Monday 26th July News


Laughing Gull - 1, on the roof of the leisure centre, Ballycastle, Co. Down (Stuart McKee)
Red Kite - 3, Castlewellan, Co. Down (Jim Whitla)
Red Kite - 1, Ardglass, Co. Down (Declan Clarke)
Manx Shearwater - 600, off Newcastle Harbour, Co. Down (Jim Whitla)
Kingfisher - 1, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down (Dan Bailie)
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1, Dundrum Inner Bay North (Dan Bailie)
Little Egret - 2, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Greenshank - 8, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Greenshank - 7, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Sanderling - 152, Ballykinler Beach, Co. Down
Ringed Plover - 40, Ballykinler Beach, Co. Down
Dunlin - 25, Ballykinler Beach, Co. Down



Late News:
An eagle species was reported from between Altnahinch and Armoy, Co. Antrim, yesterday. Both Golden Eagle and White-tailed Eagle have been reported in Northern Ireland in recent weeks.

Here's some pics from Ed O'Hara taken around the Newcastle area, Co. Down

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Turnstone and Redshank















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