corncrake was seen in flight (Ric Else)
A Mediterranean Gull was seen at Whitehead seafront (Kevin Kirkham)
The first Wheatears of the autumn have been moving through Rathlin (Ric Else)
Two Osprey were at the Barmouth this afternoon (Jim Wells)
14 Ruff were at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh (Chris Veale)
Blanketnook, Co Donegal had a Little Stint, a Wood Sandpiper and 14 Ruff (Derek Brennan)
Whimbrel, Bann Estuary, Gerry Bond:
The Spoonbill and 3 Ruff were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Daniel Newton). The Spoonbill and Ruff were still present this afternoon along with the Little Ringed Plover and 3 Common Sandpipers. (Derek Brennan).
An Osprey was seen again at the Barmouth. (Ian Dickey). Two Ospreys were present early afternoon. (John Clarke).
Four Great Spotted Woodpeckers are visiting a garden on Windmill Road, Annahilt. (Andy Bingham, Garry Wilkinson).
Three Ruff were still at Lady Bay and another Ruff on the pools at Portmore. (Richard Caves).
A Balearic Shearwater went past Galboly / Garron Point this evening with the Manx ‘stream’…also a single Arctic Skua. (David Steele).
Inch in Donegal had 2 Wood Sandpipers, a Little Stint and 14 Ruff. (Derek Brennan).
The Osprey is still at Portmore Lough (Michael Latham).
Spoonbill and Ruff still at Belfast Lough WoW also Little Gull at Kinnegar Shore (Daniel Newton). Great White Egret again early afternoon (Callum Beal).
4 Ruff Lady Bay (Ian Young).
Little Gull at the east end of Reedy Flats also female type Marsh Harrier (Garry Armstrong / Ed O’Hara / Michael Latham).
Osprey flew south over Mullaghboy, Islandmagee towards Whitehead at 1229 (Kevin Kirkham).
Wood Sandpiper, 2 Great White Egrets and Garganey at Lough Beg (David Steele).
Negative news on the Buff-breasted Sandpiper at Myroe Levels but a lot of work going on on the field it was in (Mervyn Guthrie).
Ruff, Richard Caves:
Spoonbill, Stephen Maxwell.
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was still at Myroe this morning (Michael Latham)
Two Ruff are at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh (Tom Garner)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Harbour Meadows, Belfast (Stuart Cossey)
The Great White Egret was in the Kinnegar area this morning before flying towards RSPB WoW (Stuart Cossey)
One of the Ospreys was showing well at the Bann Estuary this morning (Mel O’Hagan)
A trip to Tory Island had over 120 Corys Shearwaters, a Pomarine Skua, Grey Phalarope, a Willow Warbler and 2 Chiffchaff (Derek Brennan)
39 Shearwater were seen early evening passing Fanad Head (Wilton Farrelly)
The Wood Sandpiper was still at Church Island, Lough Beg (Ivan Quail)
An Arctic Skua and a Great Skua were off Galboly, Co Antrim this evening (David Steele)
Buff-breasted Sandpiper (and Sanderling and Knot), Ronald Surgenor:
The Great White Egret and Ruff were still at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Daniel Newton). The Great White Egret was still present this afternoon along with the Spoonbill and Common Sandpipers. (Jake Grant, David Stirling). The Little Ringed Plover was also present this afternoon. (Stuart McKee).
Two Ospreys were again at the Barmouth this morning. (Jonny Rosborough). One Osprey was present this evening. (Ben McCook).
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper and a female Garganey were at Myroe. (Mervyn Campbell).
Five Ruff and a Little Gull were at Lady Bay. (Richard Caves).
The Osprey was still at Portmore. (Sean Gibson).
Another Wood Sandpiper is at Lough Beg, on the open mud at Church Island, dropped in this afternoon. Also present were 2 Great White Egrets, 22 Ruff and 10 Swift. (David Steele).
There is a report of an Osprey at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve. Birdguides).
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Mervyn Campbell.
Ruff, Richard Caves.
Little Gull, Richard Caves.
A Great White Egret was at RSPB WoW. The Spoonbill and a Ruff were also present (Daniel Newton)
The Great White Egret was still present at 10am along with the Little Ringed Plover (Jake Grant)
A Green Sandpiper was on Rathlin this morning (Ric Else)
An Osprey remains off the hide at the Bann Estuary (John Clarke)
The Buff-breasted Sandpiper was again at Myroe with the Golden Plover flock. A Ruff was also present (Sean Gibson / Ian Young)
Lough Beg this evening had Great White Egret, 2 Green Sandpiper and 10 juvenile Ruff (David Steele)
A small flock of Fieldfare were in barley stubble at Myroe. (Rhys Jones).
Great White Egret, Spoonbill and Grey Heron, Daniel Newton:
A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was at Myroe. Also Quail nearby (Aaron Long / Ian Young).
Single Ruff still at Belfast Lough WoW early morning also c5 Common Sandpipers (Daniel Newton).
Red Kite over house near Annahilt (Garry Wilkinson).
2 Ospreys at the Barmouth (Ian Dickey).
Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Aaron Long:
Red Kite, Garry Wilkinson:
The Osprey was upstream from the hide at the Barmouth this morning. There were 2 Ospreys present mid morning.(Jonny Rosborough).
The Spoonbill and 4 Common Sandpipers are at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve. (Jake Grant). Also single Ruff early morning (Daniel Newton).
The Osprey was seen again from the hide at Portmore between 12 and 1 o'clock. (Robbie Hughes).
A Wood Sandpiper (a new bird) was in the southwest corner of Lough Beg this evening. (David Steele).
Osprey, Stephen Riddell.
Wood Sandpiper, David Steele.
The Little Ringed Plover and a Ruff were at RSPB WoW this morning (Daniel Newton). The Spoonbill, 2 Little Ringed Plover and a number of Ruff were there late morning. There was also a high count of 8 Common Sandpiper (Jake Grant)
A Reed Warbler was off the hide at the Quoile (Garry Wilkinson)
A Garganey, 2 Green Sandpiper and 6 Ruff were at Lough Beg (David Steele)
At least 3 Quail were off the Carrowclare Road, Limavady (Derek Brennan / Theo Campbell). On no account should any of the fields be entered.
Spoonbill, Jake Grant:
