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Bird News Friday 16th February

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10 Waxwings at Lisburn Lesiure Centre in the back car park (Garry Wilkinson).

Spotted Redshank on the wader scrape beside the Brent hide at Castle Espie (Nathan Gilbert).

3 Pink-footed Geese amongst 201 Whooper Swans at Tunney, near Portmore Lough (Jim Wells).

Male Lesser Scaup still present at Kinnegoe Bay, Oxford Island looking east from the jetty (Niall Keogh / A Lauder / Jim Proudfoot). 

6 Slavonian Grebes off Castle Espie (Niall Keogh et al).

2 Sandwich Terns at Ballymacormick Point (James Andrew).

A minimum of 8 Great White Egrets along with 60+ Little Egrets at the south end of Lough Beg this afternoon, also a 1st winter little Gull still at the Mullagh (David Steele).

Great White Egret at Portmore Lough RSPB this evening (Jonny Rossborough).

Male Brambling in a Whitehead garden (Cameron Moore).

Cormorant, Jonny Hanna:

Spotted Redshank, David Weir:

Waxwings, Garry Wilkinson:

Lesser Scaup, Jonny Rossborough:

Bramblings, Cameron Moore: