Bird News Wednesday 21st December

An immature male Velvet Scoter is off Kinnegoe hide at Oxford Island. (Garry Armstrong).

Two Slavonian Grebes were off Macedon Point in Belfast Lough. (Stuart McKee0.

50 Siskins were at Kilfennan Country Park in L'Derry. (Theo Campbell).

A ringtail Hen Harrier was at Reedy Flats and single Barnacle and Russian Whitefront Geese with the Greylag flock. (Mike McLaughlin, David McCreedy).

A male Green-winged Teal was with 600 Eurasian Teal at Church Island, Lough Beg this afternoon. A Spotted Redshank was also seen. Earlier in the day a female Ring-necked Duck, female Smew and a Great Northern Diver were at the south end of the lake. (David Steele).

Thanks to Comghal McQuillan and Ed O'Hara for the pictures of the Velvet Scoter, to David McCreedy for the pictures of the Whitefront and Barnacle Goose and to David Steele for the picture of the Green-winged Teal

Comghal McQuillan

Ed O'Hara






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