Bird Records for 2017

Records shown in RED have not yet been accepted by NIBRC. If you have any information on these sightings, we would be pleased to receive further information:

SPECIES	LOCATION/COUNTY	DATE	OBSERVER
Lesser Scaup	Belfast Lough/Down	18th January	Stuart McKee.
Gyrfalcon	Gawleys Gate/Armagh	20th January	Rob Martin
American Wigeon	Dundrum Inn. Bay	4th March	David Nixon
Yellow-browed Warbler	Copeland Bird Obs.	11th March	Chris Acheson
Water Pipit	Millisle	9th April	Richard Weyl
Long-billed Dowitcher	Quoile pondage	24th April	Tony Donaldson
Dotterel	Myroe/L'derry	30th April	Neal Warnock
Little Ringed Plover	Lough Beg.	2nd May	Davy Hunter
Black Stork	Rathlin Island	11th May	Richard Else
White-winged Black Tern	Lough Beg.	11th May	David Steele
Montagu's Harrer	Lough Beg.	16th May	Chris Murphy
Temmincks Stint	Lough Beg.	26th May	Billy Miskelly
Bonapartes Gull	Bar Mouth/L'derry	16th June	Birds Ireland
Little Ringed Plover	Lough Beg.	23rd June	David Steele
Golden Oriole (heard only)	Ballyroney/Down	9th July	Dave Allen
Bonapartes Gull	Whitehead/Antrim	20th July	Cameron Moore
American Golden Plover	Myroe/L'derry	30th August	Hill Dick
Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Myroe/L'derry	31st August	Jeff Larkin
Red-necked Grebe	Mullagh	8th September	David Steele
Buff-breasted Sandpiper(2)	Myroe/L'derry	10th September	Michael Latham
Pectoral Sandpiper	Quoile pondage	17th September	Billy Miskelly
American Golden Plover	Myroe/L'derry	3rd October	David Nixon/Trevor Wilkinson
Wryneck	Copeland Bird Obs.	8th October	CBO
Firecrest	Kearney/Down	17th October	Ian Graham
Grey-bellied Brant	Strangford Lough	17th October	Tom Ennis/Tony Dodds
American Golden Plover	Bann Estuary.Derry	22nd October	Stuart McKee.
Red-necked Grebe	Bann Estuary.Derry	23rd October	Colin Guy
White-rumped Sandpiper	Lough Beg/Derry	29th October	David Steele
White-rumped Sandpiper	Lough Beg.	31st October	David Steele