Bird News Friday 16th January 2026

The Harlequin Duck is still at Tra na Goloch, 4 Red Billed Chough at Derrybeg golf club, a Great Northern Diver at Derrybeg harbour, 2 Cackling Geese with Barnacles and a Ring Necked Duck at Dunfanaghy New Lake, 2 Slavonian Grebes at Blanketnook in Donegal. (Garry Wilkinson).

9 Taiga Bean Geese are amongst the Greylags at Blanket Nook in Donegal. (Chris Ingram).

A male Lesser Scaup was at the Maltings in Newtownards. (Dermot Hughes).

An adult Little Gull was in Carnlough Bay this evening. (David Steele).

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Harlequin Duck, Garry Wilkinson.

Buzzard, Rod Gillan.

Little Gull, David Steele.