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📸 Fan Pic Friday 3/3 by @jonnyr96: “Fantastic Mr Fox” 🦊 🔻 Thanks to all for tagging #NIEXPLORER in your pics the past week and for voting in yesterday’s Insta Story shortlist. 🔻 FAN PIC FRIDAY - Showcasing YOUR adventures around #NorthernIreland 🙌 🔻 #fox #naturepics #naturephotography #wildlife #galgorm #ballymena #ni #adventure #ireland #ireland🍀 #irelandgram #adventures #weekend #photography #loveireland
📸 Fan Pic Friday 2/3 by @gayle_curran: “Finally enjoying our first outdoor pint of the year” (not the dog) 🔻 Thanks to all for tagging #NIEXPLORER in your pics the past week and for voting in yesterday’s Insta Story shortlist. 🔻 FAN PIC FRIDAY - Showcasing YOUR adventures around #NorthernIreland 🙌 🔻 #dog #dogs #guinness #beer #alfresco #ni #adventure #ireland #ireland🍀 #irelandgram #adventures #weekend #photography #loveireland #dog #doglovers #doggo
📸 Fan Pic Friday 1/3 by @kevkoc: “Curves of the PeaceBridge” 🔻 Thanks to all for tagging #NIEXPLORER in your pics the past week and for voting in yesterday’s Insta Story shortlist. 🔻 FAN PIC FRIDAY - Showcasing YOUR adventures around #NorthernIreland 🙌 🔻 #derry #londonderry #peacebridge #ni #adventure #ireland #ireland🍀 #irelandgram #adventures #weekend #photography #loveireland #drone #dronestagram #droneshots
Must be the reason why she’s Queen of the Castle... 🐶👑 @Scout.The.Adventure.Dog starting her adventures! 🏰 🔻 #NIEXPLORER #countydown #northernireland #ireland #killyleagh #castle #wanderlust #adventure #adventures #roadtrip #gsd #germanshepherd #goldenshepherd
Moody good day for a colour run anyway! 🔻 #NIEXPLORER #derry #londonderry #derrylondonderry #visitderry #translink #moody #northernireland #derrycity #foyle #riverfoyle #loughfoyle
Yesterday morning, at rush hour, we noticed this handsome pooch jogging along the busy Frosses Road, #Ballymoney. 🔻 Realising no owner was around, we did a u-turn at the next junction, heading back to the roundabout where we first spotted him. 🔻 After a few minutes of eye-squinting, we found him, hopping out of the car for a snail-pace-chase on foot (we didn’t want to spook him, worried he might dart onto the road). 🔻 15 minutes of our best whistles, kissing noises and even waving a sandwich - he still had no interest in us. The slow pursuit continued to a less busy road... ending when a man walking two spaniels crossed our path. 🔻 The Lone Ranger was finally able to be collared during the sniff-off. 🐶🐕🐶 A short while later the friendly dog warden from Causeway Coast and Glens Council arrived, scanning the dog’s microchip and discovering he had actually clocked up quite a few miles from where he was registered 😮 🔻 His name is Ted 🐕 🔻 Our reason for posting this? If you see something that doesn’t look/feel right, act. Whether it’s a lone dog or something else. Only when we got talking after, did we realise it would’ve been so easy to presume someone else would stop. Hopefully someone WOULD have, but us acting quicker meant that a few less cars had the chance to hit ol’ Ted. 👍 Shout out to our accomplices on this chase, Dave from @Soarscape (with his massive love for dogs too) and @DilTakesPhotos (his eagle eyes spotting Ted when we started the hunt)! 🔻 #DogsAreGreat

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Inch Island- a view from the Grianan of Aileach #visitireland #ireland #sightseeing #discoverni #irelandloves #instaireland #inspireland #niexplorer #wildatlanticway #coastline #igersireland #igireland #irishpassion #loveireland #love_ireland #ireland #insta_ireland #ireland_insta #irish_daily #rawireland #tourismireland #discoverireland #visitireland #best_of_irish #daily_ireland #rawireland #raw_ireland #donegal #griananofaileach #fort #inchisland #photography
Mountain biking.......That is all 👌👌 . . . #iamspecialized_mtb #iamspecialized #rostrevor #rostrevormtbtrails #cloughmorextreme #bikehirerostrevor #rostrevorbikehire #mournemountains #sunrise #adventuresireland #ireland #niexplorer #instaireland #ireland #view #amazing #love
Little shot from my winter visit to Mournes......#mournes #mountainsofinstagram #fofannydam #ulsterway #explorecountydown #mournemountains #mountainsofmourne #newrymourneanddowndistrictcouncil #areaofoutstandingnaturalbeauty #canonuk #canon80dphotography #reservoirs @northernirelandwater #niexplorer #boutyeh #mourneway #instanorthernireland #connollycove #bestofnorthernireland
Cash deposits only . . . #belfast #IgersOfBelfast #igersbelfast #StreetPhotography #igersni #Vsco #vsconi #vscoireland #instabelfast #city #belfastcity #documentbelfast #boutyeh #moodygrams #belfastphotographer #igersbelfast #insta_ni #instaireland #explorebelfast #belfast_in_lights #purenorthernireland #niexplorer #bank #triptych #windows
Day 345/365 Santa Claus is coming to town 🎶 . . #belfast #documentbelfast #northernireland #home #bestofbelfast #insta_ni #niexplorer #exploreni #stayandwander #LetsGo #boutye #santa #santaclaus #homedecor #Christmas #christmasdecor #christmasdecoractions #xmas #winter #holidays #ig_daily #photooftheday #project365 #365photochallenge #365 #Day345
Gotta love some reflections and dark moody skies in Belfast. . . . . . #reflection #cityscape #urbanarea #city #waterway #architecture #skyline #evening #river #sunset #facade #belfast #visualbelfast #discoverni #insta_ni #belfastimagine #belfastexplorer #niexplorer #belfastinlights #documentbelfast #discoverbelfast #explorebelfast #duffypics #exploreni #titanicbelfast #titanicquarter
You can bite a girl in the arm but you can’t keep her from her beach!! 💜 🌊 🐕 #normalserviceresumed #dogsandbeaches #benone #limavadylife #limavady #ernieandezra #niexplorer
Everyone has problems some people just do a better job of hiding them #portrait #nofilter #bird #thoughts #seeds #birdsofinstagram #wing #flying #starling #landscape #macro #male #animal #eye #garden #discoverni #macro_freaks #discoverireland #countydown #NorthernIreland #nature #purenorthernireland #ig_today #ig_today #bbcspringwatch #raw_ireland #jessopsmoments #bird_freaks #niexplorer
Antrim’s own helter skelter and big wheel at the amazing winter enchanted garden...... @anborough #antrim #discoverni #instanorthernireland #boutye #niexplorer #helterskelter #enchantedgarden #tourismnorthernireland @northernirelandtourism #visitantrim #christmas #christmastimeishere #antrimcastlegardens #antrimtown @officialcoolfm @bbcni @thejunctionantrim
#loves_ireland #green_irish_heart #loveireland #pocket_world #ig_ireland_ #pocket_ireland #discoverni #insta_ni_ #pictures_of_ireland #ireland #LetsGuide #ig_united_today #niexplorer #irish_daily #raw_ireland #fm_alltags #discoverireland_ #roadtrip #ireland_travel #tourismireland #letthemknow #best_ireland_photos #theirishpost #bestirelandpics #irelandexploring #full_irish
#Repost @fitnessbelfast with @get_repost ・・・ I have just 3 spaces left for my fundraising event - Walking in a Winter Wonderland - in collaboration with @_flow.yoga *this Sunday!* 16 December! ❄️☃️🏔😄 Join me for a sunrise walk at Cave Hill & @yoga_withdenis at Flow Hill St for a cosy, reflective & restorative yoga flow, followed by some chat and lunch! It's a free event, but on the day, we will be collecting donations for the Perinatal Trust Fund (NI) - helping to purchase medical and other equipment, support education and training of staff and support research into problems of newborn babies in the Regional Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast. I would love you to join - it's good craic, and an even better cause, so if it sounds good to you, you can find out more and sign up at the link in my bio ☝️ #belfast #fitnessbelfast #niexplorer #yoga #cavehill
Just a wee tree. 🎄 #christmastree #cityhall #belfast #discoverni #treedecorations #lensbible #niexplorer #lovebelfast #belfastchristmasmarket #itsbeginningtolookalotlikechristmas #loveireland
I have just 3 spaces left for my fundraising event - Walking in a Winter Wonderland - in collaboration with @_flow.yoga *this Sunday!* 16 December! ❄️☃️🏔😄 Join me for a sunrise walk at Cave Hill & @yoga_withdenis at Flow Hill St for a cosy, reflective & restorative yoga flow, followed by some chat and lunch! It's a free event, but on the day, we will be collecting donations for the Perinatal Trust Fund (NI) - helping to purchase medical and other equipment, support education and training of staff and support research into problems of newborn babies in the Regional Neonatal Unit, Royal Maternity Hospital, Belfast. I would love you to join - it's good craic, and an even better cause, so if it sounds good to you, you can find out more and sign up at the link in my bio ☝️ #belfast #fitnessbelfast #niexplorer #yoga #cavehill
"Rocks, Haze, and Mountains". From St. Johns Point in Co. Down, the Mournes majestically sit on a distant horizon. The scene is balanced well, with Slieve Donard, Northern Ireland's tallest mountain, centre-scene. This view, similar to the one seen from nearby Tyrella Beach, was voted the best view in the UK in 2015 by The Countryman Magazine. A worthy winner. Like my page! Link in bio! #ukpotd #insta_ni #NIExplorer #beautifulbritannia #gbgb #britaincaptures #photosofbritain #love_hiking #Mournes #roamtheworld #trekking #uk_shooters #ukhikingofficial #lensbible #Earthpix #Nikon #NatGeo #ig_mountains #ig_landscapes #likemypage #smairsphotography
📍Belfast . . . . . . . . #belfast #belfastcity #northernireland #exploreni #visitbelfast #niexplorer #visitnorthernireland #view #visitni #instanorthernireland #citybreak #themerchanthotel #breakfast #christmasmarket #helterskelter #ulsterhall
Drift diving along the south-west coast of Rathlin Island and managed to snap this beautifully marked dogfish on the flyby (with @aquaholics_dive_sea_safari ) . . . #scubadiving #scuba #diving #dive #instadive #divenorthernireland #diveireland #ukdiving #rathlin #rathlinisland #northernireland #ireland #niexplorer #discoverni #uwpics #uwphotography #underwaterphotography #underwater #aquaholics #marinelife #sealife #dogfish #catshark #fish #shark #animalsofinstagram #naturelovers #coldwater #coldwaterjunkie #coldwaterdiving
🔥 #naturephotography #forest #niexplorer #autumn #fall #discoverni #crawfordsburn #northernireland #northernirelandphotographer #love #happiness #ulsterbride #acolorstory #beautiful #portraits #portraitoftheday #togetherforever #couplesphotography #engagementphotos #engagmentphotography #engagementsession #engaged
A quiet moment 🖤 #naturephotography #forest #niexplorer #autumn #fall #discoverni #crawfordsburn #northernireland #northernirelandphotographer #love #happiness #ulsterbride #acolorstory #beautiful #portraits #portraitoftheday #togetherforever #couplesphotography #engagementphotos #engagmentphotography #engagementsession #engaged #blackandwhite #bnw_life #bnw #blackandwhitephotography #instablackandwhite #sonya7iii #sony
Sometimes people worry about shooting on an wet, overcast day. Why worry when it means no squinting and the colours pop like this? 😍 #naturephotography #forest #niexplorer #autumn #fall #discoverni #crawfordsburn #northernireland #northernirelandphotographer #love #happiness #ulsterbride #acolorstory #beautiful #portraits #portraitoftheday #togetherforever #couplesphotography #engagementphotos #engagmentphotography #engagementsession #engaged
Strolling...in the opposite direction of the crazy christmas crowds 👣. So pretty ❤ #hillsboroughforestpark #naturewalks #winterwalks #discoverni #discovernorthernireland #discoverireland #northernireland #ireland #NIEXPLORER #tourismireland #loveireland #ireland_passion #instaireland #instanorthernireland