County Donegal

Recently I stayed in Ramelton, Co. Donegal. I saw lots of birds including Treecreeper, Great Northern Diver, Red-Breasted Mergansers, Sandwich Tern, White Greylag, Black Swan, Canada Geese and Grey Heron. I also saw a Common Lizard at Ards Forest Park. Here are some photos.

 Grey Heron

 Pied Wagtail

 Sandwich Tern

 Great Northern Diver

 Common Lizard

 Razorbills

 Treecreeper

 Tadpoles

 Robin

 Female Chaffinch

 Scratching male Chaffinch

 Male Chaffinch

 Male Chaffinch

 Treecreeper

 Female Red-Breasted Merganser

 Male Red-Breasted Merganser

 Robin

Peacock Butterfly

Tyrella

Today I went to Tyrella and saw 100+ Sanderling, 4 Gannets, a Reed Bunting and a pair of Stonechats. Here are some photos.

 Stonechats

 Sanderling

  Sanderling

  Sanderling

  Sanderling

 Gannet

 Gannet

 Gannet

 Reed Bunting

 Male Stonechat

 Female Stonechat

Scrabo Country Park

Today I went to Scrabo Country Park and saw a pair of nesting Ravens and their chicks. Here are some photos of the Ravens and a Song Thrush.

 Song Thrush

  Song Thrush

 Raven with chicks

 Raven in flight

Raven

Work of NI Bird Photographers

On 18 March 2015 I won the Junior Category in the Work of NI Bird Photographers competition. It is organised by Northern Ireland Ornithologists' Club and all the winning photos can be seen at their website. www.nioc.co.uk/

My entries are shown below.

1st place - Kestrel

2nd place - Pied Wagtail

Commended - Meadow Pipit

Scrabo

Last week I briefly visited Scrabo Country Park and saw Coal Tits and a Bullfinch. Here are the photos.

 Bullfinch

 Coal Tit

Coal Tit

Belfast WOW

I recently went to Belfast Lough WOW Reserve. Here are photos of a male and female reed bunting and a redpoll.

 Female Reed Bunting

Male Reed Bunting

Redpoll

Island Hill

Today I went to Island Hill near Comber and saw a stonechat. Here are some photos.