Adventures in the irish countryside

8/29/2014

Yesterday we drove from Belfast to Bushmill. We only went to Belfast briefly for 1 night and did not do much (personally I don't know why we went). But anyway, we went to Giants Causeway and Carrick-a-rede where we walked across a rope bride between two cliffs above the ocean. Giants Causeway is a unique array of rocks formed naturally by volcanic eruptions over 60,000,000 years ago.

While hiking on the rocks, I saw this EURASIAN WREN life bird 197! This is life bird 197 not 196 because I saw a pied wagtail in Belfast which was a life bird, but did not blog about it. I saw also saw another PIED WAGTAIL on the rocks at Giant's Causeway.

Look at that mountain view!

My dad and sister finally caught up to my mom and I and we started to walk back. As we were walking I spotted a quick glimpse of an EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER and had to get a close look at this life bird. Once I got close, I managed to get a fairly decent shot of him.

Minutes later we all hopped in our car and we drove to Carrick-A-Rede Rope Bridge, our second destination. We parked our car and walked to the rope bridge that led us from one cliff to another cliff, with an estimate that we are 200 feet above the water. Here's a photo of the bridge.

Once I got across, I was totally psyched to so close to so many birds!

Many of those birds happened to be NORTHERN FULMAR! Life bird 199! This may even be one of the top 3 best species I have seen on my entire life list!!! Here is the fulmar on the I got a photo of.

We walked back across the rope bridge and headed for the car. We drove to Dark Hedges, which was in a scene in the show Game Of Thrones. Later we drove to our cottage where we will stay for 2 nights. Overall it was the best day on our trip so far, being in nature and seeing cool things for hours. I also saw 3 life birds, one which is one of the best birds on my entire list, the Northern Fulmar!!! It was an amazing day!!!

Life List 199 (3 life birds that day)

Bird List For That Day

Northern Fulmar 15 Life Bird!

Eurasian Oystercatcher 2 Life Bird!

Pied Wagtail 3

Eurasian Wren 2 Life Bird!

4 species today

9 Comments

Grandma Deedee

8/29/2014 01:25:07 pm

Isoo
I am so impressed with both your writing and the experiences you are writing about. I am jealous of all the new birds you are seeing too. Was the rope bridge scary ?
We are 1/2 way to Uncle Marc's home in Montana. We are staying overnight in a motel

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10/9/2017 05:48:54 am

Ireland is worth visiting, I know that you really had fun on venturing this country. Ireland is a peaceful country filled with different interesting myths and historical stories. Its location is ominously cold because it is located in the northern hemisphere of the European continent. Ireland is also the home of infamous Celtic warriors and breath taking geographical formations. They are also famous for conducting different traditional festivals like Rose of Tralee, it’s the longest and largest festival in Ireland.

Isoo

8/29/2014 11:21:08 pm

wow Isoo.....you are off to a tremendous start! What a great experience for you and your family! Great post and great birds.....keep it up! How are you learning about the birds you will be visiting....are you using one field guide or many?

fran m

9/1/2014 08:39:19 am

isoo

9/3/2014 05:32:59 am

Hi Fran. Thanks so much for reading my blog! I do use 1 Birds of Europe field guide and an app called ibird for Ireland and the UK.

Matthew Cvetas gave me your email. Like Matthew, would you mind if I emailed you if I have trouble identifying a bird? Thanks.
Isoo

fran m

9/4/2014 05:39:44 am

no, I'd love it! Thanks!

Henry G link

8/31/2014 07:43:55 am

Isoo,
What great photos of awesome scenery and birds! I have never seen EUOY or NOFU before!

Babysitter Kim

9/9/2014 05:35:12 am

Isoo! I tried commenting on here the other day but I don't think it went through. It looks like you are having such a great time and adding so many birds to your list! Glad to see you're enjoying your trip! I'll be keeping up with you and your sister blogs!
Kim

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10/25/2022 10:12:42 pm

Appreciate you blogging thiss

Adventures in the irish countryside

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