Bird News Tuesday 18th October

Late news from Saturday was of a juvenile White-winged Black Tern at Portmore Lough, see pictures below. (Gavin Ferguson)

The Marsh Harrier was still at the Quoile, along with a Ruff (David Nixon)

A seawatch over the day at Ramore Head produced an impressive array of birds including a juvenile Long-tailed Skua, a Sabines Gull, 11 Arctic Skua, 12 Pom Skua, 18 Great Skua, 2 Grey Phalarope, 350 Barnacle Geese, 16 Whoopers and 4 Manx Shearwater (Neal Warnock)

A second winter Mediterranean Gull was at Whitehead (Cameron Moore)

4 Gannets, 2 Sandwich Tern, 30 Razorbills, a Guillemot and a Black Guillemot were off Killyleagh seafront in Strangford Lough. (Spencer & Joan Marshall)