The Green Sandpiper was still at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh this morning, four Common Sandpipers were also present. (Ed O'Hara).
The male Ruff was still at RSPB WoW (Tom Ennis)
A Great White Egret and Curlew Sandpiper were at Blanketnook, Donegal (Graham Mitchell)
The Least Tern was still at Portrane, ConDublin.
A Red Kite was at Castlewellan. (Stephen Maxwell).
The male Ruff was still at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this afternoon. (Tom Ennis, Tony Dodds).
The Green Sandpiper and two Common Sandpipers were at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh. (Gerard McGeehan, Shirley Dunlop).
Thanks to Terry Hanna for the picture of the Meadow Pipit and to Dakota Reid for the picture of the Dipper:
RSPB Wow Reserve this morning had the Male Ruff. Also present at distance was a party of circa 11 Bar-tailed Godwits. Appeared to be non-breeders (perhaps last year's young birds).(Tom Ennis)
The Least Tern was seen briefly at Portrane, Co Dublin this morning. (Garry Wilkinson)
Ruff, RSPB WoW, Noeni Bryars:
An early returning Common Sandpiper was at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh.
The summer plummaged Ruff was at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve again today. (Stephen Riddell).
A 1st-year Bonaparte's Gull was at Mullagh this evening, around the spit area before flying out towards the Beg. (David Steele).
Thanks to David Steele for the picture of the Bonaparte's Gull, Michael Latham for the pictures of the Arctic Tern and the Ruff and to Stephen Riddell for the picture of the Ruff:
A single Twite was on the path down to the viewing platform from the seabird centre on Rathlin this morning. (Kevin Kirkham).
Three Great Skua were on Rathlin today. (Kevin Kirkham).
Reed Warblers continue to show occasionally around Kinnegoe hide at Oxford Island. (Garry Armstrong).
The Roseate Tern was reported again on the shore at Belfast Lough RSPB reserve. (Birdguides)
A Great White Egret was feeding in a drainage ditch between M12 and Birches roundabout on the westbound side in Co. Armagh this morning. (David Shilliday).
Another Rosy Starling has been found at Victoria Gardens, Ballyclare (Heather Gamble).
A Roseate Tern was with other terns on the shore at Belfast WOW RSPB reserve this afternoon. (Stuart McKee).
A male Ruff was at the Mullagh, Lough Beg (Brian Murphy)
Whitethroat, Alistair McLean:
It’s the final week of RSPB NI’s Curlew LIVE cam streaming 24/7 from a curlews’ nest in the Antrim Hills. The eggs are expected to hatch this weekend. Watch here: www.rspb.org.uk/NIwebcams
A Rose-coloured Starling has been photographed coming to a garden in Coronation Park Dundonald, the bird could well be still around the area.
A Med Gull was at the RSPB WoW reserve.(Ian Enlander).
A Great White Egret was at the south end of Lough Beg this evening - it's a different bird to that seen previously based on colour of bill and legs and presence of breeding plumes. (David Steele).
Our thanks to Terry Hanna for this pic of a Whitethroat.
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The Rose-coloured Starling is still in the recently cut fields at Blackwood near Bangor this morning. Traffic is very busy along the road here and great care should be taken when viewing the fields. (Dave Weir). The bird was still present at 5:50pm and seen on the roof of the farm sheds. (Bob Watts).
A male Lesser Scaup was on the pool below the viewing platform at Portmore Lough RSPB this evening. (Garry Armstrong).
Thanks to Ed O'Hara for the pictures of the Lesser Scaup, to Juliet Fleming for the picture of the Sedge Warbler and to Alastair McLean for the picture of the Razorbill:
The Rose-coloured Starling was still in the same recent cut fields near Blackwood, Bangor this morning. (James Andrew / Derek Polley) The Rosy Starling was still present this evening at the same location as last night. It roosted close by (Philip West / Margaret Mackle)
A Red Kite was just north of Seaforde, County Down this afternoon. (Gilly Irwin)
The Osprey was seen at Woodburn at 2:45 (Kevin Rice \ Derek Polley)
Two Whooper Swans were at Lough Beg near Church Island. (Shane McGarvey)
Our thanks to Derek Polley for the photo of the Arctic Tern which have returned to the WoW RSPB reserve.
Thanks to Kevin Rice who managed to picture the Woodburn Osprey catch a fish this afternoon:
Below are more pictures of the Rose-coloured Starling near Craigantlet. Please note if you are going to try to see this bird it was only viewable from the side of a very busy road this evening. Take extreme care in parking or standing anywhere along this road.
Two Cuckoo were in the Antrim Hils (Linda Thompson)
41 Sanderling were at Kearney (Wilton Farrelly).
A Wood Sandpiper was at Paddy's Dub, Lough Beg, this afternoon. (David Steele).
Two Whimbrel were in Killough Harbour (Chris Murphy)
An Osprey was seen at Woodburn Reservoir, Carrickfergus (George Stewart)
A male Black Redstart was seen near Lisnagleer village between Dungannon and Cookstown. A Stock Dove was also in Dungannon today (David Shilliday)
Cuckoo, Linda Thompson:
Garden Warblers were calling this morning at Belle Isle and Crom, Co Fermanagh (Dermott Hughes).
The Curlew Sandpiper was at the Bann Estuary again this afternoon, a Whimbrel was also present. (John Spottiswood).
The Great White Egret was opposite the hide at the Bann estuary this morning. (Richard Donaghey).
A female Great Spotted Woodpecker was visiting a garden feeder at Lord Wardens, Bangor (Erin Thompson).
An immature Mediterranean Gull was in the channel about 1 mile south of Newry towards Warrenpoint this morning. (Dermot Hughes).
An adult Mediterranean Gull was at Islandmagee causeway this afternoon. (Dakota Reid)
A Great White Egret was this evening opposite the hide at Bann Estuary for 20 minutes. Based on bill colour, it is believed to be different to the bird seen earlier today and yesterday. Also present were a Curlew Sandpiper and Whimbrel. (John Spottiswood)
Thanks to Richard Donaghey for the picture of the Great White Egret and to Dakota Reid for the picture of the Mediterranean Gull:
