NI Bird Pics: April 2012

Alistair Prentice - Whimbrel and Brent Goose

Tom & Zach McCreery

Thanks to Tom and his grandson Zach for these excellent shots of a female Blackcap taken at Oxford Island.

By Zach McCreery

By Tom McCreery

Alistair Prentice

Thanks to Alistair Prentice for this fine study of Eiders.

Cameron Moore

Thanks to Cameron for these pics all from the Larne area. They are Raven, Mediterranean Gull, Purple Sandpiper and Goldfinch.

Tom McCreery - female Blackcap

Chaffinch and Goldfinch - Tom McCreery

Meet The Neighbours - Alistair Prentice

Kingfisher - Alistair Prentice

BirdWatch Ireland is running an Introduction to Digital Wildlife Photography Course by award-winning wildlife photographer John Murphy from 14th to 18th May 2012 on Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork. It is suitable for people of all levels of experience, provided that they can bring their own camera.
Email: info@birdwatchireland.ie

Common Tern - Tom McCreery

Stephen Maxwell - Ring-billed Gull and Redpoll

Dipper - Christine Cassidy

Golden Eagle - Neal Warnock

Golden Eagle is an extremely rare bird in Northern Ireland. Thanks to Neal Warnock for these shots of a bird seen on Rathlin Island this April:

Little Grebe - Mark Killops

A superb shot taken at Oxford Island

Kingfisher - Alistair Prentice

A very shy and difficult bird to photograph, Alistair has done extremely well to capture the shot below. You can see more of Alistair's work at http://www.flickr.com/photos/awprentice/