Britain’s smallest breeding bird - in unfeasibly #cute #goldcrest.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #passerine #woodland #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
Britain’s smallest breeding bird - in unfeasibly #cute #goldcrest.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #passerine #woodland #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
Three #ravens flying in formation over the #brickworks at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #corvids #crows #birdsinflight #bluesky #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
Just a #CoalTit taking a moment out of its busy day to check what the human’s doing.
In the #woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #passerine #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
One of several #mistlethrush on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie today.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #thrush #spring #wwt #CountyDown #northernireland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
Large patch of #frogspawn from above and below the water in a #pond at #WWTCastleEspie
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #amphibian #frog #commonfrog #spawn #eggs #freshwater #shotoniphone #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide #pondlife
When the Buzzard flies, everyone looks up.
It was soaring at several hundred feet but this #redshank was taking no chances.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #wadingbirds #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide
Apparently it’s #SuperbOwl time again.
Well, it’d be rude not to…
#LongEaredOwls at #WWTCastleEspie last year
One of the local #ravens posing and calling from high in a tree at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #corvids #crow #raven #cronking #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @RSPB
A nice surprise in the #mothtrap at #WWTCastleEspie this morning - a lovely #Chestnut #moth
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #invertebrates #insects #lepidoptera #moths #chestnutmoth #mothtrapping @savebutterflies #mothsmatter
#MuteSwan coming in to land on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #water #waterbirds #swan #flight #birdinflight #landing @RSPB
While helping with the #winter #nestbox clear out at #WWTCastleEspie this morning we found a couple of #nests with single #eggs but also this sad discovery; an #abandoned #Bluetit nest with six eggs
Hopefully they’ll have better luck this year
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #photography #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @RSPB
A #redwing in the #woodland at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
Shot at ISO12800, rescued in #topazlabs #SharpenAI.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #thrush #winter @RSPB
Heavily processed shot of a #buzzard in the woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #bird #birds #birdofprey #buzzard #birdphotography #topazlabs #madeinaffinity @RSPB
In what has become an annual tradition (although I forgot about it this year), here are my favourite shots from each month of 2024.
January: #Waxwings in #VictoriaPark, #Belfast.
February: #Rainbow reflected in #StrangfordLough.
March: #Bluetit on Hawthorn at #WWTCastleEspie.
April: #Goldcrest at #WWTCastleEspie.
More tomorrow.
Moon over the reconstructed Neolithic Roundhouse on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie.