Bird News Sunday 31st March.(Easter Sunday)

A Great Spotted Woodpecker was at Belvoir forest, Belfast  it was seen and heard drumming nr the car-park. (Daniel Barry)

A Brambling was seen along the Newry Canal.(Alistair Prentice)

A Chiffchaff was at RSPB Belfast Harbour Reserve (Chris Sturgeon)

Whitehead seafront this evening had 200+ Kittiwake feeding offshore with approx 12 Manx Shearwater also present. (I.Enlander)

28 Waxwing at Sainsbury's Carpark Carrickfergus today. The Ring billed Gull was at Carrickfergus harbour. A Med Gull adult was at Carrickfergus Leisure Centre ponds.(Paul McCullough/Ann Dowling) The flock of Waxwing at Sainsbury's had numbered 40 birds.(Pauline Majury)

Our thanks to(from the top) Alistair Prentice for this fine photo of a freshly arrived Wheatear. Also to Tom McCreery for the Jay. Stephen Maxwell for the Black Guillemot.