The drake Harlequin duck was off the outflow and the Pacific Diver distantly to the west from Trà na gCloch, Donegal this morning (Robert Vaughan / Richard Caves)
The Slavonian Grebe was still at Craigavon South Lake (Ed O’Hara)
Inch, Donegal had a Great White Egret and two Russian White-fronts this morning (Ciaran Cronin)
A Long-tailed Duck was at Glynn (Gerard McGeehan / Shirley Dunlop)
A male Brambling was in a garden in Antrim (Mark Smyth)
Harlequin Duck, Richard Caves:
Pacific Diver from west side of bay and Harlequin from beach still off Tra na gCloch, Donegal (Mike Hoit).
Black Redstart still at mouth of Shimna River, Newcastle on rocks to right of pedestrian bridge (Steve Brennan).
A Great Spotted Woodpecker yesterday in Stormont Park near the Boardwalk (Donna Darlington).
Drake Ferruginous Duck still at Ballysaggart Lough this evening (Ciarin Cronin).
Harlequin, Richard Caves:
Black Redstart, Steve Brennan:
A pair of Slavonian Grebes were off Kinnegar from the Concentrix carpark ( Daniel Newton)
A male Brambling was in a garden in Antrim (Mark Smyth)
The Black Redstart was still at the Shimna River, Newcastle (Andrew Crory)
An adult little gull was at Briggs rocks County down (Richard Weyl)
A Slavonian Grebe is in Groomsport Bay (Katy Bell)
An adult Little Gull and a Mediterranean Gull were in flooded fields at Toome. A Great White Egret was behind Nicholl’s Garage (David Steele)
Three Great Northern Diver were off Runkerry and one off Portballintrae (Simon Morton)
The Harlequin Duck was still at Trá na gCloch today (Dakota Reid and Martin Clift). A diver was also seen and this is now believed to be a Pacific Diver.
A Slavonian Grebe, two Great Northern Divers and another three Great White Egrets were at Lough Beg (David Steele)
The two Ring-billed Gulls were at the Round O Enniskillen. Great White Egrets were at The Watermill and near Belle Isle. Three Ring necked Ducks were seen with two female off Drumcon Road and a drake near Belle Isle (John Cusack)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Rathlin (Ric Else)
Two pairs of Long Eared Owl were at Ulster University (John Clarke).
The Ferruginous Duck was looked for today without success.
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Drumkeeragh Forest Park this morning (Sean Thompson)
Great White Egret, Inch, Gerry Bond:
Pacific Diver, Curranport, Co Donegal, Dakota Reid / Martin Clift:
The Bittern is still at Inch in Donegal. (Ray Glynn).
The Harlequin Duck is still at Trá na Gloch in Donegal. (Birdguides).
A male Goosander was on Lough Island Reavey. (Ewan McKenzie)
The adult and 1st winter Ring-billed Gulls were still at the Round "O" in Enniskillen. (Robert Vaughan).
The Ferruginous Duck was in the north east corner of Ballysaggart Lough. (Tom Kavanagh, Gary White).
The Whitefront is still with Greylags at Steele's Point on Islandmagee. The Purple Sandpiper was still at Whitehead seafront. (David Clarke, John Pyper, Cameron Moore).
Whitefront, Cameron Moore.
A Great White Egret was off the Platform Hide at Inch, Donegal (Searlas Anderson)
The Ferruginous Duck was present this morning in the north east corner of Ballysaggart Lough, Dungannon. It was later on the east side (David McCreedy / Mike McLaughlin / Dermot Hughes)
Three Great White Egrets, a Peregrine and a male Garganey (seen from the stables) were at Portmore Lough (Alan Dickson)
A first winter Ring-billed Gull was at the Round 'O', Enniskillen today along with the adult Ring-billed Gull. (Ronan Owens)
The Ferruginous Duck was back in the north east corner of Ballysaggart Lough this morning. (Neal Warnock).
The Bittern was seen briefly in flight from the causeway looking towards the platform at Inch in Donegal. A Great White Egret was in front of the platform and both Russian Whitefronts were in field opposite Calaghan Tyres first thing. (Robert Vaughan).
The Black Redstart was at the leeward side of the footbridge at the Shimna River in Newcastle this afternoon. (Maurice McNeely).
An adult Polish ringed Mediterranean Gull was at Antrim Marina today. Ringed as a chick in June 2022, previous sightings were on the Bann Estuary in July 2025 (John Clarke) and Southampton in March 2023. (Gareth Platt).
The Curlew Sandpiper was seen again at Myroe. (Birdguides).
A Whitefront was at Steele's Point on Islandmagee. (Cameron Moore).
Mediterranean Gull, Gareth Platt.
Great White Egret, Robert Boyle.
A Bittern was seen in flight off the Tready Hide, Inch, Donegal this morning (Chris Ingram)
A Red Kite was at Burnpipe Lane, Ballinahinch (Garry Wilkinson)
A Spotted Redshank was roosting at high tide at Castle Espie with 80 Redshank and 20 Greenshank (Chris Murphy)
A Curlew Sandpiper was in the channel at Myroe (John Clarke)
Curlew Sandpiper, John Clarke:
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A probable American Pipit is at Portmore RSPB reserve (Garry Armstrong). There was no sign of the bird this afternoon.
The drake Harlequin Duck was still at the river outflow at Trá na gClocha, Curranport, Donegal this mornimg (Mark Carmody)
At least 4 Goosander were at Lough Island Reavy (David Stirling / Chris Murphy)
The Black Redstart was at the mouth of the Shimna River, Newcastle (Chris Murphy / Liam O’Hara)
Two Russian White-fronted Geese were in the fields opposite Callaghans Tyres, Burt, Co Donegal (Derek Brennan)
A Spotted Redshank is at Castle Espie (Stuart Cossey)
The male Black Redstart was still at Portavogie (Stuart Cossey)
A Great White Egret and Peregrine were seen at Portmore Lough (Andrew Upton)
Killybeggs had one Glaucous Gull and three Iceland Gull (Dermot Hughes / Chris Ingram)
A Black-throated Diver was seen from Kircubbin Car Park (David Stirling)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Rathlin (Ric Else)
Two Woodcock were at Galgorm Golf Course. A pair of Mandarin were close by on the River Braid (Richard Gray)
A drake Goosander was at Cushendun (Tomás Hand)
The Ring-billed Gull was seen again at the Round O, Enniskillen today. This bird was recently ringed in Cork! (Ronan Owens)
A drake Ring-necked Duck was at Crom, Fermanagh. A Great White Egret was at The Watermill (John Cusack)
The Ferruginous Duck was looked for today without success.
Russian White-fronted Geese, Derek Brennan:
Probable American Pipit, Portmore by Michael Latham:
A male Lesser Scaup was in Closet Bay at Oxford Island. (Ed O'Hara).
A female or immature Black Redstart is at the mouth of the Shimna River in Newcastle. (Andrew Crory).
The Spotted Redshank and Ruff were still present in the field at the south end of Dundrum Inner Bay at high tide this morning. (Maurice McNeely).
The Harlequin Duck was at Tra na Gcloch in Donegal again this morning. (Dermot Hughes).
There was no sign of the Ferruginous Duck at Ballysaggart Lough this morning (David McCreedy)
A male Brambling was in a garden in Antrim (Mark Smyth)
A Black-throated Diver was off Church Bay, Rathlin, along with 3 Great Northern and a Red-throated Diver. (Ric Else)
The Black Redstart was still at Whitehead (Ian Enlander)
The Black Redstart is still at Whitehead. (Jonny Rosborough).
The Ferruginous Duck has returned to Ballysaggart Lough outside Dungannon. (David Knight).
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was in Stormont Estate. (Gilly Irwin).
Eight Stock Doves were at Mount Hill, Katesbridge. (Hugh Thurgate).
The leucistic Great Black Backed Gull is commuting between Killough and Ardglass. (Chris Murphy).
Black Redstart, Jonny Rosborough.
Ferruginous Duck, Aaron Long.
3 Great White Egret were at Reedy Flats, Lough Neagh (Stevie Brennan)
A 1st winter Little Gull was close inshore at Carnalea (Richard Weyl)
The Spotted Redshank and a Ruff were feeding with many other waders in a field off the Main Road, at the south end of Dundrum South Inner Bay (David Nixon)
Two Short-eared Owls were at Ballyquintin and the Black Redstart was still near the Quays Restaurant in Portavogie. (Garry Wilkinson).
The Brambling is still visiting a garden in Whitehead, the Black Redstart was still along the seafront. (Cameron Moore).
Brambling, Tree Sparrow & Blackcap, Cameron Moore.
Sparrowhawk, David McCreedy.
The male Black Redstart was still at Portavogie (Michael Latham)
The leucistic Great Black-backed Gull, which could be mistaken for a Glaucous Gull, has returned to Ardglass Harbour (Chris Murphy)
6 Purple Sandpiper were at Portstewart (Chris Hamilton)
9 Pink-footed Geese were with Greylags, off Torr Road, near Fair Head (Chris Veale)
The Lesser Yellowlegs is still on Rathlin (Ric Else)
A Great Northern Diver, Red-throated Diver, Merlin and 6 Sandwich Tern were at the Narrows, Strangford Lough today. (Andrew Upton)
A Slavonian Grebe with Great Crested Grebe and a Red-throated Diver were off Kinnegar (Kevin Kirkham)
The Harlequin Duck was still at Curranport, Donegal.
A Little Gull was at Garron Point (Gerard McGeehan/ Shirley Dunlop)
Three Taiga Bean Geese were with Whoopers, near Lough Neagh. (Per X)
Black Redstart, Michael Latham:
The drake Harlequin Duck remains at Curranport, Co Donegal (Ian Young)
A Great White Egret was seen in the Scarva area, from the train (Ian Enlander)
County Louth had 19 Twite at Gyles Quay. An Adult Yellow-legged Gull, Spotted Redshank & 5 Ruff were at Dundalk Docks (Hugh Delaney)
Harlequin Duck, Ian Young:
The two Black-throated Divers were still in Red Bay on the Antrim coast. (Martin Deehan).
The Harlequin Duck is still at Trá na gCloch in Donegal. (Ian Young).
60 Knot were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve at high tide. (Derek Polley).
A Black-throated Diver was off Newcastle Harbour this afternoon. (Maurice McNeely, Andy Carden).
Pinkfoot east of Reedy Flats and Great White Egret east of Emerson’s, Lough Neagh (Clifford Sharpe).
2 drake Lesser Scaup and ringtail Hen Harrier at Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).
1st winter drake Harlequin still at Tra na gCloch, Donegal (Bird Info Svcs).
Two Black-throated Diver were at Red Bay, Co Antrim, opposite the Salmon cages (David Steele)
A single Barnacle Goose, of unknown origin, was at the Bann Estuary (John Spottiswood)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Rathlin at the weekend per Jon Biddle.
The Black Redstart was still at Whitehead. A Merlin was at Portmuck (Gerard McGeehan / Shirley Dunlop)
Black-throated Divers, David Steele:
Female type Black Redstart still Whitehead favouring Boat Yard and environs (Garry Armstrong et al).
1w Goosander Ballycarry Bridge (Wilton Farrelly et al).
Slavonian Grebe from Glynn (Philip West et al).
Yesterday the Black Redstart again at Newcastle at the white bridge beside Mauds (Adam Middleton).
1st winter drake Harlequin still Tra na gCoch, 2 Long-tailed Duck Magheraorarty (Luke Gerarty).
Possible Green-winged intergrade and Barnacle Goose at the Bann Estuary (Dean Jones).
Black Redstart still showing very well at Portavogie this afternoon (Stephen Dunbar).
2 Black-throated Divers Carnlough, also 3 Great Northern Divers, immature male Common Scoter (Philip West, David Steele et al).
2 Red Kites in the Antrim Hills (Bob Watts et al)
Black-throated Divers, Daniel Newton:
A Red Kite was on Broighter Road, Ballykelly (Searlas Anderson / Kevin McLaughlin)
The drake Harlequin Duck was still at Curranport, Donegal, this morning (Leia and Mark Getty)
A drake Lesser Scaup was at Todd’s Corner, Lough Neagh, along with a Merlin. Two Great White Egret and a Great Northern Diver were east of Emersons Sandpit (Garry Armstrong)
A drake Goosander was at Corbett Lough, Banbridge this morning (Chris Rankin)
The Black Redstart and Purple Sandpiper were still at Whitehead (Paul Hunter)
A female Ring-necked Duck and 6 Scaup were at Knockninny Refuge, Co Fermanagh (John Cusack / Ronan Owens)
A Peregrine was on the Seven Mile Straight, Antrim (Mark Smyth)
An eagle species was seen at distance in the Antrim Hills (Ian Dickey / Kenny Moore)
20+ Twite were at Gyles Quay car park, Co Louth (Don McCorry)
Four Great White Egret were at Lough Beg, along with 3 Great Northern Diver (David Steele)
Harlequin Duck, Leia Getty:
Black Redstart, Whitehead, Paul Hunter:
