Bird News Saturday 16th May

3 Great Northern Divers, 1 Red-throated Diver were at St John’s Pt; 26 Ringed Plover, 21 Dunlin were at Rossglass; 11 Whimbrel were in Killough Harbour. ( Chris Murphy).

A pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers are visiting a garden outside Keady in Co. Armagh. (John Merry).

A Cuckoo is calling in Woodburn forest near Carrickfergus. (George Stewart).

Three Whimbrel were at Loughmourne, Carrickfergus (Charles Carson)

Thanks to Michael Latham for the pictures of the Dipper and the Skylark and to Terry Hanna for the picture of the Song Thrush: