Bird News Tuesday 11th September

A three-hour seawatch from Rue Point on Rathlin this morning produced 1 juvenile Sabine's Gull, 1 juvenile Little Gull, 21 Sooty Shearwaters, 1 Storm Petrel, 115 Brent Geese, 1 Great Northern Diver, 3 Arctic Skuas and 3 Great Skuas. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

A juvenile Black Tern was over Lough Beg this afternoon. (David Steele).

2 Black tern and 2 Ruff were at Reedy Flat and a White Wagtail nearby at Bann Foot on the south shore of Lough Neagh. (Richard Weyl).

3 Mediterranean Gulls were at the Round O in Enniskillen this evening. (Brad Robson).

17 Greenshank were at Glynn and 35 Brent over Larne. (Gerard McGeehan).

Thanks to Ronald Surgenor for the picture of the Curlew Sandpiper and to Lindsay Hodges and Christine Cassidy for the picture of the Red Grouse: