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Bird News Tuesday 16th May

A male Monagu's Harrier was at Lough Beg (Chris Murphy). The bird was looked for this evening without success.

The Baltimore Oriole was not seen today on Tory Island (Brian McCloskey)

At lest 15 Brent Geese were at Kinnegar Shore with at least 2 Dark-bellied Brents amongst them. At least 6 Med Gulls were seen from the roadside hide at RSPB WoW (Tom Ennis \ Tony Dodds

Yesterday a female Merlin, two Snipe and 2 Raven were at Cuilcagh Mountain, Co Fermanagh (Garry Wilkinson)

For more great pics of local birds, see: http://nibirdpics.blogspot.co.uk/

Thanks to Michael O'Dwyer for this pic of a Great Spotted Woodpecker in Strangford and Tony Donaldson for the Red Kite: at 13:23:00