Monday, 16 June 2014

Portmore Lough

Yesterday I went to Portmore Lough RSPB Reserve. I saw Common Terns, Reed Bunting, a nesting Swallow and Tree Sparrows. I also saw butterflies, damselflies and dragonflies. In the evening I went to Scrabo and saw a Kestrel. Here are some photos.

 Common Blue Damselfly

 Large Red Damselfly

 Cormorants

Common Tern with fish

 Common Terns

 Common Terns

 Four-Spotted Chaser Dragonfly

 Meadow Brown Butterfly

 Nesting Swallow

 Kestrel

Kestrel

Photos

Here are some recent photos taken at Bangor, Comber Greenway and Belvoir Forest Park.

 Rock Pipit

 Grey Wagtail

 Dunnock

 Great Tit

 Mating Chaffinches

Blackbird

Sunday, 8 June 2014

Whitehead and Portmuck

Today I went to Whitehead and Portmuck, Co. Antrim. I saw Peregrines, kestrels and fulmars at Whitehead and terns and a whitethroat at Portmuck. Here are the photos.

 Fulmar

 Fulmar

 Peregrine Falcon

 Peregrine Falcon

 Peregrine Falcon

 Peregrine Falcon

 Peregrine Falcon

 Peregrine Falcon

 Peregrine Falcon

 Rock Pipit

 Sandwich Tern

 Shag

 Whitethroat

Whitethroat

Belfast Lough Reserve

On Wednesday 4 June I went to Kinnegar and Belfast Lough Reserve. I saw a little gull, tufted ducks and common terns. Here are some photos.

 Black-tailed Godwit

 Tufted Duck

 Young Black-headed Gull

 Common Tern

Swallow

Scrabo

At Scrabo on Tuesday 3rd June there were ravens and a kestrel. Here are the photos.

 Kestrel

 Kestrel

 Kestrel in flight

 Ravens being mobbed by Jackdaws

Raven and Jackdaws

Corbet Lough

On Sunday 1st June i went to Corbet Lough and Murlough Bay. I saw 11 buzzards on the journey aswell as a red kite and cuckoos at Murlough. Here are my photos.

 Buzzard

 Buzzard

 Pied Wagtail

 Mallards

 Mallard

 Mute Swan

 Red Kite

 Red Kite

 Cuckoo and Meadow Pipit

Cuckoo

Comber Greenway

Last week at Comber Greenway I saw sand martins, swallows and house martins. Here are some photos.

 Sand Martins

 Swallow

 Swallow

 Sand Martin

 Swans and Martin

 Martins

Rabbit