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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: Yellow 260D in Glenarm...

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 16 August 2015. Yellow 260D in Glenarm. My sister Heather and I arrived at Antrim Marina just before 9am this morning, a lovely morning it was too. The temperature was reading 14 °. C with almost clear sunny skies and a slight south-westerly wind blowing in from the Lough. Black-headed Gulls Present Today. Black-headed Gull - Orange 2AAN (16 Aug 2015). Black-headed Gull - Orange 2ADJ (16 Aug 2015). Black-headed Gull - Orange 2BRA (16 Aug 2015). Once again, there we...

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: A Third Winter Starts...

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 2 August 2015. A Third Winter Starts. Before I continue, I must give a big thank you to the newly amalgamated Antrim and Newtownabbey Council. The car parking area to the front of the cafe, has now been closed off to the general public, by the placement of a barrier. Therefore, 'Thank You' to the Antrim and Newtownabbey Council for their understanding and permission allowing me access, especially Karen Steele and Ruth Wilson, whom I have been in recent liaisons with.

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: April 2015

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 12 April 2015. After 36 consecutive Sunday visits to Antrim Marina, my second winter of 'Ring Watching' is complete. For the commencement of my second winter, I decided to start this Blog as a record of my visits to Antrim Marina. I was initially unsure, if I could obtain enough info to make this worthwhile. I therefore decided to expand slightly by recording 'Rings' that I spotted elsewhere. I also strongly believe, that a greater number of Darvic-rung approachabl...

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: February 2015

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 22 February 2015. 2AAJ - On The Move. Arriving at Antrim Marina at 9am, the temperature was reading 2 °. C with a dark sky, raining fairly heavily and a light wind was blowing in from the Lough. The rain finally ceased about 11pm and came on again quite heavily around 12.20. By mid-morning the temperature had rose to 7 °. C and so had the wind, which by then was blowing strongly. Can be found below. I noticed today that 2AAN. Black-headed Gulls Present Today. I had...

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: March 2015

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 29 March 2015. Last night the clocks went forward one hour to begin British Summer Time. However, the weather is far from summer like. Arriving an hour later than normal, due to the wife's working hours, the temperature at the Marina was reading just 4 °. C with 100% cloud and a fairly strong wind blowing in from the Lough. I stayed to 13.45 today and witnessed quite a number of light rain showers, though one just after 12pm was very squally. Also more of the gulls...

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina: June 2015

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Ring Watching At Antrim Marina. Sunday, 28 June 2015. Do you ever get that 'nagging feeling' that you've missed something? I did On Thursday, the day after looking at the Black Guillemots at Glenarm Harbour, my mind was telling me to go back and check again. On Friday afternoon, I relented and headed down to the coast. 1st Summer Iceland Gull. Darvic-ringed Black Guillemot - FT. Of 5 ringed birds in two visits, disappointingly, I was only able to get details for one of these and that was due to the fact ...

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Bangor West Patchwork Challenge: February 2016

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Bangor West Patchwork Challenge. Monday, 29 February 2016. Great to be back in the North East for another yomp round some excellent bird spots. We started with a visit to Newbiggin for a walk with the family and were rewarded with Mediterranean g. Ull and an Oystercatcher. With a sense of dignity as it posed on a tombstone in the church. All the following photos were taken by my friend and birding mate David who was experimenting with his new camera - a Christmas present from his wife. We moved to the Ca...

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Bangor West Patchwork Challenge: December 2016

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Bangor West Patchwork Challenge. Monday, 19 December 2016. This is the last photo of him at the CS Lewis Square in East Belfast looking at the stone table sculpture. We are left with pictures and memories which will help to ease the hurt, as will nature and the great outdoors, plus, " A wee Maudes and I could force down a latte! I got back to birding at WOW on Thursday and we had over 30 species including a good array of waders and ducks. We also had a grey heron. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).

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Bangor West Patchwork Challenge: 2017 New year new lists

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Bangor West Patchwork Challenge. Monday, 2 January 2017. 2017 New year new lists. The year has got off to a slow start as I did not set out on New Years Day to do a bird list. I spent January 1 in and around the garden and Bangor West and today was spent on a drive to Tollymore Forest Park and a walk. Nevertheless some good birds were spotted. The garden produced all that I expected including long-tailed tit and blackcap. West Bangor patch list: 19. 4 January 2017 at 00:05. North Down Coastal Path. 2016 ...