The day dawned with bright sunshine even through the weather girl was telling me that it was going to be very cold. However I decided to go bird watching locally. So I dawned 7 layers on my top half, 5 on my bottom half and 2 hats and a muffler for my lower face. Now I was ready for anything!
I started at Bangor Pier where I watched the antics of the Black Guillemots and photographed a Meadow Pipit and 2 Adult breeding Shags There were the usual Gulls and Turnstones sitting at the Long Hole.
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| Black Guillemot |
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| Sitting outside nest site. |
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| The Long Hole, Bangor Co Down |
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| Breeding Shags |
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| Meadow Pipit |
Just as I was leaving the Pier, I saw a 1st year Shag that had climbed on the steps at the water.
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| 1st year Shag |
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| Shaking the water off his wings |
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| Head of Shag |
As I went round Seacliffe Road, I saw a pair of breeding Eider
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| Male Eider |
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| Male and Female Eider |
Around at Ballyholme, there were numerous herring, Black-headed and Common Gulls, some bathing in a puddle of water. there were also a flock of Light-bellied Brent Geese that landed and started feeding on the grass. Some came down to the puddle to have a drink and it was deep enough for some to swim in.
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| Light-bellied Brent Geese |
Watch Video of Light-bellied Brent at bottom of post.
As the tide was quite high, I went round to South Briggs Rock where I saw a Gannet and 2 sandwich Terns who were both fishing. On the grass was a very noisy Carrion Crow.
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| Sandwich Tern with snow capped hills of Antrim |
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| Sandwich Tern fishing |
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| Sandwich Tern |
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| Carrion Crow |
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