nibirds: September 2025

Bird News Tuesday 30th September 2025

A juvenile Sabine's Gull was off the Rue on Rathlin this morning and a female or juvenile Pintail in Church Bay. Also present were 2 Arctic Skuas and 9 White Wagtails. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

The Swainson's Thrush is still at Malinmore in Donegal, in the garden at the crossroads. (Chris Ingram). The bird was present into the afternoon. The bird stayed in the same garden (just before crossroads in Malinmore valley) all day. It has a circuit around the grass/leaves and should be looked for from a parking area that overlooks the garden (with a small yellow gate). Do not enter garden. Bird easily seen from car park. One circuit takes about twenty minutes. So if not on view, be patient. Occasionally hops up on to roadside wall too. (Anthony McGeehan).

A 1st winter Mediterranean Gull was on Runkerry beach this morning. (Stephen Riddell)

3 Common Terns were at Kinnegar shore. (Bob Watts).

A Curlew Sandpiper was at Myroe this morning, there was no sign of the Glossy Ibis. (David Hill).

A Great White Egret was on Lower lough Erne. (Irishbirding).

Mediterranean Gull, Stephen Riddell.

Curlew Sandpiper, David Hill.

Bird News Monday 29th September 2025

Swainsons Thrush seen flying into the the plantation at the back of the Malinmore Hotel, Co Donegal (Anthony McGeehan).

Red-breasted Goose of unknown origin but presumed escape with 5 Barnacle Geese on Tory, Co Donegal (Anton Meenan). Note there has recently been a bird at Dunfanaghy New Lakes, Co Donegal.

Ringtail Hen Harrier at Portmore Lough early afternoon (Colin Bell).

Great White Egret at the Roe Eatuary (Steven Fyffe).

Juvenile Little Stint at Lough Beg this evening, also now three Great White Egret present but only two Glossy Ibis clocked (David Steele).

Ringtail Hen Harrier, Kestrel and 3 Wheatear on Divis this afternoon (John O’Boyle).

4+ Curlew Sandpipers at the mouth of the River Blackstaff, Dundrum Inner Bay (David Nixon).

Moulting 2nd year female Hen Harrier on Rathlin this evening (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

Swainson’s Thrush, Anthony McGeehan:

Little Stint, David Steele:

Red-breasted Goose, Anton Meenan:

Hen Harrier, Ric Else / Hazel Watson:

Bird News Sunday 28th September 2025

Ballykelly had 16 Slavonian Grebes, 30 Med Gulls, a Curlew Sandpiper (David Steele / Garry Armstrong)

7 Pink-feet and a Black Tern are at Portmore RSPB (Ed O’Hara)

A Glossy Ibis and 3 Curlew Sandpipers are at Myroe (Garry Armstrong/ David Steele)

Yesterday a drake Common Scoter was showing very well at Lough Fea, Cookstown. (Andy Warwick)

A single Black Tern was north of Long Point and two Great Egrets in the bay south of Church Island, Lough Beg (Richard Gray)

A Spotted Redshank and two Curlew Sandpipers were at Dundalk Docks (John Spottiswood)

A juvenile Arctic Skua, 3 Black Terns, juvenile Little Gull, 3 Common Terns and 2 Arctic Terns were at Magilligan (Garry Armstrong / David Steele)

A single Glossy Ibis was at The Creagh, Toomebridge (Richard Gray)

Two juvenile Mediterranean Gulls were at Antrim Marina (Gareth Platt)

13 Redwing were on Rathlin today (Dakota Reid / Martin Clift)

The best at Glencolmcille, Co Donegal were a Lapland Bunting, 4 Redwing and 3 Chiffchaff (Anthony McGeehan)

A Hen Harrier was on Divis Mountain (Alan Fitzsimmons)

Mediterranean Gull, Gareth Platt:

Bird News Saturday 27th September 2025

A Great White Egret was at the carpark east of Todd's Corner, Ardmore on the south shore of Lough Neagh. (Garry Armstrong, Ed O'Hara).

The Marsh Harrier was still at Inch in Donegal. (Leia Getty).

A Mediterranean Gull and 9 Ruff were in the field opposite Lady Bay. (Garry Armstrong).

Lough Beg had 7 Glossy Ibis, a Great White Egret and a Marsh Harrier at the south end, 29 Ruff were off Long Point. (Dermot Hughes)

A White Wagtail was at Bar Hall Bay, 6 Greenland Wheatear and a Chiffchaff were at Kearney on the outer Ards. (Bob Watts).

An Arctic Skua was at the Barmouth. (Mark McCullough).

Tory Island had 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Goldcrest, 1 White Wagtail, 30+ Wheatear, 5 Barnacle Geese, 2 Pink-footed Geese, immature Hen Harrier, Kestrel and Buzzard. (Wilton Farrelly).

Buff-breasted Sandpiper again with the plover flock south end of Lough Beg this evening, also Curlew Sandpiper, two Great White Egrets, at least 22 Glossy Ibis and a fly-through Osprey…also two Black Terns distant north end of the lake…the Osprey was a juvenile. (David Steele).

The Bonaparte's Gull was on Kinnegar shore. (Steven Farquar).

Bird News Friday 26th September 2025

Crossbill calling over Belvoir Park with some Chaffinch (Stuart Cossey).

Common Scoter off Marina at Manor House hotel, Killadeas also a male Great Spotted Woodpecker (Garry Wilkinson).

2 Black Tern off Croaghan Island Oxford Island Lough Neagh (Ed O’Hara). Great White Egret this afternoon (Daniel Newton).

Glossy Ibis still at Myroe (BirdGuides).

Lapland Bunting on Tory, Co Donegal (Robert Vaughan).

A Whimbrel at Ballycarry (Paula Campbell).

Great White Egret at Ballykelly (U3A Foyle Group per Michael Savage).

4 Crossbill Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

7 Pinkfeet and a Dark-bellied Brent Goose Dundrum Inner Bay (David Nixon).

35 Glossy Ibis in a single flock mobile around the south end of Lough Beg this afternoon but no sign of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper in windy conditions but Spotted Redshank, 2 Great White Egrets and 2 Pinkfeet also seen (David Steele).

2 Red Kites above Poyntzpass from canal path (Mark Killops).

Great White Egret on the rocks at Portballintrae (Gillian Kyle).

Lapland Bunting, Robert Vaughan:

Glossy Ibis, David Steele:

Pink-footed Goose, David Nixon:

Dark-bellied Brent Goose, David Nixon:

Great White Egret, Michael Savage & Daniel Newton:

Bird News Thursday 25th September 2025

A Whimbrel was at Ballyquintin Point, a Greenland Wheatear at Kearney and a Mediterranean Gull at Cloughy. (Bob Watts).

An immature female Peregrine was at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve. (Derek Polley).

A Buff-breasted Sandpiper was at Lough Beg this evening, mobile with the Golden Plover flock. Also 30 Glossy Ibis, a flock of 21 and a separate group of nine. (David Steele).

A moulting adult Grey Plover, 6 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Little Stints and a Great Egret were at Blanket Nook in Donegal. (Derek Brennan).

A leucistic Brent Goose was at Ballykelly this afternoon. (Graham McElwaine).

A ringtail Hen Harrier on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

Bird News Wednesday 24th September 2025

17 Ruff, 4 Curlew Sandpiper and the Marsh Harrier were at Inch, Co Donegal (Ralph Sheperd)

A single Glossy Ibis was seen briefly at Reedy Flats (David McCready)

A Marsh Harrier was at Reedy Flat (David Clarke)

A female Pintail was in Church Bay, Rathlin Island (David Morrow / Jonathan Mann)

A sub-adult male Marsh Harrier was at the Bann Estuary. A Curlew Sandpiper was also present. (Matthew Tickner)

The Red-breasted Goose of unknown origin is still in the goose fields at Dunfanaghy. A Garganey was at the west end of New Lake (Robert Vaughan)

3 Barnacles Geese, presumed feral, were at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh (David Clarke)

Marsh Harrier, David Clarke:

Glossy Ibis, Myroe (yesterday), Juliet Fleming:

Rare Breeding Bird Panel

We have been asked by RBBP to pass on any potential breeding records for 2024 and 2025 of the species below. It would be appreciated if you could forward any potential records to us at nibirds@live.co.uk Alternatively, you can also send records direct to the RBBP at: secretary@rbbp.org.uk

Species: Whooper Swan, Garganey, Shoveler, Wigeon, Pochard, Red-breasted Merganser, Quail, Corncrake, Med Gull.

Bird News Tuesday 23rd September 2025

Great White Egret at Ballykelly flew towards Myroe (Stephen Riddell).

Glossy Ibis still in drainage ditch at Myroe (Juliet Fleming).

Flock of 8 Pinkfeet over Rathlin (Hazel Watson / Ric Else).

5 Whooper Swans in Kinnego Bay, Oxford Island NNR (Robert Hughes).

22+ Glossy Ibis at Lough Beg this evening (David Hunter).

Great White Egret, Stephen Riddell:

Bird News Monday 22nd September 2025

Nine Glossy Ibis were at Todd's Corner, Ardmore, Lough Neagh this morning before moving towards Reedy Flats. (David McCreedy).

The male Lesser Scaup was showing well off the causeway at Inch in Donegal. (Theo Campbell, Martin Deehan).

A Glossy Ibis and a Great White Egret were at Myroe. (Jonny Rosborough, Gerard McGeehan, Shirley Dunlop).

A dark bellied Brent Goose and a Pinkfoot were at the Bann Estuary. (John Spottiswood).

An Arctic Skua, Red-throated Diver and several distant Black Terns were at Magilligan. (Jonny Rosborough).

A 1st winter Sabine’s Gull and a 1st winter Mediterranean Gull were with 5 1st winter Kittiwakes and a mixed group of Black-headed Gulls off Port Muck in a sea watch between 12:30 & 16:30. There were also good numbers of Common Dolphins also showing. (Kevin Kirkham).

26 Glossy Ibis at the south end of Lough Beg this evening, also single Brent Goose (presumably blown in on yesterday’s northerly) and four White Wagtails. (David Steele).

A flock of Pinkfeet east along the Lagan by Annadale in Belfast. (Stuart Cossey).

Glossy Ibis, David McCreedy.

Great White Egret, Jonny Rosborough.

Arctic Skua, Jonny Rosborough.

Bird News Sunday 21st September 2025

3 Black Terns were at Kinnego Bay, Lough Neagh, this morning (Garry Armstrong)

A Long-tailed Duck is on Lough Beg (David Steele)

3 Glossy Ibis are at Reedy Flats, Lough Neagh (Garry Armstrong)

A seawatch at St John Point betelween 06:45 - 11:00 had 50 Red-throated Divers, 1 Great Northern, 6 Whoopers Swans, 15 White-fronted Geese and 250 Brent Geese. No Manx Shearwaters were seen (Chris and Nicholas Veale)

A Merlin was at Killard (Stuart Cossey)

Two Curlew Sandpiper and two Brent were at Carnlough (Jonny Rosborough)

A flock of 19 Glossy Ibis are at Lough Beg (David Steele)

A seawatch at Ramore Head from 07:00- 11:30 had 4 Sabine’s (all juvs), 3 Leach’s Petrels, 3 Arctic Skua, 1 Arctic Tern, 6 Sandwich Tern, 6 Red-throated Diver, 21 Manx, 8 Brent, 3 Common Scoter and 156 Tufted Duck. Steady movement of Kittiwakes and Gannet throughout (Dean Jones)

Kearney had a White Wagtail and 3 Greenland Wheatear (Bob Watts)

The best at Ballyquinton were a White Wagtail (Richard Weyl) and a Stock Dove (Bob Watts)

A probable drake Lesser Scaup was off the Tready Hide, Inch, Co Donegal (Davy Hunter)

6 Ruff were in a partly flooded field at Kirkiston (Richard Weyl)

Two Glossy Ibis were north of Church Island (Tom Garner)

17 Glossy Ibis were at Ardmore, Lough Neagh, Co Armagh (Chris Rankin)

Curlew Sandpiper, Jonny Rosborough:

Glossy Ibis, Lough Beg, David Steele:

Bird News Saturday 20th September 2025

Adult American Golden Plover and 10 Curlew Sandpipers at Myroe (Jamie Bliss).

2 Black Terns off Croaghan hide at Oxford Island, also 24 Ruff (Garry Armstrong / Roger Woodward). Black Terns still early afternoon (Mel O’Hagan).

Female Scaup and a Whooper Swan on the Quoile Pondage (Daniel Bailie).

2 Ruff Dundrum Inner Bay (Bob Watts).

14 Ruff at Lady Bay (Garry Armstrong).

Wheatear at Harbour Meadows, Belfast Lough (Stuart Cossey).

2 adult Mediterranean Gulls and juvenile Common Tern Barmouth (Theo Campbell / Richard Smith).

Adult Mediterranean Gull at Killough (Chris Murphy).

Black Tern and 2 Whooper Swans in the Bann Estuary (John Clarke).

Lots of Great Northern and Red-throated Divers flying into Lough Foyle at lunchtime a few Arctic Skuas further out (John Clarke).

Ramore Head seawatch 12-6pm produced a Sabine’s Gull, 10 Arctic Skuas, 4 Red-throated and 3 Great Northern Divers, just 11 Manx Shearwaters and 4 Sandwich Terns (Aaron Long / Michael Latham).

Arranmore, Co Donegal produced 3 Sabine’s Gulls, Great Shearwater, 25+ Arctic Skua, 6 Bonxie, 4 Manx, 36 Pink Feet, 3 Red-throated Diver.3 White Wags. 12+ Wheatear. (Andrew MacMillan / Brennan / Sean Gibson / Robert Vaughan / Wilton Farrelly).

Black Tern feeding very close offshore at St John’s Point lighthouse with Sandwich Terns (David Stirling).

10 Curlew Sandpipers at mouth of Blackstaff River, Dundrum also a Pinkfoot with the Brents (David Nixon).

Female Scaup on Kinnegar Sewage Works. Also a Black Tern on Kinnegar Shore with c20 Sandwich and 4 Common Terns (Stuart Cossey).

Probable White-tailed Eagle over Carnalea at 1720 (David Miller).

An arrival of Pinkfeet over a Bangor garden and then c50 over Helens Bay at 1830 heading towards Ards (Anthony McGeehan). Two additional flocks of c100 over Helens Bay mid afternoon (John McClean).

Castlerock off Shell Pool this evening - Sabine's Gull, 13 Manx Shearwaters, 4 Arctic Skuas, 10 Sandwich Terns, 2 Red-throated Divers and 60 Pale-bellied Brent Geese east in 2 groups (John Spottiswood).

Ringtail Hen Harrier at Portmore Lough (Alan Dickson).

Curlew Sandpipers, David Nixon:

Bird News Friday 19th September 2025

There are still 15 Black Terns at Inch in Donegal. (Chris Ingram).

At least 1 Glossy Ibis is still at Lough Beg. (James Armour).

A Black Tern was at Magilligan this morning. (Donna Riddell).

One or possibly two Little Gulls were at Magilligan. (Tom Garner).

A Red-breasted Goose of unknown origin, is with Greylags at Dunfanaghy New Lake, Donegal (Tony Berry).

10 Ruff were at Lady Bay this evening. (Garry Armstrong).

A Little Stint and a Curlew Sandpiper were at Myroe this morning. (John Clarke).

Black Tern, Donna Riddell.

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Juliet Fleming.

Bird News Thursday 18th September 2025

The Wilson’s Phalarope was still present at Lough Mourne, at the north western end (Mike McLaughlin) The bird was still present this evening along with two Curlew Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper (Nathan Gilbert)

A Black Tern was with Sandwich Terns, moving through Killough (Chris Murphy)

Yesterday 3 Glossy Ibis were at Lough Beg, along with 5 Ruff (Godfrey McRoberts)

Four Black Terns and a Little Gull are at Magilligan (Richard Donaghey)

16 Pink-footed Geese are at the mouth of the Roe Estuary, viewed from Myroe, also one Curlew Sandpiper and a Mediterranean Gull. 2 Slavonian Grebe were found ff the sea wall. (Jeff Larkin)

19 Glossy Ibis were still at Lough Beg this evening. 18 at the south end and a single at Church Island, also four Pinkfeet, 40 Ruff and a Green Sandpiper (David Steele)

A pelagic today from Portstewart had 10 European Storm Petrels, a Black Tern near Rathlin, 3 Arctic Terns, 2 Arctic Skuas, 2 Great Skuas and one Red/throated diver (Jim Wells).

9 Pink-footed Geese were seen flying over Limavady.

A Curlew Sandpiper was in Dunfanaghy (Liz McKenna)

A Great Skua was seen from the Larne to Cairnryan ferry this morning.

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Storm Petrel, Nigel Moore:

Bird News Wednesday 17th September 2025

A Wilson’s Phalarope was with 2 Ruff and 7 Curlew Sandpipers early afternoon at the north end of Lough Mourne outside Carrickfergus. (Ian Enlander).

Black Tern still at Croaghan Island, Oxford Island NNR (Stevie Brennan).

Juvenile Sabines Gull at St John’s Point (Chris Murphy).

Yesterday a Great Skua off Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

2+ Stock Doves with large Woodpigeon flock in fields to rear of Billy Neill CP (Bob Watts).

Curlew Sandpiper still on Rathlin also 2 late Swifts (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

3 Juvenile Black Terns Myroe Levels lingering and perching in large gull flock, north (Roe Estuary) end this evening (John Spottiswood).

Wilson’s Phalarope, Ian Enlander:

Black Tern, Stevie Brennan:

Bird News Tuesday 16th September 2025

The 3 Black terns are still off Croaghan hide at Oxford Island. (Steve Brennan).

2 Spoonbills, an adult and a juvenile, are at Dundrum Inner Bay South and 2 Curlew Sandpipers at the Blackstaff end. (Mike McLaughlin, David McCreedy).

There are still 7 Black Terns at Inch in Donegal. (Chris Ingram).

Ramore Head between 0745-1045 had 1 juvenile Long-tailed Skua, 4 juvenile Sabine’s Gull, 2 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Grey Phalarope, 12 Arctic Skua, 1 Great Skua, 2 Common Scoter, 27 Arctic Tern, 2 Pintail, 6 Wigeon, 2 Red-throated Diver, 2 Great Northern Diver, 26 Sandwich Tern, 3 Brent, c 200 Kittiwake and c 90 Manx Shearwater. (Matthew Tickner).

Yesterday a juvenile Hen Harrier was on Rathlin. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

Lough Mourne had 4 Ruff, 16 Curlew Sandpipers, 2 Common Sandpipers with Dunlin and Ringed Plover. (Gerard McGeehan, Shirley Dunlop).

A Barn Owl was at Portmore, a Hen Harrier was also present. (Sean Gibson).

A Great Skua, 4 Arctic Skuas, Great Northern Diver and 5 Red-throated Divers were off Garron Point this evening. (David Steele).

The 2 Little Ringed Plovers and a Ruff were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this afternoon. (Tom Ennis).

Spoonbills, Mike McLaughlin.

Bird News Monday 15th September 2025

Melmore Head, Donegal this morning had 1 Great Shearwater, 1 Sooty Shearwater, 1 Black Tern, 1 Arctic Tern, 3 Bonxies, a Common Scoter and 2 Whimbrel (Eric Randall)

3 Black Tern were off the Croghan Hide, Oxford Island. A Marsh Harrier also flew through. (Stevie Brennan) A Manx Shearwater and Common Tern were also present this afternoon (Stuart McKee)

A Hen Harrier and Black Tern were at Kinnego Marina (Ed O’Hara)

17 Curlew Sandpiper are reported from Myroe (BirdGuides)

An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Kinnegar Sewage Works (Bob Watts)

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Ulster Folk Museum (Richard Woods)

The adult American Golden Plover was still at Myroe today. Also present were 18 curlew sandpipers and a little stint (Dean Jones).

A juvenile Little Stint was on Kinnegar Shore this evening. A first winter Mediterranean Gull was also present (Stuart Cossey)

8 juvenile Black Tern were at Inch, Co Donegal this morning (Dean Jones)

A seawatch at Ramore Head between 12:30 - 18:00 had 6 juv Black Tern, 9 Leach’s Petrel, 11 Arctic Skua, 2 Great Skua, 10 Arctic Tern, 24 Sandwich Tern, 2 juv Med Gulls, 7 Red-throated Diver, 6 Common Scoter and 2 Whimbrel (Dean Jones)

An immature White-tailed Eagle was seen at Magheramourne on Saturday (Keith Glasgow)

A seawatch from Fanad lighthouse between 17:20-19:05 had Bonxie 9, Sooty shearwater 67, Leaches petrel 5 and Storm Petrel 1 (Jamie Bliss)

Juvenile Black Tern, Stevie Brennan:

White-tailed Eagle, Keith Glasgow:

Bird News Sunday 14th September 2025

17 Glossy Ibis Lough Beg to left of Church Island (Philip Blair).

3 Black Terns at Oxford Island NNR (Garry Armstrong). Also a Hen Harrier (Les Arkless).

Wilson’s Phalarope still at Portmore Lough (Mel O’Hagan). Also juvenile Hen Harrier through at 1434 flushing all waders including Wilson’s and 10 Ruff (Philip West / Bob Watts / Jim Dowdall / Aidan Kelly). Wilson’s Phalarope returned to Portmore Lough by 6pm (John Cusack).

Bairds Sandpiper still at Myroe, also 20+ Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stint, Glossy Ibis Roe end (Philip West / Bob Watts). Also Grey Plover, 4 Little Stints (John Cusack / Ronald Surgenor).

Black Tern from St John’s Point (Chris Murphy).

4 Ruff still at Lady Bay (Garry Armstrong). Joined by the Wilson’s Phalarope and 10 additional Ruff from Portmore Lough mid afternoon (Stuart Cossey).

Adult Black Tern sheltering on grass beside war memorial past Sandy Bay, Larne. 2 additional Black Terns around outfall and dark juvenile Arctic Skua at entrance to Larne Lough (Ivan Quail / Nicky Lynn).

3 Curlew Sandpipers at Carnlough. 30 mins at Garron Point from noon included single Great Northern Diver and Storm Petrel (Ivan Quail / Nicky Lynn).

Flock of 55 Mediterranean Gulls just south of Cloughey (Anthony McGeehan).

Single Black Tern at Reedy Flats, 7 Ruff in stubble field on the way down to the Flats (Garry Armstrong).

At Ballyquintin Point an Arctic Skua, 10 Red-throated Diver and 70 Common Scoter (Richard Weyl).

Mediterranean Gull, Anthony McGeehan:

Glossy Ibis, Gerald Bond:

Glossy Ibis, David Steele:

Bird News Saturday 13th September 2025

The Wilson’s Phalarope and a Glossy Ibis are at RSPB Portmore this morning (Dean Jones) The Wilson’s Phalarope was still present up to 5 o'clock. (Ed O'Hara).

A Curlew Sandpiper, Wheatear and 20 Mediterranean Gulls were at Ballykelly. (Garry Armstrong, David Steele, Stuart McKee).

A Glossy Ibis was in the drainage ditch at Myroe, at the Roe Estuary end (Michael Latham)

3 Ruff are at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve. (Chris Murphy).

An adult American Golden Plover is at Myroe along with the Baird's Sandpiper, 2 Little Stint, 20+ Curlew Sandpipers, 7 Ruff, a juvenile Grey Plover and 2 Mediterranean Gulls. (Garry Armstrong, David Steele, Stuart McKee).

2 Spotted Flycatchers were at Oxford Island. (Warren Fowles, Royal School Armagh Wildlife Club).

Group of 6 Black Tern passed west from Ramore Head, also a Sabines Gull past. A single Black Tern was at the Barmouth. (Dennis Weir).

Short-eared Owl showed briefly at 6pm at distance from Barmouth hide. (Searlas Anderson/Kevin McLaughlin).

9 Black Terns, a Little Stint, Marsh Harrier, 2 Curlew Sandpipers and 31 Ruff were at Inch, Co Donegal. (Matthew Tickner).

1 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper showed well on muddy shore of drainage lagoon north east of the bottom of Shore Avenue, Myroe this morning. (Stephen Davis)

Sea watching at Fanad in Donegal had 1 Cory's Shearwater, 7 Great Skua, 15 Sooty Shearwater and 1 Storm Petrel. (Wilton Farrelly).

A Great Spotted woodpecker was at Rowallane in Saintfield. (Dave Playle).

3 Ruff and 2 Mediterranean Gulls were with 2,500 Common Gulls at the mouth of the Roe. (Chris Murphy).

Wilson's Phalarope, Michael Latham.

Wilson's Phalarope, Nigel Moore.

Glossy Ibis, Michael Latham.

Bird News Friday 12th September 2025

A Wilson’s Phalarope has been found at Portmore RSPB this evening (Garry Armstrong)

The Baird’s Sandpiper is still at Myroe this morning (Theo Campbell / Michael Latham) The bird was not seen after 2:30pm when the field was drained (David McCreedy)

Inch, Co Donegal this morning has 8 Black Tern, 26 Ruff and a Little Stint (Chris Ingram)

At least 20 Glossy Ibis were at Lough Beg this morning. Also present were a Great White Egret and a Black Tern. Two Spotted Redshank were at Church Island (David Steele)

At least 120 Mediterranean Gulls were between Cloughey and Portavogie (Dermot Hughes)

2 late Swifts were over the Ormeau Road, Belfast (Stuart Cossey)

A single Glossy Ibis was in the drainage ditch at the Roe Estuary end of Myroe (Theo Campbell)

16 Curlew Sandpiper were at Blanketnook (Chris Ingram)

A Red Kite was at Kilmegan Road, Castlewellan (Anne-Marie Smyth)

A Short-eared Owl was at the Bann Estuary (Matthew Tickner)

A Little Ringed Plover was at RSPB WOW (Mel O’Hagan)

Wilsons Phalarope, Garry Armstrong: