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Friday 7th May News
Marsh Harrier - 1, female/ immature, Copeland Bird Observatory
Common Buzzard - 1, Kesh Forest, Co. Tyrone
Cuckoo - 1, Kesh Forest, Co. Tyrone
Crossbill - 2, Camlough Forest, Co. Armagh
Below: Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus by Ed O'Hara, Oxford Island, 7th May
Below: Speckled Wood Pararge aegeria by Craig Nash, Castleward, 7th May
Below: Red Admiral Vanessa atalanta by Craig Nash, Castleward, 7th May
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Orange Tips and Small Whites were also present.
Republic of Ireland
Broad-billed Sandpiper - 1, adult, Tacumshin, Co. Wexford
Glaucous Gull - 1, 1st summer, Newcastle, Co.Wicklow
Short-toed Lark - 1, Ballycotton, Co. Cork
Features page updated here - 'Copeland Eiders' by Kerry Leonard
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