Saturday, 19 July 2014

Kiltonga

On Friday 18th July I went to Kiltonga Duck Pond. There were 4 grey heron and a Little Grebe. Here are the photos.

 Robin

 Grey Heron

 Grey Heron

 Grey Heron

 Little Grebe

Song Thrush

Dundrum Bay

On Thursday 17th July I went to Dundrum Bay and saw 6 Little Egret, 7 Grey Heron, roughly 150 Whimbrel and some butterflies.

 Green-veined White Butterfly

 Whimbrel

 Small Tortoiseshell

 Little Egret

Butterfly

Strangford Lough and Ballywalter

On Wednesday 16th July I went along the Ards Peninsula to Ballywalter. Here are some photos.

 Young fish

 Young fish

 Rock Pipit

 Sea Gooseberry

 Sea Gooseberry

 Juvenile Pied Wagtail

 Black-Headed Gulls

 Black-Headed Gulls

Rook

Scrabo

On Wednesday 16th July I went to Scrabo to see the Kestrel family. I also saw a Yellowhammer. Here are some photos.

 Speckled Wood Butterfly

 Young Kestrels

Yellowhammer

Seapark

On Tuesday 15th July I went to Seapark near Hollywood and saw lots of Pied Wagtails on the beach. Here are some photos.

 Pied Wagtail

  Juvenile Pied Wagtail
Hooded Crow

Castle Espie

On Thursday 10th July I went to Castle Espie and saw lots of different ducks. None of the ducks are wild But I saw a Blue-Tailed Damselfly. ( The Damselfly is wild )

 White-headed duck

Puna Teal

 Marbled Teal

 Greater Scaup

 Blue-tailed Damselfly

 Small White Butterfly

 Barrows Goldeneye

 Hawaiian Goose feeding from my hand

 Tufted Duck

Slemish

On Wednesday 9th July, I went to Slemish. On the way I saw a Buzzard and when I arrived I saw another Buzzard, several Ravens, lots of Meadow Pipits and a Wheatear. Here are some photos.

 Buzzard

 Meadow Pipit

 Wheatear

Slemish Mountain

Tuesday, 8 July 2014

Kestrel video

Here is a video of a kestrel at Scrabo. You can see one kestrel but hear two calling.




Scrabo

Today I went back to Scrabo to watch the kestrels. Here are the photos.

 Buzzard

 Kestrel in flight

 Kestrel

 Kestrel calling

 Kestrel

 Kestrel

 Long-Tailed Tit

Kestrel in flight

Scrabo

Yesterday I went to Scrabo there were three Kestrels that a family of Magpies were annoying. The Kestrel landed on a tree roughly 20 feet away from us. Here are some photos.

 Kestrel

 Magpie and Kestrel

  Magpie and Kestrel

  Magpie and Kestrel

  Magpie and Kestrel

 Kestrel

 Kestrel

 Kestrel

 Kestrel

 Kestrel

 Kestrel

Kestrel