Bird News Friday 20th December

The adult Ring-billed Gull is back at Carrickfergus Harbour, Co. Antrim. A boreal is Eider was also off Carrickfergus (Neal Warnock)

A Red Kite was seen near Armoy (Clive Mellon)

A Red-throated and 3 Great Northern Divers were in Killough Hbr; 4 Red-throated Divers were off Ballyhornan; 24 Gadwall, 150 Greylag and 6 Woodcock were at Castleward (Chris Murphy)

Three Slavonian Grebe were off Macedon Point, Belfast Lough (Chris Shaw / Stuart McKee)

Redshank, Guy Hamilton: