Birds of the Lough

Out all day birdwatching
And the craic was good
Stopped off at Strangford Lough
Early in the morning                         

 Coney Island,  Van Morrison 

This portfolio features the birds of Strangford Lough.

Arrival of the whooper swans

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These travellers from the Arctic fly in over the reed beds near the Comber River estuary. They are "the brilliant creatures" of Yeats's poem The Wild Swans of Coole that arrive every year when "the trees are in their autumn beauty".