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Feeding the birds
A family brings bread for the birds, and they are evidently appreciative.
This is the lower, more park-like section of the park in the former Antrim Road Waterworks; the upper, more reservoir-like part is in the next square west:
Image
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 11 Nov 2007
0.11 miles
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Gull, Queen Mary's Gardens, Belfast (June 2014)
A gull, in a raucous mood, after being fed by visitors to the park.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 17 Jun 2014
0.12 miles
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Three swans a-swimming
They made a move in our direction, as if they expected that we might be about to throw them some bread (we weren't!).
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 12 Nov 2007
0.13 miles
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Pillar box, Belfast
EIIR pillar box (BT14 92) on the Cliftonville Road, close to Cliftonville Avenue.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 16 May 2013
0.13 miles
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Belfast: Queen Mary?s Gardens
These gardens are formed from the lower section of the former Antrim Road Waterworks, which was made a public park after its use as a source of water for the city.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 11 Nov 2007
0.13 miles
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Mallard, Queen Mary's Gardens, Belfast (June 2014)
A mallard duck, in the middle of a contortion, during preening.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 17 Jun 2014
0.14 miles
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Louis MacNeice plaque, Belfast
See
Image (January 2007). A plaque (behind a fence – bottom) at the poet’s http://www.ulsterhistory.co.uk/louismcneice.htm birthplace, 2 Brookhill Avenue, Cliftonville Road. See also
Image (December 2011).
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 29 Sep 2013
0.14 miles
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Five swans a-preening
Five swans give themselves a quick preen on a lake at Antrim Road Waterworks.
Image: © Chris Downer
Taken: 12 Nov 2007
0.15 miles
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Greylag geese, Queen Mary's Gardens, Belfast
Two greylags and a gull of uncertain species on the pond at Queen Mary’s Gardens.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 29 Sep 2013
0.15 miles
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Swan, Queen Mary's Gardens, Belfast (June 2014)
A swan, in the Queen Mary’s Gardens, preening with the assistance of its flexible neck.
Image: © Albert Bridge
Taken: 17 Jun 2014
0.15 miles