Not a movie or a ballet but a bird from Australia which is classified as E on the BOU list i.e. escaped or released into the wild. Said bird is swimming round Strangford Lough with 3 mute swans, is clearly wild and not ringed. As David said, "The joy of birding is that anything can turn up anywhere". Doubt if it made it from Australia, but absolutely no idea where it pitched up from.
This started out as a rising tide at Montgomery hide and then an amble round Castle Espie once the tide was full. Highlights included grey plovers, kingfisher, little egrets and a hunting peregrine.
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| When we arrived |
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| When we left |
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| Grey plover |
In between we had waders, geese and ducks pushing up towards us and flying north with the incoming tide. All in all a good day despite an absence of passerines, but then that's not what we went for.
WOW has been quiet of late but on a good day with the feeders up you can hit 40 species between there and Kinnegar. I added carrion crow and fieldfare - the first time ever at WOW. I also saw a small twite flock on the beach at Donaghadee. Finish with a few from the hide, a couple from WOW and a nice rainbow at Kinnegar.
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| The Lough was heaving with shelduck |
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| One of many |
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| Lots of redshank |
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| Even more shelduck |
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| Teal from WOW |
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| Shelduck from WOW |
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| What's not to like? |
2021:154: Twite
155: Grey plover
156: Black swan
NDCP
69: Razorbill
WOW
86: Fieldfare
87: Carrion crow
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