Coming soon! Words, music and nature with @DaraMcAnulty at Aspects Festival celebrates Irish writing and music. With compositions by yours truly, Ed Bennett and some lovely classics including Debussy and Ravel - plus, TOY PIANO! #toypiano #musicandnature #irishcomposers #debussy #ravel #piano #irishauthors #CountyDown

Avro Lancaster from the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight over Donaghadee, Northern Ireland.

#aviation #MilitaryAviation #avro #lancaster #battleofbritainmemorialflight #donaghadee #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #raf #royalairforce

BBC News: '"Accordion Man" collection up for auction'

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/c04dkxelvqdo

#Accordion #Music #NorthernIreland #CountyDown

Summer wheat field in County Down, Northern Ireland.

#farm #Agriculture #landscape #landscapes #landscapephotography #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #photography #cloud #clouds #summer

You know you’ve been stared at when a Long-Eared Owlet stares at you…

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #birdofprey #owl #longearedowl #LongEaredOwls #owlet #owlets #woodland #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

A slightly battered but still beautiful #PaintedLady #butterfly at #WWTCastleEspie today.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #invertebrates #insects #lepidoptera #butterflies #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide

Despite last year’s nest being destroyed by Storm Eowyn in January, the Long-Eared Owls at WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre have fledged another youngster 🦉☺️

Apparently the adult didn’t want to be photographed 🤷‍♂️

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #owl #longearedowl #LongEaredOwls #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

Young #moorhen #hiding out in the #grass at #WWTCastleEspie.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #young #immature #waterbirds #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

Young #bullfinch in the #orchard at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #finch #grass #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @RSPB @wwtworldwide

A very chill male House Sparrow on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #sparrow #housesparrow #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

A #spottedflycatcher in the #orchard at #WWTCastleEspie this morning! 😎
Only my second time seeing this lovely bird and the first time was in the same spot six years ago, almost to the day ☺️

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #flycatcher #rarity #birding #birdwatching #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB @_bto

A couple of 2nd year Little Gulls on the lagoon at Kinnegar, Holywood.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #seabirds #water #kinnegar #holywood #CountyDown #northdown #NorthernIreland @RSPB #gull #gulls #littlegull

#fledgling #treecreeper at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #woodland #young #youngster #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

The illusive #CrypticWoodWhite #butterfly on a #Vetch flower at #WWTCastleEspie.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #photography #invertebrates #insects #lepidoptera #butterflies #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @ukbutterflies

The #shelduck #family out on the #MainLake at #WWTCastleEspie this morning.
Mum, Dad and eight cute #ducklings 🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥🐥

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #waterbirds #duck #ducks #water #lake #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

#fledgling #bluetit getting a feed on the reserve at #WWTCastleEspie.

#nature #natureohotography #wildlife #bird #birds #young #immature #youngster #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland #spring @RSPB @wwtworldwide

One of two Mediterranean Gulls flying over WWT Castle Espie Wetland Centre.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #seabirds #gull #mediterraneangull #flight
#wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB

Blue-Tailed #damselfly in the #PondZone at #WWTCastleEspie.
Shot on #iPhone.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #wildlifephotography #photography #invertebrates #insects #odonata #bluetaileddamselfly #shotoniphone #wwt #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide

It’s so much easier when they pose for you…

A male Greenfinch at WWT CastleEspie.

#nature #naturephotography #wildlife #bird #birds #birdphotography #finch #greenfinch #male #wwt #WWTCastleEspie #CountyDown #NorthernIreland @wwtworldwide @RSPB