Tuesday 20 October 2015

WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY - RSPB WOW Centre in Belfast

Following on from yesterday's post when I was taking Ken and Joanne from California out birding, we ended up at the RSPB WOW Centre in Belfast. we also visited the 2 outside hides on the reserve.  A wonderful ending to their day out birding in Northern Ireland.


 Although there were not as many birds a normal and a lot of the birds were sleeping, we saw, Wigeon, Teal, Mallard, Shoveler ducks, Redshank Lapwing, Coot, Moorhen, Heron and of course many gulls.  



Teal


The evening light was lovely for reflections which you can see on Friday’s post.  This is a young Shelduck as is the first photograph.


This man made island is one of two at the reserve and is where the Black headed Gulls and Terns breed in the summer.  The other one was covered that day with Lapwings.  The backdrop to these photographs is the Harland and Wolf Shipyard.




Grey Heron



Shoveler sleeping



Joanne and myself unaware of Ken photographing us.


Lapwing in flight



Wigeon


I hope you enjoyed seeing the some of the birds we saw that day.

I am linking this post with WILD BIRD WEDNESDAY.

Many thanks for your visit and also to those who leave comments.

21 comments:

  1. This will definitely be a day for them to remember - and cherish.

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  2. Belas fotografias eu também gosto de observar aves.
    Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.

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  3. Super pictures. Love the reflections on the water. It looks a great place for bird watching.

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  4. Hello Margaret!:) What a great way to spend time with your friends.

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  5. What a lovely ending to a wonderful day.

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  6. How blessed you are to be able to see and photograph all these amazing birds! Wonderful shots! Always love the reflections!

    Blessings
    Gert

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  7. The Shelduck's are so cool, the Wigeons oh well what bird in any of your posts isn't cool and beautiful!

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  8. Appears to be a great place to look for birds...even when there are not as many birds as usual!

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  9. Excellent series Margaret, love them.

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  10. Hi Margaret. If I'd been a visitor from California I would have been more than happy with that day out. Lots of birds and sunny autumn days.

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  11. A great collection of birds,even if some of them were sleeping.

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  12. wonderful, i also like the pick of you two looking at birds!

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  13. Oh my goodness, lovely photos! Also, thanks for sharing such a wonderful rear-view mirror photo, that I used in my post for Words for Wednesday! Very thought provoking!

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  14. A great variety of waterbirds to see in one place. Your photos of the birds with their reflections are especially beautiful.

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  15. Awesome vareity of waterbirds and photos. Love the reflection shot. Great post, Margaret!

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  16. ducks are a nice family of the birds. Love the shelducks images :)

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  17. Fun group of photos - thanks for sharing!

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  18. Awesome water birds! Especially the lapwings and the grey heron!

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  19. Looks like a great place to while away the hors Margaret.

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