Bird News Thursday 27th June.



The Ring-necked Duck still present at the Kinnego hide, Oxford Island.(Ed. O'Hara)

 

An eclipse Red-crested Pochard was at Portmore Lough (Nigel Ireland).

20 Turnstone and 2 Sedge Warbler were at Camphill Community at Craigavad (Warren Rainey).

Yesterday evening a Long-eared Owl was in a park near the centre of Ballynahinch (Mark Smyth) and 12 Manx Shearwater, 6 Commic Tern and 2 Sandwich Tern off Donaghadee (Andy Elliott).
 

 

Our thanks to Ed O'Hara for the Ring-necked Duck. Alistair Prentice for this photograph of a Swallow, this photo allows us to appreciate how stunning they really are. Mervyn Campbell for these pics. of a juvenile Black-headed Gull and adult Black-headed Gull, at this time of year they look totally different from the parent bird which you can see below. Finally to Tom McCreery  (top) & Alan Gallagher for these stunning photograph's of a Kingfisher, doing as their name suggests.