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northern ireland
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Blue Tits Territorial Fight
These two blue tits landed no more than 5 feet from me in January, fighting over territory, I imagine. They were quite oblivious to my presence, the fight lasted about 2 minutes & was absolutely vicious!- AliCat
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- ardkeen ards peninsula blue tit cyanistes caeruleus northern ireland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Acrobatic Blue Tit
Loved watched this little one hanging upside down, eating the buds on one of our birch trees.- AliCat
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- ardkeen ards peninsula blue tit cyanistes caeruleus northern ireland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Grey Heron
During a lovely walk around a small, local nature reserve this fabulous heron flew overhead, only visible for a few seconds, before disappearing behind trees. I was very lucky my husband spotted him just as he appeared and alerted me to him!- AliCat
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- ardea cinerea grey heron kiltonga newtownards northern ireland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Long Tailed Tit
About to take off .....- AliCat
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- aegithalos caudatus ardkeen ards peninsula long tailed tit northern ireland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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House Sparrows
We had a bit of a rumble at the feeder, last night.- AliCat
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- ardkeen ards peninsula house sparrow northern ireland passer domesticus
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Hoopoe in Northern Ireland
While about 100 hoopoes are recorded in the UK, every year, very few get blown off course as far north and west as Northern Ireland, so when one was spotted in Comber, only a 40 minutes drive from our house, I had to go to try to see it. At first he was way down the bottom of a farm lane and...- AliCat
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- comber hoopoe northern ireland upupa epops
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- Forum: UK Rarity Photographs
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Visiting Hoopoe, in Northern Ireland
I was one of about 30 lucky people to see the hoopoe which arrived in Comber, last week. It stayed for about 4 days before heading off for summer in Southern Europe. He caused quite a stir as they are so rarely blown this far off course, making a few local papers.- AliCat
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- comber hoope upupa epops hoopoe northern ireland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Garden Robin
Testing my new camera in a break in the weather- ohlookabirdie
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- european robin garden northern ireland uk
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Juvenile Lesser Redpoll
- Ptarmi
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- lesser redpoll northern ireland redpoll
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Long-eared Owl juvenile
Photographed this morning not far from Belfast.- Game Bird
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- juvenile long-eared northern ireland owl
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- Category: Britain & Europe
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Common Newt - male
Aquarium shot- Game Bird
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- common newt northern ireland
- Comments: 3
- Category: Amphibians
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Aahhhh - a juicy lugworm!
Curlew - Holywood Bank, Belfast Harbour. This one was showing off for the camera.- Game Bird
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- curlew food northern ireland
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- Category: Britain & Europe
