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  • Rare discovery as nightjar found behind Belfast bin

    01/11/2026 5:51:57 AM PST · by Twotone · 39 replies
    BBC ^ | January 10, 2026 | Eimear Flanagan
    An elusive bird which is now considered to be extremely rare in Northern Ireland made an unexpected visit to a Belfast street, where it was found behind a bin. Office staff who spotted it on the Lisburn Road thought it might be a bird of prey and called wildlife rescuer Debbie Nelson, who works under the name Debbie Doolittle. She was surprised to find it was in fact a nightjar - a bird she described as "almost extinct" in Northern Ireland, with only a handful of sightings since the 1950s. "They were about to put some rubbish in the bin...