Strangford Lough Down
Latest Rarities in Down
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19/04/2024 20:25 |
Grey-bellied Brant
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13/04/2024 13:00 |
Ring-billed × Common Gull
Down Details |
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22/03/2024 20:36 |
Grey-bellied Brant
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16/03/2024 10:44 |
Grey-bellied Brant
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08/02/2024 13:46 |
Northern Eider
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Latest Photo
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- Dave Dunford
- Description
- From Bar Hall Bay.
Site Location Details
Site location details and google satellite image for Strangford Lough
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- Latitude\Longitude: 54.45532 , -5.5946
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Site Details
The largest sea loch in the British Isles, separated from the Irish Sea by the Ards peninsula. Famous for wintering flocks of Pale-bellied Brent Geese Branta bernicla hrota from the Canadian Arctic; most of the world population winters in Northern Ireland. Great Northern Diver and Black Guillemot are common in winter. See also Castle Espie WWT, Comber Estuary.
Birding Sites in the Strangford Lough Area
Additional Site Details
Access
East shore from A20 Newtonards-Portaferry road; west shore via various minor roads off A22 Belfast-Downpatrick road. Frequent car ferry service from Portaferry to Strangford at the southern end of the Ards Peninsula. WWT Castle Espie is on the western shore near Comber.Site Photographs
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British & Irish Records Archive Strangford Lough
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Latest Rarities
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19/04/2024 21:33 |
Western Subalpine Warbler
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19/04/2024 21:04 |
Western Bonelli's Warbler
Famagusta Details |
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19/04/2024 20:54 |
Lesser Yellowlegs
Louth Details |
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19/04/2024 20:54 |
Black Brant
Louth Details |
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19/04/2024 20:46 |
Smew
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