Those of you familiar with Morellis of Portstewart will know all about the legendary "99", a vanilla cone with a chocolate flake. You may also know that the founder of the company passed away at the age of 99, an apt and fitting time to go. If you have been following this blog you will know that I am marooned on 99 at Belfast WOW/Kinegar with only 12 days to go. Last week I went in to help with a school only to be told by the other two helpers that long-tailed tits were around the building. You guessed it they vanished. (The reserve was completely iced over so the pupils struggled to see many birds.) The white wagtail was a pied wagtail and the shags are all cormorants!! Anyway enough of my complaints I still have two visits to WOW in 2017. Light recently has not been good so pictures are limited and I have not been anywhere else as I try to shake off the cold. I cannot remember the last time I walked the coastal path either - too busy in the run up to Christmas. Anyway here are a few pics taken since November 20th.
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| Still moorhen central |
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| Birds, what birds? |
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| Photogenic teal |
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| You can barely see the Stena Terminal............ |
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| ............ never mind Rathcoole Flats |
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| There they are!! |
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| Wigeon close in |
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| Buzzard lunching on a shoveler |
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| Shoveler keeping its head down |
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| Close in male, usually they are further away. |
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| Teal pair looking for millet |
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Will hopefully see something and push the totals up, last sighting at WOW was in October while the coastal path delivered in late September, so no change to the totals.
2017
212: Short-toed treecreeper
Bangor West
67: Greylag
Belfast WOW
99: Razorbill
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