View across a lake. The water is bright blue, reflecting the sky above. There is a line of hills on the far side of the lake. There are eight ducks in the centre of the frame, swimming away from the photographer. Left of centre, four ducks have just taken wing and are flying upwards in the same direction.

I'm afraid I might be a bit late with my contribution to today's #BirdOfTheDay - I'm having a bit of trouble getting my ducks in a row...

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Photo: December 2022

#Birds #Groups #EastCoastKin #Scape #Photography #LoughErne #Fermanagh

Lapwing and curlews had a successful season on Upper Lough Erne Efforts by conservationists and farmers pay off as breeding waders have a good summer in Fermanagh.

#SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm #Nature #LoughErne #Curlew #Lapwing #Conservation

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A medieval round tower made of stone with a conical roof. There are two of its four slit windows visible just below the roof. Clear blue sky in the background.

A ruined monastery building with a stone archway in a square tower. There are two windows on either side of the arch and one above it. More ruins and the water of a lake are visible through the arch. The sky is blue.

Walls and foundations of a ruined church on grassland. Clear blue sky above.

A stone medieval cross in the foreground on the right and a medieval round tower in the background on the left. Grassland on the ground and a lake in the background. Across the lake, a line of trees along the shore. Blue sky above.

Some more pictures from Devenish Island yesterday.

#Fermanagh #LoughErne

A young Seamus Heaney meets a pagan Irish god in 1972. I love listening to his mellifluous Ulster English.

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#SeamusHeaney #Ulster #LoughErne #BoaIsland #Celticgods #poetry #poet #pagangods #celticchristianity

The Ulster Canal Greenway close to Monaghan town - an excellent and well lit path for a good walk.

A derelict lock keeper's cottage close to the Ulster Canal.

The remains of a disused lock on the Ulster Canal.

St Macartan's Cathedral in Monaghan seen from the Ulster Canal Greenway.

The #UlsterCanal #Greenway is a 4km walk from #Monaghan town along the old canal.
Built between 1825 & 1842, it was 46 miles long and connected #LoughNeagh to #LoughErne. The canal was last used in 1929.
A view of the greenway, a lock keeper's cottage, a lock & a view of St Macartan's Cathedral.

Devenish Island, Lough Erne. #lougherne #waterwaysireland #devenish #shannonernewaterway #landscapephotography

Good fun earlier following the Pilgrim trail in #LoughErne and seeing the basilica and amazing Harry Clarke windows on Station island