Bird News Wednesday 1st August

Along the Armagh shore of Lough Neagh 2 Little Gull, 6 Common Tern, 200 Gadwall, 3 Goldeneye, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, a Ruff and 4 Dunlin were at Reedy Flat (Oscar Campbell).

A seawatch at St John's Point between 8.00 and 9.00am produced 47 Black Guillemots, 62 Puffins and c.3,000 Manxies, all flying north, among the Black Guillemots was one albino bird. (Chris Murphy).

Thanks to Alistair Prentice for this shot of a Pied Wagtail taken between the showers. You can see more NI bird pictures at www.nibirdpics.blogspot.co.uk