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.
The Blackbird of Belfast Lough
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Int én bec ro léic feit do rind guip glanbuidi fo-ceird faíd os Loch Laíg lon do craíb charnbuidi This little 9th c. Irish lyric continues to echo in modern Irish verse. Seamus Heaney translated it thus: The small bird chirp-chirruped: yellow neb, a note-spurt. Blackbird over Lagan water. Clumps of yellow whin-burst!