KILLOUGH HARBOUR
A freshwater lake and estuary
Species: late wintering light-bellied Brent goose; lesser yellowlegs, Temminck’s stint and white-winged black tern are among rarities recorded, plus ruffs and common estuarine waders.
ST JOHN’S POINT
Species: Manx shearwaters, storm petrels summer to autumn. On-shore winds also blow skuas in spring and autumn.
DUNDRUM INNER BAY
Murlough National Nature Reserve, National Trust
Location Species: wintering pale-bellied brent goose, autumnal passage waders; oystercatcher. Common scoter, occasionally velvet and, even, surf scoter in the Outer Bay. Breeding cuckoos and grasshopper warblers in the dunes. (read more)