Bird News Saturday 17th October 2026

Baird’s Sandpiper at Myroe, also a juvenile Little Stint (Garry Armstrong / David Steele).

American Buff-bellied Pipit still on Rathlin 1530 along shoreline near harbour toilets (Gerard McGeehan / Shirley Sunlop).

Yellow-browed Warbler, Snow Bunting, immature White-tailed Eagle and Hen Harrier on Rathlin (Hazel Watson). Yesterday Grey Plover still on Rathlin also small numbers of Redwing including a flock of 30 (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

2 Black-throated Divers at Carnlough, at least one in summer plumage. Also a possible White-billed Diver but too distant to photograph before it flew off north (Michael Latham).

Large flock of Redwing near Dunluce Castle (John Clarke).

Approximately 10 Purple Sandpipers near the Coastal Zone, Portrush (Juliet Fleming).

From Ballykelly in flat calm… 211 Red-throated Divers, 10+ Slavonian Grebes and a Merlin (David Steele / Garry Armstrong).

Pair of Snow Bunting over Antrim hills between Black Hill and Scawt Hill flying off the plateau down to the coast (Tom Garner).

Curlew Sandpiper at Groomsport (Dermot Hughes).

Glossy Ibis still in front of the Brent hide at Castle Espie at 140pm (Colin Bell).

Female type Long-tailed Duck off Glynn (Michael Latham).

A small number of Crossbills feeding in Drumkeeragh Forest along side a number of Siskin and Goldfinch on the spruce cones ( Justin Childs).

Great White Egret, Merlin, c40 Ruff and Grey Plover at Lough Beg (John Cusack).

A probable Siberian Lesser Whitethroat in the sycamore directly opposite the Lighthouse Tavern, Fanad Head, Donegal (Wilton Farrelly).

3 Goosanders with 10 Red-breasted Mergansers on the Islandmagee side of Larne Lough this evening (Cameron Moore).

Carrion Crow at Crawfordsburn (David Gillespie).

Yellow-browed Warbler, Ric Else:



Baird’s Sandpiper, Garry Armstrong:



Grey Plover, Ric Else:


Carrion Crow, David Gillespie:




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