Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors (0, 10, 7). (Breeds from South Alaska, across much of temperate Canada to Southern USA. Migratory, wintering in southern USA, Mexico, Caribbean and northern South America).

Published records:

1956 One: Female. Shot. Downpatrick , Downpatrick, , 31st January (C.D. Deane). Ruttledge 1957. 1957 One: Shot. Lough Beg NNR, County Londonderry, 30th September (per C.D. Deane). Ruttledge 1958. 1973 One: Shot. Castle Espie WWT, , , County Down, 9th September. Preston 1975. 1980 One: Immature female. Shot. Glarryford , Ballymena, County Antrim, 5th November (shot by T. McKnight). The specimen is in the Ulster Museum. NIBRC 1982. 1982 One: Immature female. Shot. Belfast Harbour Estate, Belfast, County Down, 2nd October (per NIBR 1982-85). NIBRC 1987. 1987 One: Male. Quoile Pondage NNR, Downpatrick, County Down, 26th to 27th April (Anthony McGeehan). NIBA 1992. 1995 One: Male. Shot. Near Crossgar, County Down, 7th January (per K. Juliff). NIBA 1997.

Blue-winged Teal © Derek Charles & Andrew Crory, 'Rare and Scarce Birds of ’. www.rareandscarcebirdsni.com 1998 One: Female. Reedy Flats, Lough Neagh, Derrytrasna, County Armagh, 7th May (David Knight). Charles and Crory 2019. One: Female. Lowry’s Lough, Armagh City, County Armagh, 18th October (David Knight). Charles and Crory 2019. 1999 One: Female/immature. Paddy’s Dub, Lough Beg NNR, County Londonderry, 9th September (David Steele). NIBA 2001. 2003 One: First-winter male. Lough Beg NNR, County Londonderry, 7th to 13th September (David Steele, Laurence Morgan et al.). NIBA 2006. 2006 One: Male. Trapped. Mahee Island, Strangford Lough, County Down, 19th January. The bird was re-trapped 22nd January. The individual was transported to Castle Espie WWT, Comber, County Down, where it was released, and the bird remained at Castle Espie WWT to 29th January (K.L. Mackie). NIBA 2008a. Milne & McAdams 2008b. The Irish Bird Report, states that the bird stayed to 30th January. One: Male. Castle Espie WWT, Comber, County Down, 5th May to 2nd June, photographed (K. Hamilton et al.). NIBA 2008a. R 2008 One: Male. Lough Beg NNR, County Londonderry, 13th May (Matthew Tickner). Fahy 2010. 2011 One: Eclipse male. Shot. Upper Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, 10th November, photographed (per Brad Robson). Charles and Crory 2019. 2012 One: Female / immature, Lough Beg NNR, County Londonderry, 14th September (David Steele). Charles and Crory 2019. 2015 One: Female / immature. Church Bay, Lough Beg NNR, County Londonderry, 5th September (Derek Charles). Charles and Crory 2019. 2016 Londonderry One: Female. Church Island, Lough Beg NNR, County Londonderry, 3rd July (David Steele). Charles and Crory 2019.

Blue-winged Teal © Derek Charles & Andrew Crory, 'Rare and Scarce Birds of Northern Ireland’. www.rareandscarcebirdsni.com

Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors, Both photos. Castle Espie WWT, Comber, County Down, 7th May. Photos courtesy of Derek Charles.

Blue-winged Teal © Derek Charles & Andrew Crory, 'Rare and Scarce Birds of Northern Ireland’. www.rareandscarcebirdsni.com Blue-winged Teal x Shoveler Spatula discors x S. clypeata (0, 0, 1). (Blue Winged Teal, see above. Shoveler breeds northern Europe, Asia and North America, winters southern Europe, Africa, Indian subcontinent, South-east Asia, Central and northern South America).

2014 Armagh One: Female. Reedy Flats, Lough Neagh, Derrytrasna, County Armagh, 21st - 23nd April, photographed (Derek Charles et al.). Charles and Crory 2019.

Blue-winged Teal x Shoveler Spatula discors x S. clypeata, Reedy Flats, Lough Neagh, Derrytrasna, County Armagh, April 2014. Photos courtesy of Derek Charles.

Blue-winged Teal © Derek Charles & Andrew Crory, 'Rare and Scarce Birds of Northern Ireland’. www.rareandscarcebirdsni.com