Female Surf Scoter still on Corbally Road Reservoir (Ian Dickey et al).
Grey Phalarope still at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve (Garry Armstrong).
No sign of Grey Phalarope on Rathlin (Ric Else).
8+ Curlew Sandpipers at Myroe beside the pallets and pile of soil in second stubble field (John Spratt).
Surf Scoter, Michael Latham:
The Grey Phalarope is still at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Daniel Newton). The bird is still present this afternoon. (Ed O'Hara).
A Grey Phalarope was on Rathlin this morning. (Hazel Watson & Ric Else)
A Black Tern and a Little Gull were at Magilligan this afternoon. (Stephen Riddell).
A Barred Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat are on Tory Island in Donegal. (Anton Meehan).
A female Surf Scoter is on Corbally Reservoir at Portrush. (John Clarke).
The Bonaparte's Gull was again on Kinnegar shore. (Daniel Newton)
A Little Gull was at Groomsport. (Richard Weyl).
A Long-eared Owl and 20 Crossbills were on Starbog Road above Larne today. (Brian Halligan).
A Great White Egret was at Lough Beg this afternoon. (Maria Mulholland).
Dark-bellied Brent Goose at Ballykelly and a juvenile Black Tern is at Magilligan Point. (Ivan Quail & Nicky Lynn).
A Grey Phalarope was at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve 1130-1240 seen from the main building directly opposite on far side of reserve in bay and along spit and island shoreline then flushed by Hooded Crow and no further sightings by 1340. Also present were 2 Common Sandpipers, 2 Ruff, 6 Little Egrets, 1 Common and 8 Sandwich Terns. (Derek Polley/John Fraser/Bob Watts/Aaron Long et al). No further sign by dusk (Daniel Newton).
Curlew Sandpiper at Ballymacormick Point this afternoon (Anthony McGeehan & John McLean).
No sign of the Grey Phalarope at Kilclief but Wheatear and 3 Sandwich Terns present (Richard Caves).
4 Curlew Sandpipers and 2 Wheatear at Myroe (John Spratt).
Wheatears - Richard Caves
The Baltimore Oriole is still on Rathlin. (James Crymble).
A White-rumped Sandpiper with 8 Curlew Sandpipers in the stubble field at Myroe. Also Pinkfoot and 12 Whooper Swans (Dean Jones).
A Grey Phalarope at Kilclief ( Birds of Strangford & Kilclief FB Page).
A Ruff and a Mediterranean Gull were in the flooded meadows along Canalbank Road at Poyntzpass. (Joe Devlin).
Two Short-eared Owls were reported on the Co. Down coast this afternoon.
3 or 4 Wheatears were between the coastal zone and Ramore Head in Portrush. (Juliet Fleming).
Thanks to Juliet Fleming for the picture of the Wheatear, to Terry Hanna for the picture of the Sanderling and to Wilf Swain for the pictures of the Buzzard:
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Common Sandpiper at Belfast Lough WoW Reserve (Bob Watts).
Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper at Ballyfrench (Ivan Quail).
A single Ruff at Lady Bay this morning (Richard Caves).
Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit, John McLean:
The two Pectoral Sandpipers were still in the stubble field at Myroe, a single Pink-footed Goose was also present. (Martin Deehan).
The Lesser Yellowlegs, American Golden Plover, 4 Curlew Sandpipers and 5 Ruff were at Blanket Nook in Donegal this morning. (Chris Ingram).
Two Common Sandpipers were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve and a Raven flew over. (Jonathan Cooke, Derek Polley).
Three Ruffs and an adult Mediterranean Gull were in a flooded field in Ards Airfield, North Strangford Lough. (David Nixon).
The Bonaparte's Gull was still on Kinnegar shore this morning. (Derek Polley)
Gareth Platt is looking for any good pictures of a Cormorant with an orange darvic ring that has been seen around Belfast Lough.
Thanks to Jason Bain for the picture of the Wheatear and to Jonathan Cooke for the picture of the Common Sandpiper:
A Red-throated Diver was at Foyle Port Marina in L'Derry. (Mike Savage, John Spottiswood).
A Curlew Sandpiper, Ruff and Common Sandpiper were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Gerard McGeehan).
The Bonaparte's Gull was at Kinnegar shore again. (Aaron Long).
The Lesser Yellowlegs and American Golden Plover are both still at Blanket Nook in Donegal. (Band).
Thanks to Juliet Fleming for the picture of the Brent Goose and to Terry Hanna for the picture of the Wheatear
The adult Bonaparte’s Gull again on Kinnegar Shore. Also 2 Curlew Sandpipers at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW Reserve (Daniel Newton). Also Common Sandpiper still (Stuart McKee). Bonaparte’s Gull still present 1815 (Michael Latham).
Juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs at Inch Marshes, Co Donegal (BAND).
Adult American Golden Plover still at Blanket Nook, Co Donegal (BAND).
Bonaparte’s Gull, Michael Latham, Daniel Newton, David Weir & Jonathan Cooke:
Two Ruff and a Common Sandpiper were at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Bob Watts).
A Black Tern is at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve and a winter plumaged Mediterranean Gull at Whitehouse Lagoon. (Tony Dodds).
Adult and juvenile Sabine's Gulls were off the harbour in Rathlin this morning. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).
The Lesser Yellowlegs remains at Blanket Nook in Donegal.
A Mediterranean Gull was at Antrim Marina, it is likely to be the same bird that was there at the end of August. (Gareth Platt).
A flock of 4 Wheatear were along the coastal path at Whitehead. (Conor McCoy).
Thanks to Tony Dodds for the picture of the Black Tern and to John McClean for the picture of the Manx Shearwater which was found in the backyard of a house in Bangor:
Buff-breasted Sandpiper and 8 Ruff flushed by a Peregrine at Myroe and headed towards Binevenagh, also the Spotted Redshank still present. 2 Pectoral Sandpipers in the stubble field nearest the Roe Estuary at Myroe. 4 Mediterranean Gulls Ballykelly (Stuart McKee & Garry Armstrong).
2 Pink-footed Geese, 3 Ruff and 4+ Mediterranean Gulls at Myroe (Donna & Stephen Riddell).
Juvenile Lesser Yellowlegs still at the Pumphouse end and adult American Golden Plover still at Blanket Nook, Co Donegal (Derek Brennan).
Black Tern off Kinnegar Shore (Birdguides).
7 Curlew Sandpipers and juvenile Little Stint at the Bann Estuary (Dean Jones).
Lesser Yellowlegs & American Golden Plover, Derek Brennan:
