Approximately 70 Whooper Swans from Castle Island hide, Quoile and good numbers of Pintail (Kevin Kirkham).
The Lesser Yellowlegs remains on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).
Great White Egret along River Quoile at Inch Abbey. Ruff at Kilclief, Strangford. (Clive Mellon).
1st winter Mediterranean Gull Kinnegar Shore this morning (Jeff Higgott). Adult Iceland Gull again at 2pm (Stephen Farquhar). 2 Mediterranean Gulls Kinnegar Shore in afternoon, Iceland Gull flew off 3pm (Jeff Higgott).
A Short-eared Owl at the southern tip of Ballyquintin Point. Ruff in flooded fields north of Kirkiston (Richard Weyl).
Pair of Goosanders at the river mouth at Waterfoot and the long-staying Pinkfoot still with the feral geese at the car park there (David Steele).
Adult Mediterranean Gull with red ring and Purple Sandpiper at Whitehead (Ian Enlander / Cameron Moore). Black Redstart close to dusk near Rangers Club (Aaron Long / Kevin Rice).
Brambling in a Whitehead garden (Cameron Moore).
Harlequin still present at Trà na gCloch Co Donegal. 30+ Whitefronts with Barnacle Geese and drake Ring-necked Duck at Dunfanaghy New Lakes (Stephen Dunbar / Michael Latham).
Red Kite near Castlewellan (Mel O’Hagan).
A single Ruddy Shelduck of unknown origin still at Kiltonga (Kevin Kirkham).
Ring-billed x Common Gull hybrid still at Millisle (Jeff Higgott).
Male and female Goosanders at Ballycarry Bridge and a Barnacle Goose with 98 Pale-bellied Brent Geese at Steele’s Point, Larne Lough (Cameron Moore).
Jack Snipe and Woodcock at Harbour Meadows, Belfast Lough (Stuart Cossey).
Bittern still at Inch, Donegal (Theo Campbell).
2 Black-throated Divers at Carnlough Bay (David Steele).
Purple Sandpiper at Ballintoy Harbour (Dakota Reid / Martin Clift).
2 Green Sandpiper at Corbet Lough, 3 Red Kites Loughbrickland area (Neal Warnock).
Purple Sandpiper & Mediterranean Gull, Ian Enlander:
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1+ Velvet Scoter with scattered rafts of Common Scoter off Murlough Beach, also a Black-throated Diver and 49 Sanderling. The Spotted Redshank remains at Dundrum. (Stuart Cossey).
The Purple Sandpiper is still at Whitehead and a Black Redstart at the Rangers Club, Whitehead (Ivan Quail).
1st winter Harlequin still Tra na gCloch, Donegal (Richard Woods).
Male Brambling in a Whitehead garden (Cameron Moore).
27 Mediterranean Gulls at Cloghey Beach all adults bar one 1st winter (Chris Shaw)
Black Redstart, Whitehead, Jonny Rosborough:
The drake Harlequin Duck was still at Curranport, Co Donegal (Chris Veale)
The three Ring-necked Duck were still at the west end of Dunfanaghy New Lake (Neal Warnock)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Rathlin (Jon Biddle)
An immature male Black Redstart was on Newcastle Beach / Islands Park (Mel O’Hagan)
A Bittern was seen in flight this afternoon at Inch, Donegal (Aaron Long / Ian Young)
A Green Sandpiper was on the River Maine at Slaght (David Steele)
A pair of Mandarin were on the Rover Maine (Leia Getty)
A Green Sandpiper was also at Corbet Lough, Banbridge (Nathan Gilbert)
Circa 10 Purple Sandpiper and 2 Whimbrel were on Lighthouse Island, Copeland (Brian Sutton)
The Purple Sandpiper remains at Whitehead (Steven Farquhar)
At Horse Island 2 Black-throated Diver and 3 Slavonian Grebe. Another 3 Slavonian Grebe were in Greyabbey Bay (Richard Weyl)
Lesser Yellowlegs, Jon Biddle:
Black Redstart, Mel O’Hagan:
Great Northern Diver still in the harbour at Portrush with another one on the Ramore Head side of the harbour wall on sea (Aaron Long). 2 Great Northern Divers still in Portrush harbour mid afternoon (Tim Davis).
Great Northern Diver in flight over Newcastle bay (Bob Watts).
2 Great White Egrets at Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).
The 1st winter drake Harlequin is still at Tra na gCloch, Curranport, Donegal. Bittern again at Inch, Donegal seen twice in flight. 220 Pinkfeet at Blanket Nook (Garry Armstrong / Wilton Farrelly / Philip West / David Steele).
Lesser Yellowlegs still on Rathlin into its 9th week also Great Northern Diver and two flocks of Purple Sandpipers (Ric Else / Hazel Watson / Leia Getty).
2 Green Sandpipers and 1 Common Sandpiper still at Corbet Lough this morning (David McCreedy).
2 Red Kites (untagged) still in Antrim Hills (Michael Latham).
Great White Egret at the south end of Lough Beg (Steven Fyffe).
Pair of Mandarin Duck along the River Maine, Ballymena (Jonny Rosborough).
Great White Egret still Lough Ross Co Armagh this afternoon (John Spottiswood).
Great Spotted Woodpecker at Cregagh Wood (Ian Enlander).
Great White Egret at Quoile (Liam O’Hara).
5 Pinkfeet in with Whitefronts and geese at Myroe (Dylan Thomas).
Adult Iceland Gull at Enniskillen dump and a 1st winter Mediterranean Gull at the Round O (Ronan Owens).
3 Ring-necked Duck (m & 2 fem) also hybrid Ring-necked x Tufted at Dunfanaghy New Lakes (Wilton Farrelly / David Steele / Garry Armstrong / Philip West).
Male and female Goosander at Ballycarry Bridge also Purple Sandpipers at Whtehead (Cameron Moore).
Lesser Yellowlegs, Ric Else.
Red Kite, Michael Latham.
Great Northern Diver, James Armour.
2 Jack Snipe at Harbour Meadows, Belfast Lough (Stuart Cossey).
4+ Great Northern & several Red-throated Divers in Newcastle Harbour (Michael Latham).
Single Great Northern Diver in Portrush Harbour (Juliet Fleming).
20+ Grey Plovers at Green Island, North Dundrum Bay (Michael Latham).
5 Long-eared Owls and a Woodcock at dusk at the University of Coleraine (John Clarke).
Three Great Northern Divers were at Castle Caldwell on Lower Lough Erne. (Jamie Dillon).
Great Northern Diver, Juliet Fleming.
Red-throated Diver, Michael Latham.
Great Northern Diver, Michael Latham.
Two red head Goosanders a were on the River Maine at Slaght, near Ballymena (David Steele)
Two Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper were at Corbett Lough (Neal Warnock)
A Green Sandpiper was at Loughbrickland Lake on the eastern shore, with the Lapwings (Neal Warnock)
Two Great Northern Diver were in Portrush Harbour this morning (Eddie Manthorpe)
The male Harequin Duck was showing at Tra Na gCloch, Co. Donegal this afternoon. (Victor Caschera)
Video of the impressive looking Harlequin by Victor Caschera:
The 1st winter drake Harlequin still at Tra na gCloch near Curranport, Donegal (Chris Ingram / Jim Wells).
Great White Egret at Oxford Island NNR off Owen Roe (Jamie Dillon / Ed O’Hara).
7 Greater Scaup at Inch, Donegal (Leia Getty).
2 Great Northern Divers remain at Lough Beg also 3 Pinkfeet, 2 ringtail Hen Harriers and 3 Great White Egrets (David Steele).
Ringtail Hen Harrier at Culnady (John Spottiswood).
Common Sandpiper along the River Lagan this evening (Mel O’Hagan).
Single Great White Egret at Lough Ross (John Cusack).
Single Twite at Gulladuff, Derry (John Spottiswood).
Common Sandpiper, Mel O'Hagan.
Great White Egret, Ed O'Hara.
Raven, Rod Gillan.
A Cattle Egret was at Diamond Lane, near Portmore RSPb (Jim Wells)
The two Great Northern Divers were still off Oxford Island. Two Great White Egrets and a Hen Harrier were seen on Owen Roe (Ed O’Hara)
A Pink-footed Goose was with the Greylags at Lady Bay (Jim Wells)
The Lesser Yellowlegs was still on Rathlin (Jon Biddle)
Cattle Egret, Wilson Gardiner:
Great Northern Divers, Ed O’Hara:
Pink-footed Goose, Wilson Gardiner:
The Great White Egret is still present at Owen Roe, Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).
2 redhead Goosander still on Begney Lough this afternoon (David Nixon).
The first winter drake Harlequin Duck was still present at Trá na gCloch, Curranport, north west Donegal (Derek Brennan)
The Great White Egret remains at Owen Roe Flat, Oxford Island (Ed O’Hara)
The Lesser Yellowlegs remains on Rathlin. (Ric Else / Hazel Watson)
Two female Ring-necked Duck were at Dunfanaghy New Lake. Two Cackling Geese were still with the Barnacles there (Derek Brennan)
Up to 9 Little Gulls were seen of Galboly from 11am to 3pm (David Steele)
The Isle of Muck had 2 Whimbrel and 3 Red-throated Diver (Ian Enlander)
The Taiga Bean Geese were still with Pink-feet at the rear of Blanketnook (Chris Ingram)
The two Bittern seem to have been seen at different times at Inch today. One showed well off the Tooban Hide.
A single Woodcock was at Eshnadara,nr Rosslea Co Fermanagh this afternoon (Colin Bell)
Video footage of the Harlequin Duck, Derek Brennan:
Female Ring-necked Duck, Derek Brennan:
