The #Bluetits are getting busy preparing nest boxes for the new season.
This one was removing some of last year’s soft furnishings, one tiny beak-full at a time.

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Lots of #wildflowers in #bloom around #WWTCastleEspie this morning; #WoodSorrel, #LesserCelandine & #IvyLeavedToadflax.

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#bullrush in a pond on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie.

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Britain’s smallest breeding bird - in unfeasibly #cute #goldcrest.

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Three #ravens flying in formation over the #brickworks at #WWTCastleEspie.

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Just a #CoalTit taking a moment out of its busy day to check what the human’s doing.
In the #woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.

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One of several #mistlethrush on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie today.

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Large patch of #frogspawn from above and below the water in a #pond at #WWTCastleEspie

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When the Buzzard flies, everyone looks up.
It was soaring at several hundred feet but this #redshank was taking no chances.

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One of the resident #ravens atop a #larch #tree at #WWTCastleEspie.

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Sign outside a #tile shop in #Bangor, #CountyDown

A pair of #bullfinch in the #woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.

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A pair of #NorthernShoveler #ducks on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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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.

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#Drake #Teal having a stretch on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie.

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#VapourerMoth #eggs on a fence at #WWTCastleEspie.

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This #SongThrush was not enjoying the chilly temperatures in the park this morning

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I’ve heard #Redpoll around the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie lately but finally managed to get a few shots of this lovely little #finch in the #SensoryGarden this morning

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Nothing to see here; just a #pheasant going for a #paddle in the shallows on #StrangfordLough.
It attempted to blend-in among a flock of #godwit. It failed.

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