Eclipse male Garganey and three male Ruff at Lough Beg (David Steele).
One Storm Petrel off the entrance to Carlingford Lough and two leucistic Shags at Blockhouse Island (Stephen Foster).
One Common Sandpiper at Lady Bay (Richard Caves).
One Common Sandpiper at Kinnegar (Juliet Fleming).
No sign of Wood Sandpiper at Portmore Lough (David McCreedy/Richard Caves).
Common Tern, Terry Hanna:
Leucistic Shags, Stephen Foster:
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Sea watching at St John’s Point 0845-0945 produced 1500 Manx Shearwaters and 2 Puffins, also a juvenile Wheatear present (Chris Murphy).
The police have confirmed that the 2 dead White-tailed Eagles recently found in the Ballymena area were poisoned. RSPBNI are offering a reward of £5,000 for information leading to the prosecution of those involved. See https://twitter.co./LoveBallymena/status/1677271880451883008?t=oZohvc6ICmWDit3_UwHtyA&s=08
Woodpigeon, David Hunter:
Two Common Sandpipers were at the reopened Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve. (Aaron Long).
At least ten Arctic Terns were also at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW. (Wilton Farrelly).
A Red Kite with the wing tag 7K was near Dromore, Co. Down. (Terry Hanna).
A Corncrake was calling on Rathlin. (Viviana Biazzo).
Thanks to Terry Hanna for the picture of the Meadow Pipit:
Sea watchers keep your eyes peeled! Barolo Shearwater yesterday off Kennacraig to Port Askew ferry east of Islay in the Sound of Jura (Rare Bird Alert).
A Great Spotted Woodpecker visiting a garden at Ballyskeagh, Lisburn (Pauline McKee).
Late news from yesterday evening of a Peregrine jus outside Saintfield (Paula Campbell).
Red Kite and Peregrine in the Antrim Hills today (Bill Guiller).
Juvenile Chiffchaff, Tree Sparrow & Juvenile Treecreeper, Juliet Fleming:
Late news from yesterday of a possible Night Heron in Mourne Park, Kilkeel close to the northern bridge of two footbridges over the river on the pink/purple walk, It would be worth any observers in the area checking this report out (Jim & Val via Dot Blakely). No sign of Night Heron at midday (Mike McLaughlin).
Common Sandpiper still at Lady Bay this afternoon (Richard Caves).
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Common Sandpiper, Richard Caves:
The Common Sandpiper was still at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh. (Richard Caves).
An adult summer plumaged Mediterranean Gull flew west off Castlerock beach this evening. (John Spottiswood).
Per the RSPB 18 pairs of Red Kites have raised 32 chicks so far this year, 30 of these have been wing-tagged by the Northern Ireland Raptor Study Group so if you spot any of these birds let the NIRSG or RSPB know the details.
Thanks to Richard Caves for the picture of the Common Sandpiper and to Mike McLaughlin for the picture of the Wheatears:
Common Sandpiper at Kinnegar Lagoon (Nathan Gilbert). Also Carrion Crow and Kestrel (Aaron Long).
Collared Doves, Ivan Dalglish:
The adult male Least Tern remains this afternoon at the Portrane Little Tern colony, Co Dublin (Eric Dempsey).
A Red Kite was seen early afternoon in the Dromora area (Terry Hanna).
Red Kite, Terry Hanna:
A Common Sandpiper was at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh. (Garry Armstrong).
A Red-throated Diver was at Groomsport this morning. (Richard Weyl).
Thanks to Michael Latham for the picture of the Hen Harrier and to Juliet Fleming for the pictures of the Raven:
A Golden or White-tailed Eagle was seen this morning in the Kilgad Road, Moorfields area of Ballymena. (Richard Rhodes).
An Osprey was near the river at Glenarm Forest Park.
A Cuckoo was seen flying over Flowbog Road, Slievenacloy this afternoon. (John O'Boyle).
Reverse migration has started already, at least 20 each of Curlew and Redshank were back at the high tide roost in Dundrum Inner Bay and darvic rings read on several birds show that they are 'locals', in that all were ringed in Dundrum Bay. (David Nixon)
If anyone lost a tripod near Dunseverick if you contact us we can put you in touch with the finder.
Thanks to David McCreedy for the picture of the Snipe and to David Nixon for the picture of the Greenshank:
A Mediterranean Gull was at Cockle Island earlier today (Brian Murphy / Ronnie Doggart)
Mediterranean Gull, Ronnie Doggart:
A Spotted Flycatcher was in the Antrim Hills. (David Clarke).
Cockle Island at Groomsport between 1 and 2pm had an adult and 1st summer Mediterranean Gulls, 1st summer Little Gull and 1st summer Arctic Tern, the Little Gull flew towards Copeland. (Chris Murphy).
Two Mediterranean Gulls were at Sandy By in Larne this evening. (Jason Bain).
Thanks to Terry Hanna for the picture of the Redpoll, to David Clarke for the picture of the Spotted Flycatcher, to Stephen Maxwell for the picture of the Sandwich Terns and to Jason Bain for the pictures of the Mediterranean Gulls and the Common Tern:
A Spotted Flycatcher was near Finvoy in Co. Antrim. (Derek McClean).
A probable Red Kite was over the M2 near the Applegreen at Templepatrick. (Jeff Silvers).
A Cuckoo was at Florencecourt in Co. Fermanagh this afternoon. (Michael McCandless)
A Little Stint was with 8 Ringed Plover and 25 Dunlin at the Bann Estuary. (Gerard McGeehan, Shirley Dunlop).
Thanks to Derek for the pictures of the Spotted Flycatcher:
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A hybrid aythya duck showing some similarities to Lesser Scaup was at Kinnego Bay, Oxford Island (Garry Armstrong)
There have been a number of reports of Jet Ski activity distrurbing resting, feeding and breeding bird colonies around the coast. We would ask observers to keep an eye out for disturbance and report it to Councils, local representatives and conservation bodies.
Jet Ski activity around Cockle Island, Groomsport:
2 Red Kites in the Antrim Hills (Michael Latham).
Albino Hooded Crow juveniles, Ginny McKee:
Swift, Guy Hamilton:
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