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Explore 2 birding guides for places operated by Council, with seasonal birds, visitor arrangements and practical routes.
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Northern Ireland · Winter diving ducks and swans · spring grebes and broods · summer meadows and terns
Oxford Island National Nature Reserve
Sheltered bays on Lough Neagh hold wintering diving ducks including Goldeneye, Pochard and Tufted Duck. Great Crested and Little Grebes, Coot, Moorhen, terns and Cormorants can be watched from the hides, while Whooper Swans use nearby fields.
Plan this visit →Scotland · Winter geese and wildfowl · passage waders · summer ospreyFindhorn Bay Local Nature Reserve
A wide Moray estuary where the moving tide matters more than the distance you walk.
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