Bird News Thursday 4th July

A Cattle Egret was seen from 17:30-17:45 at Porthall Co Donegal. The bird has been in the area for 6 to 8 weeks and is presumably the St Johnstone bird (Brian Hegarty)

Sea Park Greenisland had 2 Med Gull (adult and first year) and 2 Common Sandpipers and circa 450 Eider (Gerard McGeehan)

You can read about new plans by the RSPB for the Belfast Harbour Estate Reserve at:
http://www.rspb.org.uk/news/348728-be-wowed-by-belfast-harbour

Many thanks to Alistair Prentice for this picture of a Whinchat in the Antrim Hills and Ed O'Hara for the pic of a juvenile Reed Warbler:


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