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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:


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