54.62854,-5.87500
- Grid ref: NW500328
- Lat/long: 54.62854,-5.87500
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Wildlife awards
Belfast Lough is one of the best places for wildlife in the UK.
Top things to do in Spring
- See the black-tailed godwits - more than 1,000 of them pass through on their way to Iceland
- Watch common and Arctic terns performing to each other and pairing off
- Listen for the sound of willow warblers, sedge warblers and chiffchaffs as they return for the summer
Top things to do in Summer
- Watch the adult terns bringing food back to the chicks close-up on the TV monitor
- See - close up! - hundreds of black-tailed godwits on the reserve, in splendid breeding plumage
- See large flocks of swallows. swifts, house martins and sand martins feeding before setting off on migration
Top things to do in Autumn
- See the last of the tern chicks learn to fly before leaving for Africa
- Which bird has the longest beak? Watch curlews, godwits and oystercatchers probing for food
- Look out for rarer migrating waders passing through on their way south
Top things to do in Winter
- See large numbers of wildfowl that come to the reserve to spend the winter: teals, wigeons and shelducks
- Look out for smaller birds like siskins and lesser redpolls in the trees
- Stay snug and warm in our observation room while you watch the action on the lagoon