A very confident #male #Stonechat at #D3 in #BelfastHarbourEstate this morning.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #belfast #industrialestate #urban #fence @RSPB @RSPBNI

Some Blackening Waxcap fungi out in Belfast Harbour Estate this morning 🍄

#nature #NaturePhotography #shotoniphone #wildlife #fungus #fungi #fungusamongus #FungusPhotography #waxcap #BlackeningWaxcap #Belfast #BelfastHarbourEstate

A family of at least four #WillowWarblers foraging in the #Buddleia bushes in #BelfastHarbourEstate this morning.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #bird #birds #BirdPhotography #warbler #warblers #songbird #Belfast #NorthernIreland

One of a #family of #chiffchaffs, hunting for #invertebrates in the #Buddleia bushes around #D3 in #BelfastHarbourEstate.

They were continually calling with their “huit huit” alarm call and this one was very curious when I attempted to whistle in reply.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #bird #birds #songbird #warbler #chiffchaff #Belfast #NorthernIreland @RSPB

First #SmallHeath #butterfly of the season and an early #6SpotBurnet #moth basking on a rock on #D3 next to #RSPB #WindowOnWildlife this morning.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #invertebrate #insect #insects #lepidoptera #belfast #BelfastHarbourEstate #NorthernIreland @savebutterflies

A #GreatBlackBackedGull wandered too close to the colony at @RSPB #Belfast #WindowOnWildlife and got mobbed by the #BlackHeadedGulls and #LesserBlackBackedGulls.
A seriously impressive bird but the others weren’t impressed.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #bird #birds #seabird #gull #behaviour #attack #mobbing #intruder #IntruderAlert #breeding #BelfastHarbourEstate #RSPB

One of two 14-spot #ladybirds on a leaf at @RSPB #Belfast #WindowOnWildlife this morning.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #invertebrate #insect #beetle #ladybird #14SpotLadybird #BelfastHarbourEstate #NorthernIreland #shotoniphone #halide #HalideCamera

First #SmallCopper #butterfly of the season at #D3, #Belfast.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #invertebrate #insect #lepidoptera #BelfastHarbourEstate #NorthernIreland @RSPB @savebutterflies

A #MeadowPipit with some hungry mouths to feed, on D3 in #BelfastHarbourEstate this morning.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #bird #birds #pipit #food #feeding #parent #breeding #Belfast #NorthernIreland @RSPB @RSPBNI #ShotOnCanon

A lovely wee #Redpoll on a #broom bush in D3, beside the @RSPB #Belfast #WindowOnWildlife this morning.

#nature #NaturePhotography #wildlife #bird #birds #finch #flower #yellow #belfast #PortOfBelfast #BelfastHarbourEstate @RSPBNI