The wee Conn O'Neill stone bridge traverses the Conn's water in The Hollow along the Connswater Community Greenway. The bridge, built in the 16th Century, is one of the oldest surviving bridges in Ireland. (Sep., 2020).

K. Mitch Hodge

white bird flying over the lake during daytime

A grey heron spreads its wings in the Conn's Water at The Hollow.

A little egret (Egretta garzetta) standing near the bank of Conn's Water.

Tiny blue Forget Me Not flowers herald the arrival of spring.

Small yellow flowers, replete with tiny slug, growing along the Connswater Greenway in East Belfast (Apr., 2020).

An interesting white flower growing along the Connswater Greenway in East Belfast (Apr., 2020).

white stork on body of water during daytime

A grey heron hunts for food along the seaweed laden banks of Conn's Water.

grey and white bird on brown dried leaves

A grey heron (Ardea cinerea) finds a tasty morsel in the seaweed-laden banks of the Conn's Water along the Connswater Community Greenway in East Belfast (Apr., 2020).

A grey heron (Ardea cinerea) in the Connswater River along the Connswater Community Greenway in Belfast, County Down (May, 2020),

A grey heron (Ardea cinerea) fishing in the Conn's Water at The Hollow along the Connswater Community Greenway in East Belfast (Apr., 2020).

Connswater greenway