Bird News Saturday 20th August

No sign this morning of adult Little Stint at Belfast Lough RSPB but Whimbrel, 2 Ruff, 2 Common Sandpipers (Garry Armstrong).

Fanad Head 0830-1200: 3 PomarineSkua including one with spoons, Great Skua, Arctic Skua, 1+ Storm Petrel, 180+ Sooty Shearwaters, countless Manx Shearwaters in strong westerlies (Wilton Farrelly).

Five Common Sandpipers were at Croaghan hide at Oxford Island this morning. (Ed O'Hara).

Two Little Gulls and two Common Sandpipers were at Lady Bay, Lough Neagh this afternoon. )Nigel Moore, David McCreedy, Michael Latham).

Arctic Skua Magilligan Point (John Clarke).

Glaucous Gull again at Burger King car park Coleraine (John Clarke).

Thanks to Jeff Higgott for the picture of the Red Grouse, to Michael Latham for the picture of the Little Gulls and to Terry Hanna for the picture of the Curlew:





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