Sunday 27th June News (Bee-eater on Rathlin!!!)

Canada Goose - 1, Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry (Brian Nelson)
Shoveler - 2, Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry (Brian Nelson)
Red Kite - 1, Annsborough, Co. Down (Derek Polley)
Little Gull - 1, (1st summer), Quoile Pondage, Co. Down (Keith Bennett)
Spoonbill - 1, Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry (Brian Nelson)
Bee-eater - 1 on Rathlin Island, between Keeble Reed Bed and the West Lighthouse (James Robinson)
Reed Warbler - 1, Kinnegoe Hide, Oxford Island, Co. Armagh (Ed O' Hara, C. Mc Quillan and G. Armstrong)
Kingfisher- 1, Ballycastle Co.Antrim
Eider - 1, first summer male, Portbalintrae, Co.Antrim
Dunlin - 12, Bann Estuary, Co.Londonderry
Grasshopper Warbler - 1, Bann Estuary, Co.Londonderry
Sandwich Tern - 40, Bann Estuary, Co.Londonderry
Pied Wagtail - 35, Myroe Levels, Co.Londonderry
Yellowhammer - 4, Myroe Levels, Co.Londonderry
Sedge Warbler - 6, Longfield Point, Co.Londonderry
Reed Bunting - 15, Longfield Point, Co.Londonderry


Republic of Ireland
Little Egret - 2, Blanket Nook, Co.Donegal
Greehshank - 1, Blanket Nook, Co.Donegal
Dunlin - 6, Blanket Nook, Co.Donegal
Whooper Swan - 5, Blanket Nook Co.Donegal
Whooper Swan - 3, Inch Lake Co.Donegal
Wigeon- 1, Inch Lake Co.Donegal
Chiffchaff - 1, Inch Lake Donegal
Grashopper Warbler - 1, Inch Lake Co.Donegal
Black Tailed Godwit - 29, Inch Lake Co.Donegal
Snipe - 1, Inch Lake Co.Donegal


Arguably the rarest sighting of the day:

Scarce Blue-tailed Damselfly - 1, Lough Beg, Co. Londonderry (Brian Nelson)


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