Bird News Thursday 23rd October 2025

The Little Stint remains at Mill Bay, Rathlin. A Mediterranean Gull was also present along with the Bonapartes Gull. There has been no sign of the Rough Legged Buzzard (Ric Else / Hazel Watson / Dean Jones)

A female Greater Scaup was on the main lake at Castle Espie WWT (Jonathan Clark)

Myroe has three White-Rumped Sandpipers and the Pectoral Sandpiper this morning (Mervyn Campbell)

The Harlequin Duck was still at Glashagh Upper, Donegal (John O’Boyle / Dermot Hughes)

The hybrid Ring-billed Gull was at Millisle. Kearney had 2 Pink-footed Geese and a Chiffchaff. (Richard Weyl)

9 Taiga Bean Geese are still at Inch Levels (Derek Brennan) Please do not disturb the geese and watch / photograph from distance.

A Yellow-browed Warbler was on Tory (Daniel Moloney)

11 Twite were at Kearney village (David McCreedy / Mike McLaughlin)

A Long-eared Owl was near Larchfield (Garry Wilkinson)

A Great White Egret was seen in flight on Castle Island Road near the Quoile  4 Whoopers were also seen (Anne-Marie Smyth)

A juvenile Hen Harrier was at Black Head (Philip McErlean)

A male Hen Harrier was at Davagh Forest, Cookstown (Godfrey McRoberts)

Two Taiga Bean Geese and two Pink-footed Geese were with Greylag flocks at Dooey, Lettermacaward, north of Glenties (Dermot Hughes / John O'Boyle)

Greater Scaup, Jonathan Clark:


Taiga Bean Goose, Derek Brennan:

Hen Harrier, Philip McErlean:



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