Bird News Sunday 3rd July

A female Blue-winged Teal was in Church Bay at Lough Beg. (David Steele).

A Common Sandpiper was at Kinnegar in Belfast Lough. (Daniel Newton).

Two Greenshank, one in summer plumage, and two summer plumaged Bar-tailed Godwits were at Glynn in Larne Lough. (Gerard McGeehan).

A Common Sandpiper was along the Clanrye River, Newry Estuary this morning. (Frank Carroll).

Thanks to Stephen Maxwell for the pictures of the adult and young Mediterranean Gulls and to Jason Bain for the picture of the Buzzard.