nibirds

Avocet still at Belfast Lough WoW late morning (Brian Hegarty).

Adult Ring-billed Gull still at the Round O, Enniskillen (Aaron Long / Mel O’Hagan).

Drake Smew at Ardmore shore, Lough Neagh west of Emerson’s sandpit (Joe Devlin). At Todds Corner 320pm (Nigel Moore).

4th winter Kumlein’s Gull at Ballyhooriskey Pier, Fanad Head, Co Donegal (presumed same bird as at Keadue Bridge yesterday) (Wilton Farrelly).

Close drake Goosander at Glynn (Robert McDowell).

Great Spotted Woodpeckers drumming in Hillsborough grounds and in garden between there and Moira (Juliet Fleming).

Kumlein’s Gull, Wilton Farrelly:

Great Spotted Woodpecker, Juliet Fleming:

 The Avocet is still at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Amy Minnis).

A female Brambling and an escaped Zebra Finch are visiting a garden outside Hillsborough. (Garry Wilkinson).

The Red-crested Pochard is still on Lurgan Park Lake. (Tony Dodds).

A female type Black Redstart wad by the prom in Portstewart. On rocks and wall by bandstand. (John Spottiswood).

The Ring-necked Duck is still at Corbally Reservoir outside Portrush. (Juliet Fleming).

A Crossbill was at Springwell Forest. (David Hill).

3 Red-throated and 2 Great Northern Divers were between Garron Point and Galbolly. (Richard Caves).

Avocet, Amy Minnis.

Black Redstart, Stephen Riddell.

Crossbill, David Hill.

Great Northern Diver, Richard Caves.

The Avocet remains at Belfast WoW Reserve (Chris Hamilton).

Single Green Sandpiper at Corbet Lake (David McCreedy).

Great White Egret on Croaghan Island at Oxford Island NNR (Ed O’Hara).

White-tailed Eagle over Rathlin (Patricia Currie / Hazel Watson).

Drake Red-crested Pochard on Lurgan Park Lake since at least 17th January viewable from outside site currently closed due to storm damage (David Knight).

3 Great Northern Divers Carnlough and another off Garron Point but no sign of White-billed Diver between here and Galboly (Richard Caves).

Barn Owl low over lower part of Windyhill Road near Limavady at 7pm (John Spottiswood).

Male and female Great Spotted Woodpeckers in garden near Hillsborough (Garry Wilkinson).

White-tailed Eagle, Hazel Watson:

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The White-billed Diver was on the Antrim coast again at Galboly, just offshore from the long lay-by 1.2 miles north of Garron Point, last seen at 13.40. (David Steele).

 The Avocet is still at Belfast Lough RSPB WoW reserve this morning. (Laura Kerr).

A 1st winter Little Gull was feeding over a ploughed field opposite The Hollow Road west of Aghalee up to 2.45 at least. (Dermot Hughes, John O'Boyle).

A Great White Egret was at Portmore Lough RSPB. (Sean Gibson).

An Iceland Gull was reported at Ballycastle Harbour. 

The wintering Whimbrel was still on Rathlin today. (Ric Else & Hazel Watson).

A Sandwich Tern was on Millisle beach. 

White-billed Diver, David Steele.

Avocet, Laura Kerr.

Avocet, Juliet Fleming.

Black-throated Diver at Portmuck, also 14 Red-throated Divers (Ian Enlander).

Possible Viking Gull (Glaucous x Herring Gull) at Portstewart (Stephen Riddell)

Great White Egret at 430pm in fields across from Ballymena Rugby Club (Ian Millar).

The overwintering Whimbrel again on Rathlin (Ric Else / Hazel Watson).

A Barn Owl at Tamary Hill near Rathfriland this evening (John Barry).

Possible Viking Gull, Stephen Riddell:

Probable sinensis Cormorant yesterday at lower pond Waterworks, Belfast (Stuart McKee). 

A Brambling with Chaffinches below feeders in a garden near Hillsborough (Garry Wilkinson).

Bird initially thought to be a probable Glaucous Gull was reidentified as a leucistic Great Black-backed Gull at Ardglass (David Stirling).

A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at the roost at Belfast Lough WoW this evening (Stuart Cossey).

Probable sinensis Cormorant, Stuart McKee:

A female Blackcap visiting a garden in west Belfast. (John O'Boyle)

A female Great Spotted Woodpecker is visiting a garden outside Hillsborough. (Garry Wilkinson).