Army Birding

Northern Ireland Birdwatchers Association Report sightings to: nibirds@live.co.uk, Bird News Tuesday 24th September At Burial Island between 11.30 and 12.00 3 Great Skua and 10 Red-throated Diver. At Ballyquintin Point yesterday were a Whitethroat, a Whimbrel, 9 Red-throated Diver and 8 Scoter. (Ric...

Bird News Saturday 21st September Yellow Wagtail was still showing on Kinnegar shore, it was on the shingle were the river meets the sea (Ian Graham) A Curlew Sandpiper was at Newcastle, Co Down (Ed O'Hara) Bird News Friday 20th September The Yellow Wagtail was still at Kinnegar Shore. (George Gordo...

NI Birdblog. 4 Ruff were at the RSPB Belfast Harbour Estate reserve. 1,000 Kittiwake, 100 Gannet, 100 Manx Shearwater, were all feeding in Dundrum Bay also one Red -throated Diver, 1 Merlin, 20 Golden Plover, 10 Skylark and a Wheatear .   Evening roost at Killough had 4 Little Egret a ad Med. Gull a...

Northern Ireland Birdwatchers Association Report sightings to: nibirds@live.co.uk, Flightline: 028 91467408, Text: 07511 684 398. See bird pics at: www.nibirdpics.blogspot.co.uk The Yellow Wagtail was still at Kinnegar shore this evening. (Ed O'Hara). 8 Arctic Tern flew north over Inishmacsaint, Low...

A Yellow Wagtail was showing well at Kinnegar shore at 2pm (David Nixon/Phillip McHaffie) 3 Ruff were at the RSPB Belfast Harbour Estate reserve. St John's Point between 10.00-10.30 had 3 Red-throated Diver, 1 Purple Sandpiper, 400Kittiwake, 1 Stock Dove, 100 Swallow a Sand Martin with a strong noti...

A seawatch at Ramore Head, Portrush today produced a Sooty Shearwater, a juvenile Sabine's Gull and 150 Brent Geese. (Tom Ennis/Ray Bennett). At Myroe at least 3 of the American Golden Plover and a Curlew Sandpiper were still present. (Tom Ennis/ Ray Bennett). Ramore this morning from 0700 hrs to 10...

NI Bird News Sunday 15th September 5 American Golden Plover and aDotterel are still present at Myroe levels. They were in a ploughed field although distant at times making viewing challenging. A Buff-breasted Sandpiper and a Curlew Sandpiper were in a lawn field to the left of the railway crossing. ...

A weekend around the province included year firsts of: Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), drake Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator), and Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata) at WWT Castle Espie on 27 May. Three Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) at Murlough Reserve, Co Down. Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) on ...

First summer female Subalpine warbler, ringed today on Copeland, Co Down. An excellent find! This is the fourth record with the previous ones being: 1937 - An immature struck the Maidens lightstation, Co. Antrim on 13th June 1937 1967 - One was again trapped at Copeland Island Bird Observatory, Co. ...

Spent 5 hours at Castle Ward, but it still managed to evade me. However a number of birders have seen/heard this bird and there are quite a few photographs of it. Assuming that the bird shows no signs of captivity (eg a non BTO ring, feather \ bare part damage), then could it be possible that this i...

Helmand, unfortunately not, I'm with 19X. Redundancy is looking more prominent, unless I can get a job with 38X.

To be more accurate, the location was between Sheraton & Tilshead (not Tilsbury), on SPTA, heading to West Down Camp. It was a female, clearly distinguishable by the white rump markings. Would have loved to have got my driver to pull over, so I could have spent more time observing, but HICON called!

Montagu's Harrier seen near Tilsbury, SPTA. Only glimpsed from moving vehicle. Grey Wagtails on WDC. Sometimes it's good to get out of Northern Ireland!

The Cuban Green was a bit of a surprise; I hadn't heard any woodpeckers but caught sight of this small dark coloured bird in a wooded area of the hotel (Paradisus Rio de Oro Resort, Guadalavaca (Holguin)). I thought at first it was another Cuban Blackbird, but took a photograph anyway..... In the ph...

Just back from a holiday in Cuba, visiting Havana, Baracoa, Santiago de Cuba, Guadalavaca and back to Havana. Great holiday and a second visit is a must. Tried to see endemic species. The surprise had to be the Caribbean Coot Fulica caribaea. Not being familiar with the species, I just noted a coot ...