Bird News Monday 5th September

A Red Kite was over the Dromara Road in Dundrum this morning. The Kite had a blue wing tag. (Wilf Swain).

The Black Tern and a Manx Shearwater were in Kinnegoe Bay, Oxford Island, this morning. (Ed O'Hara).

The Glossy Ibis was seen again, in flight over the Ecos Park in Ballymena. (Jeff Larkin).

The Little Ringed Plover is still at Seagahan Dam in Co. Armagh, a Ringed Plover and a Dunlin are also present. (Joe Devlin).

A juvenile Black Tern is at Killough Harbour. The bird is still present this afternoon. (Alastair Rae/Chris Murphy).

On Saturday 12 Twite were at Dunluce Castle, Co. Antrim. (Chris Murphy).

Nine Mediterranean Gulls were south of Portavogie and four Wheatear were at Kearney. (Dermot Hughes).

Brent Geese continue to arrive with birds seen off Ramore Head in Portrush. (Donna Riddell).

Five Curlew Sandpipers,  two Ruff and two Greenshank are at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve today. (Stuart McKee/Nigel Moore).

A Sooty Shearwater flew past Ballymacormick Point near Bangor. (James Andrew).

Three Black Terns, a Green Sandpiper, eight Ruff and an Osprey were at the ponds at Mullagh at the south end of Lough Beg this afternoon. The female Smew was seen again at the main lake. (David Steele).

A juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, Knot, Sanderling and Turnstone were with Dunlin and Ringed Plover at Church Bay on Rathlin. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

A single Brent Goose and a juvenile Wheatear were at Whitepark Bay. (Patrick Barton).

There will be a boat trip to Islay to see the large flocks of geese on Saturday 29th October. Please contact Jim Wells on 07856235144 for full details.

Thanks to Wilf Swain for the picture of the Red Kite, to Alastair Rae for the picture of the Black Tern, to Ed O'Hara for the picture of the Manx Shearwater, to Donna Riddell for the picture of the Brent Geese, to Nigel Moore for the pictures of the Curlew Sandpiper and the Greenshank and to David Knight for the pictures of the Little Ringed Plover: