Coot with chicks at the #belfast #windowonwildlife.

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A few #cinnabar #moths at #WindowOnWildlife this morning.

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My good deed for the day - rescuing a #treebumblebee from Hide 1 at @RSPB #WindowOnWildlife in #Belfast 🐝😎

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At least eight #Mediterranean #gulls (and a few #Sandwich #terns) among the #BlackHeadedGulls on the nesting raft at @RSPB #Belfast #WindowOnWildlife this morning.

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#melanistic or just #dirty?
This #Blackheadedgull was at @RSPB #Belfast #windowonwildlife at the weekend.

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The visiting #Avocet finally woke and had a stretch.
Don’t get me wrong - it’s great to see one in #Belfast - but it does seem to spend a lot of time asleep 😏🤷‍♂️

Shots are heavily cropped and processed.

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This lovely #male #sparrowhawk was at @RSPB #Belfast #windowonwildlife this morning.
Probably just there to see the #Avocet like I was 😏

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I always check the hides at RSPB Belfast Window On Wildlife and was rewarded this morning with a lovely Burnished Brass.
The iPhone flash really pops on the shiny wing scales! 😎

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A lovely display of #cornflower outside the visitor centre at #RSPB #WindowOnWildlife in #Belfast 😎

…with a guest - an #OrbWeaver #spider! 🕷️

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Gull fight!
This pair of #blackheadedgulls were really going at it on the #lagoon at #RSPB #Belfast #windowonwildlife this morning.
Sorting out partners before breeding season perhaps? 🤔

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