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Vauxhall promotes national pride with top 5 summer attractions in Northern Ireland
As official sponsors of Home Nations Football, Vauxhall recognises that whilst the Northern Irish team may not be competing on the pitch this summer, there are still plenty of reasons for people to display their national pride. Vauxhall dealerships in Nor
22 June 2012
Today Sighting
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Redshank - 10 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Common Tern - 80 pairs 18 chicks Grey Heron - 22 Grey Wagtail - 3 + 5 j [...]
22 June 2012
22nd June 2012
Very wet overnight (again!!). Lots of soggy fledgling passerines in the avenues and most of the common warblers still singing despite the relentless rain. The Little Grebes on the Teal Pond have hatch [...]
22 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 22nd June 2012
7 Teal - wader scrape ( 6 Drakes, 1 duck ) 1 Green Sandpiper - wader scrape 18 Lapwing - main lake, wader scrape 11 Common Tern + 3 chicks - main lake c.50 Swift - site count   [...]
22 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Rushy Common Turn 1 Mediteranean Gull 1 2nd summer Holden Tower Barnacle 28 Zeiss Hide Gadwall 18 Teal 4 Grey Heron 1 Reed Warbler 3 Sedge Wabler 2 South La [...]
22 June 2012
21st of June Sightings
Weather: Rain with a slight easterly breeze Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Redshank - 7 Lapwing - [...]
21 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 21st June 2012
1 Greenshank - main lake and marsh 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 1 Curlew - circled main lake, then flew W 1 Redshank - main lake 16 Lapwing 11 Common Tern adults + 3 chicks - main la [...]
21 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Crane 4 Zeiss Hide Avocet 6 Teal 3 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 48 Tufted Duck 5 broods South Lake Mediterranean Gull 1st summer Great Crested Grebe [...]
21 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Tufted Duck - 20 Shelduck - 4 + 11 ducklings Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Common Tern - 80 pairs + 13 chicks Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Lapwing - 35 Gery Heron [...]
20 June 2012
Barn Owl
A Barn Owl was hunting until well after 11 am today, on view from both the Harrier and United Utilities hides. A male Wheatear was also seen from the latter hide, and a possible Wood Sandpiper was rep [...]
20 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 6 cygnets Mallards with duckling Teal Pond Little Grebe with chicks Gadwall 4 Flood Ground Gadwall Heron Lapwing 180 Starling 200 Folly Pon [...]
20 June 2012
Wildlife sightings for 20th June 2012
1 Iceland Gull - main lake 2 Teal - main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 21 Lapwing - main lake, wader scrape 1 Little Grebe chick - reedbed channel closest to wildside hide [...]
20 June 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 4 Goldcrest 1 Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Avocet two pairs and three young (7 in total) Shoveler 3 Gadwall brood of ducklings Tufted Duck now 4 broods of ducklings [...]
20 June 2012
Todays sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 8 adults + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adult + 2 chicks Lapwing - 9 Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 80 [...]
19 June 2012
Late Migrants?
Unexpected birds always perk things up a bit and a male Common Redstart near the Janet Kear Hide certainly would have been great to see if it had hung around. It was new for the year and it is a less [...]
19 June 2012