Bird News Monday 31st December

The Spoonbill was on Ogilby Island off Rough Island, Strangford Lough at 11.30 (Dermot Hughes)

The two Waxwing were at the mouth of the river in Ballycastle, first thing this morning.

A Sandwich Tern was in Ballyholme Bay, Bangor at 10.40 today (Shane Wolsey)

Two female scaup were at Crom, Upper Lough Erne (Jamie Dillon)

A flock of 55 Pink-footed Geese and a female Merlin were at Myroe, Lough Foyle (David Nixon / Philip McHaffie)

Thanks to Lesley Barker for this pic of a Peregrine at Mount Stewart: