October 2012. Christine Cassidy, an avid birder from
Northern Ireland, has sent us these great images of a couple of unusual birds
that she has recently spotted.
The snow bunting was at Magilligan about a
week ago (23rd October). Snow buntings breed in the Arctic and migrate south
for winter, though a few pairs do breed in the UK, so they are occasionally
seen in Scotland, Northern Ireland, Northern and Eastern England in the winter
months.
Greenland wheatears breed
in Canada, Greenland and Iceland, and undertake one of the toughest
journeys of any small bird as they migrate to West Africa for the
winter. Christine spotted two birds at Ballykelly.
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