Saturday 8th May News


Grey-bellied Brent Goose - 2, probable, Dundrum Inner Bay South
Dark-bellied Brent Goose - 1, Dundrum Inner Bay South
Little Egret - 1, Dundrum Inner Bay South
Hen Harrier - 1, female / immature, Six Mile Water Co. Antrim (non-breeding - passage)
Whimbrel - 12, Green Island, Dundrum, Co. Down
Glaucous Gull - 1, adult, Whitehouse Lagoon, Co. Antrim
Common Tern - 120, Whitehouse Lagoon, Co. Antrim
Great Spotted Woodpecker - pair, Downpatrick
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1, heard drumming, Rostrevor, Co. Dow
Stock Dove - 9, High Bangor and Kylestones roads, Co. Down
Wheatear - 1, female, Ballykinler, Co. Down
Hybrid Carrion x Hooded Crow - 1, Dundrum Inner Bay South


Below: Sedge Warbler by Mark Killops, today




























Check out this amazing picture (below) by Mark, taken last week, of a Grey Heron.




















Republic of Ireland
Ring-necked Duck - 1, drake, Lough Swilly, Co. Donegal
Pacific Diver - 1, Finvarra Point, Co. Clare
Short-toed Lark - 1, Ballycotton, Co. Cork