White-tailed Eagle - 1, Fairhead, Co. Antrim (Neal Warnock)
Common Sandpiper - 1, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Little Egret - 2, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Greenshank - 9, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Whimbrel - 1, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Greenshank - 2, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Common Sandpiper -16, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Kingfisher - 1, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Greenshank - 1, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve
Knot - 3, (2 in summer plumage), Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve.
The Black-tailed Godwit Ed O'Hara photographed at Belfast Lough RSPB was ringed as a chick in
Iceland.
Co. Donegal:
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 (summer plumage), Blanket Nook (David Hunter)
Late News:
A family party of Long-eared Owls was at Lambeg, Co.Antrim on Wednesday evening (Walter Veale)
For anybody who was intrigued by George Gordon's quiz yesterday Robert Nash sent in the following link about Richard Barrington
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
We thought we'd go picture crazy today so here's the lot from the last couple of days (Of course, we have to have the obligatory daily Laughing Gull pic in first)
Laughing Gull by Mark Killops
Grey Heron by Mark Killops
Arctic Terns (juvenile and adults) by Ed O'Hara, Belfast Harbour RSPB
Lapwing by Ed O'Hara, Belfast Lough RSPB
Great Crested Grebe (juvenile) by Ed OHara
Dave and Orcilla Hadrick amazingly found a couple of seconds whilst on their culinary tour of Cyprus to take these shots of 50% of that islands endemic bird species.
Cyprus Wheatear
Finally, here's a picture of a Toad sent in by Stephen Longster (something we don't get in Northern Ireland, a great loss to Irish fauna). Could this toad look any more content?
"I put out some corrugated metal sheets on Flanders Moss, in the vague hope of attracting Adders. The unforseen results are that ants make nests under these sheets. This brings in the toads, which just sit there and eat the ants and their larva. This has resulted in a certain amount of Toad obesity. There may be an upcoming government campaign to encourage toad healthy living, the response from the fat toad is "Leave me alone, can't you see I'm eating?"
(Actually, the toad said something an awful lot ruder than this but we couldn't post it)
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