Laughing Gull - 1 (2nd summer), Ballycastle, Co. Antrim (David Clarke and John Pyper)
(on the roof of the leisure centre today)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2, Newcastle, Co. Down (Ed O'Hara) (see below)
Red Kite - 1, Banbridge, Co. Down (Ed O'Hara)
Mandarin Duck - 2, Newcastle Boating Lake, Co. Down (Ed O'Hara) (again, see below)
Whimbrel - 1, St. John's Pt, Co. Down (Walter Veale)
Tree Sparrow - 12, St. John's Pt, Co. Down (Walter Veale)
Little Egret - 3, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Little Egret - 2, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Greenshank - 5, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Common Sandpiper - 12, Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Sanderling - 1 (summer plumage), Ballykinler, Co. Down
Stuart Mckee had a short seawatch at St John's at 8pm - 2 SP
Sanderling - 2 (summer plumage), St John's Pt., Co. Down (Stuart McKee)
Storm Petrel - 12, St John's Pt., Co. Down (Stuart McKee)
Whimbrel - 2, St John's Pt., Co. Down (Stuart McKee)
Puffin -2, St John's Pt., Co. Down (Stuart McKee)
Manx Shearwater - 400, St John's Pt., Co. Down (Stuart McKee)
Common Scoter - 15, in flight off Kinnegar Shore, Co. Down (Stuart McKee).
Cuckoo - 1, Croghan Hide, Oxford Island, Co. Armagh (Mark Killops)
Carrion crow- 1, Ballyhenry point, Ards Peninsula, Co. Down (Ian Graham)
Bar-tailed Godwit - 7 (summer plumage), Belfast Harbour RSPB (Ian Graham)
Whimbrel - 1, Rathlin Island, Co. Antrim (Jason Starbuck)Manx Shearwater - 2, seen from Rathlin ferry (Jason Starbuck)
Co. Donegal
Greenshank - 25, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal (Keith Bennett)
Black-tailed Godwit - 10, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal (Keith Bennett)
Dunlin - 125, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal (Keith Bennett)
Sanderling - 4, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal (Keith Bennett)
Common Sandpiper - 4, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal (Keith Bennett)
Kingfisher - 1, Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal (Keith Bennett)
Sorry for the late post today but I decided I needed a life this evening. Come back tomorrow and I'll have made this all a bit more interesting (maybe) - a lot of records today, proof that there's plenty of interest out there.
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