Bird News Saturday 12th November

A female Velvet Scoter was off Hazelbank, Belfast Lough. Also 6 Common Scoter off Hazelbank, a Long-tailed Duck still off Kinnegar and a male Pintail at Whitehouse lagoon. (Neal Warnock)

8 Little Egrets were at Whitehouse Lagoon this evening (Gerard McLaughlin)

9 Common Scoter were off Crawforsdburn (Wilton Farrelly)

A Cattle Egret was in Malin Town, Co Donegal (Birdguides)

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Thanks to Dick Glasgow for this pic of a Buzzard: