Thursday 5th August news

White-tailed Eagle - 1, "Star" from the Kerry reintroduction project, Loughareema (Vanishing Lake between Cushendun and Ballycastle) at 5pm (Colin Guy)

Little Egret - 8, Larne Lough, Co. Antrim (Ian Enlander)
Little Stint - 1, Larne Lough, Co. Antrim (Ian Enlander)
Little Egret - 1, West end Lower Lough Erne, Co.Fermanagh (Brad Robson)
Long Eared Owl - 1 Castlecaldwell Forest, Co.Fermanagh (Brad Robson)
Green Sandpiper- 2 (flew south), Blackstaff River, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Little Egret - 6, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Greenshank - 6,Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Common Sandpiper - 6, Dundrum Inner Bay North, Co. Down
Little Egret - 9, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Greenshank - 8, Dundrum Inner Bay South, Co. Down
Green Sandpiper - 1 adult, Belfast Lough RSPB Reseve Co.Down
Common Sandpiper - 6, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Co.Down
Ruff - 2 juveniles, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve
Dunlin - 20 Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Co.Down
Sandwhich Tern - 1 Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Co.Down
Sedge Warbler - 1, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Co.Down
Shovelor - 3, Belfast Lough RSPB Reserve Co.Down
Common Sandpiper - 3, Kinnegar Pool Co.Down
Teal - 2, Kinnegar Pool Co.Down
Eider - 200, Kinnegar Shore Co.Down
Whinchat - 4 juveniles 3male and 1 female Antrim Hills

No pictures of birds so far today and I'll be damned if it's a Laughing Gull - from now on it's limited to one photo per day, we're going to have to wean Derek off it. In lieu of a proper bird pic here's some vaguely bird-related material that probably gives too much away about myself - birds on beermats.

The Famous Grouse....














The ubiquitous black stuff.....





and here's an Otter just for the hell of it.....





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