The drake Ferruginous Duck is still present on Ballysaggart Lough, Dungannon. (Jeff Larkin). It was still showing well this afternoon (Michael Latham / Brian McCloskey)
The Great Egret was at Mullagh, Lough Beg. The Green Sandpiper was feeding in a flooded field downstream of Slaght Bridge, Ballymena (Richard Gray)
4 Ring-necked Duck (1 male, 3 female/juv), 14 Scaup and 2 Goosander were on Lough Fern, Co Donegal (Jamie Bliss)
An Iceland Gull was at RSPB WoW late afternoon (Daniel Newton)
The Black Redstart, 3 Purple Sandpiper and 2 Red Throated Diver were at Whitehead Promenade today. A high count of 230 Dunlin were also present (Cameron Moore)
The Black Redstart was still in Newcastle Harbour (Richard Caves)
23 REd-throated Diver were at Greenisland (Gerard McGeehan)
Blog readers may be interested in this report on rare birds in Ireland in 2022: https://band.us/band/81990195/post/3306
Ferruginous Duck, Jeff Larkin:
Michael Latham, Ferruginous Duck:
Iceland Gull, Daniel Newton:
Black Redstart, Richard Caves:
Further pics of local birds are at: http://nibirdpics.blogspot.com/