3 Bramblings are visiting a garden in Antrim. (Mark Smyth).
The Ring Ouzel was still at Ballard Road outside Newry, in the field with the red tanker, this afternoon. (Declan Whelan).
The Glaucous Gull is still at the Burger King in Coleraine. (Martin Deehan).
RSPB WoW had the Pintail, 20+ Bar-tailed Godwit and 200 Knot (Derek Polley)
A Brambling is visiting a garden on the Slievetrue Road in Carrickfergus. (George Stewart).
The 2 Marsh Harrier were still present at the RSPB Portmore Lough reserve, no sign of the Glossy Ibis.(Michael McCandless).
A Great White Egret was adjacent to the River Bann, at the south east corner of Lough Beg. (Graham McElwaine)
Thanks to George for the picture of the Brambling:
The Green-winged Teal was still at Castle Espie. 2 Carrion Crows and a Stock Dove were 5 miles north of Portaferry. (Michael Latham).
The Black Redstart was still at Whitehead and 3 Snow Buntings were still at Skernaghan's Point on Islandmagee this morning. (Richard Hunter) The Black Redstart, Twite and Snow Buntings were all still present this afternoon and a Carrion Crow was at the car park at Brown's Bay. (Dakota Reid)
The Cattle Egret was still at the Creagh outside Toome. 15 Twite were at Whitehead and the Great White Egret was at Ballycarry. The 2 Velvet Scoters and a Long-tailed Duck were at Dargan. (Brian McCloskey ).
A Mediterranean Gull was at Kinnegar.(David Stirling)
Thanks to Michael for the picture of the Green-winged Teal and also of the first Carrion Crow: Thanks also to Richard Hunter for the first photos of both the Black Redstart and the Snow Bunting and to Dakota Reid for the second pictures of the Snow Bunting and the Carrion Crow.
At Whitehead a 1 hour watch at first light had 59 Red-throated and 7 Great Northern Diver flying into Belfast Lough. (Ian Enlander)
The Black Redstart was on rocks near Whitehead boatyard and twenty Twite were also present (Garry Wilkinson).
The 3 Snow Buntings where still at Skernaghan Point.(Garry Wilkinson)
The Green-winged Teal was still at Castle Espie. (Ed O'Hara, Comghal McQuillan).
The Ring Ouzel was still off Ballard Road but this time in the fields below / lower than Ballard road. (John Spottiswood).
The Cattle Egret and two Great White Egrets were in the south west corner of Lough Beg this evening, also a high count of 60 Little Egrets went to roost in woodland on the Antrim shoreline of Lough Beg. (David Steele).
A probable Caspian Gull was at Corbally rubbish dump outside Portrush yesterday. (Dean Jones).
Our thanks to Garry Wilkinson for the images of the Black Redstart and the Snow Bunting, also to Christine Cunningham for the Dunnock. Also to David Nixon for the Millisle Ring-billed x Common Gull.
A Green-winged Teal is on the shingle bank at Castle Espie this morning. (Jonny Clark)
Five Goosanders (just one male today) were on the River Main at Slaght near Ballymena first thing this morning - a total of at least seven birds have been seen over the last few days. (David Steele).
The Ring Ouzel was still at Ballard Road, Lislea, outside Newry. (Peter Phillips).
An adult Iceland Gull was at RSPB WoW this afternoon (Stuart McKee)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker was in a garden at Lisleen Road, Castlereagh Hills (Ian Young)
Thanks to Jonny Clark for the picture of the Green-winged Teal:
The Brambling flock was still in Clandeboye Estate. (Ian Graham).
7 Goosander, 2 male and 5 red heads, were at Corbet Lough outside Banbridge, 37 Whooper Swans were also present. (Mike McLaughlin)
A Brambling was in a garden in Brookeborough, Co Fermanagh, this morning. (John Young).
Two Brambling, a male and a female were in Stormont Estate. (Paul McCullough).
The Ring Ouzel was seen briefly in flight at Ballard Road. A Merlin and Sparrowhawk were also present. There were four goosander at Begny Lough outside Dromara and the Spotted Redshank was on the other side of Dundrum Inner Bay near the play park .A Red kite was just north of Dundrum village. (Garry Wilkinson, Nigel Moore)
A Great Spotted Woodpecker is visiting a garden near Moneymore. (Georgina Spratt)
Thanks to Adam Middleton for the picture of the Snow Bunting, to Mike McLaughlin for the picture of the Whooper Swans and to Georgina Spratt for the picture of the Great Spotted Woodpecker:
Irish Rare & Scarce Bird News
If someone had said to you 5 years ago that Ireland would need a news group that could handle hundreds of people, most we suspect would have shook their head in disbelief and perhaps even laughed at the notion.One of the Glossy Ibis was still at Portmore Lough RSPB this morning. (Albert Boyle).
The 20 White-fronted Geese that roost on Rathlin have been tracked to farmland at Maghernahar near Ballycastle. (Hazel Watson & Ric Else).
8 Goosander were at Begny Lough outside Dromara. (Ron Price & Michael Taylor).
A Great Skua was at Lower Lough Erne Islands RSPB reserve, possibly the first record for Co. Fermanagh. (Brad Robson).
The Cattle Egret was still at the Creagh outside Toomebridge this morning. (Nigel Moore).
An ad. Med Gull was at the Ecos centre, Ballymena.(Jeff Larkin)
Thanks to Aaron Long for the picture of the Snow Buntings from yesterday: Also to Nigel Moore for the Cattle Egret.
The Snow Buntings at Browns Bay were looked for but not seen this morning, a Peregrine was present. (Kevin Kirkham). The Snow Buntings were seen again at Brown's Bay around midday, a Whimbrel was also present. (David Clarke/Ian Enlander).
The Cattle Egret was still in a field at the Creagh, Toome - over the cattle bridge to gate in field on the right. (Ian Young).
A male Brambling was seen in the Stormont Estate in Belfast. (Paul McCullough).
The Ring Ouzel was still at Ballard Road, Lislea near Newry. A single Goosander was on Corbet Lough outside Banbridge. (Garry Wilkinson & Nigel Moore).
3 Goosanders, 2 males and a redhead, were on Begney Lough outside Dromara. (David Nixon).
Thanks to David Clarke for the first two pictures of the Snow Buntings and to Ian Enlander for the third picture:
One of the Great White Egrets was still at Ballycarry Bridge in Larne Lough this morning. (Kevin Kirkham).
A Long-eared Owl was on Ravarnet Road outside Lisburn at 5.20am this morning. (Garry Wilkinson).
The four Snow Buntings were still at Brown's Bay on Islandmagee, at Skernaghan Point. (David Stirling)
The two Velvet Scoter and female Scaup were off Dargan, Belfast Lough (Stuart McKee)
An Iceland Gull was at the Bann Estuary.
The two Glossy Ibis were still in fields to the left of the viewing platform at Portmore Lough RSPB.
The Cattle Egret was at the Creagh and the Great White Egret behind the Nicholl Garage, Toome (Margaret Mackle).
A juvenile Glaucous Gull was at Mill Bay, Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson)
Whooper Swans, Hillsborough Road, Moira, Juliet Fleming:
