A female Mallard hunkered-down in the Sensory Garden, hiding something from the chilly wind - thirteen ducklings! 
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #waterbirds #duck #mallard #ducklings #spring #WWT #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide
Male #blackcap singing in the woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.
There’s always that one twig… 
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #bird #birds #warbler #woodland #wwt #countydown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
One of at least six male #Greenfinches singing on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
Our largest breeding #finch, these beautiful #birds have been in decline recently and it’s very exciting to see them doing so well.
#greenfinch #bird #songbird #nature #naturephotography
#wildlife #CountyDown
#NorthernIreland
The #Bluetits are getting busy preparing nest boxes for the new season.
This one was removing some of last year’s soft furnishings, one tiny beak-full at a time.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #breeding #spring #nesting #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide
Britain’s smallest breeding bird - in unfeasibly #cute #goldcrest.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #passerine #woodland #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
Three #ravens flying in formation over the #brickworks at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #corvids #crows #birdsinflight #bluesky #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
Just a #CoalTit taking a moment out of its busy day to check what the human’s doing.
In the #woodland at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #passerine #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
One of several #mistlethrush on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie today.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #thrush #spring #wwt #CountyDown #northernireland @wwtworldwide @RSPB
Large patch of #frogspawn from above and below the water in a #pond at #WWTCastleEspie 
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #amphibian #frog #commonfrog #spawn #eggs #freshwater #shotoniphone #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide #pondlife
When the Buzzard flies, everyone looks up.
It was soaring at several hundred feet but this #redshank was taking no chances.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #wadingbirds #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide
Apparently it’s #SuperbOwl time again.
Well, it’d be rude not to…
#LongEaredOwls at #WWTCastleEspie last year 
One of the local #ravens posing and calling from high in a tree at #WWTCastleEspie.
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #corvids #crow #raven #cronking #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @RSPB
A nice surprise in the #mothtrap at #WWTCastleEspie this morning - a lovely #Chestnut #moth 
#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #invertebrates #insects #lepidoptera #moths #chestnutmoth #mothtrapping @savebutterflies #mothsmatter
