Bird News Sunday 27th September

A juvenile American Golden Plover and a Buff-breasted Sandpiper are at Ballykelly with a Golden Plover flock (Garry Armstrong) Location: 

Dropped pin:

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The AGP was at 4pm at the west end of Myroe (Tony Dodds / Billy Miskelly / Gerard McGeehan / Jeff Larkin)  The bird was back at Ballykelly at 6pm (Daniel Newton)

5 Grey Plover, 2 Greenland Wheatear, a Peregrine and a Merlin were also at Ballykelly. (Garry Armstrong, Neal Warnock).

The Marsh Harrier was still at Portmore Lough RSPB, 3 Kestrel were also present. A Merlin was at Ballinacor on the south shore of Lough Neagh. (Ed O’Hara)

42 Slavonian Grebe were off Myroe. (Jeff Larkin)

A Pink-footed Goose was with circa 35 Greylag, 3 miles north of Portaferry (Michael Latham)

4 Ruff were at RSPB WoW (Daniel Newton)

 4 Pink-footed Geese and a Sand Martin were at Kearney (Richard Weyl)

A Pied Flycatcher was on Arranmore, also over the weekend there was a Yellow-browed Warbler. 20 Crossbills, 3 White Wagtails, 6 Bonxies and 3 Sooty Shearwaters. (Davy Hunter).

Around 30 Whooper Swans arrived in several flocks late last night in Upper Lough Erne at Crom. They were sighted again today. (Paul Lynas).

A single Whooper Swan was just outside Ballygally, Larne. (Linda Thompson),

A ring-tailed Hen Harrier was in the Antrim hills, 2 Pink-feet were seen in flight. A Merlin and a Wheatear were at Sandy Bay in Larne. (Brian Halligan).

2 juvenile Hen Harriers were on Rathlin. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

Buff-breasted Sandpiper & Greenland Wheatear, Christine Cassidy:

Marsh Harrier & Merlin - Ed O'Hara:

Whooper Swan - Linda Thompson:

Hen Harrier - Ric Else: