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Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social
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Birder & Hobby Photographer in the West of Ireland, working in a native Forest. Post pictures of birds, nature & landscapes encountered on my travels.
Interested in nature and the environment around the world.
All pictures my own unless otherwise stated.
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🪶 Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #OnTheEdge; any bird at the edge of water (Alternative #pigeons)
I’ve got this Grey Heron fishing the riverbank in the glorious morning sunshine last week

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #heron #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Grey Heron sitting on the edge of a riverbank in the golden sunshine. The heron is in side profile and the grassy bank and tree trunk behind it are reflected in the surface of the river.
November 26, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin was following me through the woods keeping an eye on me.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A European Robin perched on a diagonal willow branch with its head tilted slightly while looking at the camera. The background is out of focus vegetation
November 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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🪶 Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #hangingaround. Birds at strangle angles, alternative is #Sparrows
I’ve got a Blue Tit and a couple of Long-Tailed Tits doing their thing.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #bluetit #longtailedtit #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Blue Tit hanging onto an upright Willow shoot, with a snack in its mouth. The bird is in the shadows with the sun on its back. The background is Bluesky dappled with branches. A Long-tailed Tit hanging on to an upright Willow shoot eating the fresh buds. The bird is facing the camera with a mass of willow trunks and branches behind it A Long-Tailed Tit perched on a willow tree. The bird is facing downward at a diagonal with its tail in the air.
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is a close up of a Robin with an interesting hairstyle.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A close up shot of a European Robin, the bird is perched on a small beech branch side on to the camera. The details in its feathers are very clear to see and it has one feather sticking up on its head. The background is woodland in dappled light.
November 25, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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🪶 Alan has chosen #warblers for today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #yelloweyes)
I have an Iberian Chiffchaff I found on a recent trip to Spain

#birding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #chiffchaff #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
An Iberian Chiffchaff in a bushy tree. The bird is perched on a branch looking upward. The tree has fleshy green leaves lit up by the sun
November 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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🪶 For #MallardMonday I have a series of shots of two males fighting I saw at the weekend. Their bark (quack) was worse than their bite and both birds seemed fine afterwards

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #ducks
November 24, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is one I saw singing in the morning sun last week

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #BlueskyMonday
A European Robin singing in a small beech tree. The bird is facing away from the camera with its head turned back, its mouth is open in song. The sun is shining on the bird and the background is a blue sky
November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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#Stunday
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Awesome morning along the cliffs overlooking the Hudson River. Had a peregrine falcon hanging out just below eye level and really close with all sorts of poses #birding #birdphotography
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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🪶 Rob has chosen #Mr&Mrs for today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #pigeons).
I have a pair of Whooper Swans floating on a pond with a pair of Mallard flying overhead

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #swanday #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #swans #ducks
A pair of Whooper Swans floating across a shallow pond with a pair of Mallard ducks flying over their heads. You can still the grass sticking out of the temporary pond. There is a grassy bank in the background
November 23, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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🪶 For #Stunday I have a Great Crested Grebe with a fish catch in the golden morning sun last Thursday.

#irishbirding #birds #grebe #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #golden #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #scape
A Great Crested Grebe floating on a golden lake with a fish in its beak.
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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🪶 My #HolidayRobin for today; fluffed up against this weeks bitter cold.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A European Robin perched on a branch curving down. The bird is facing the camera with its head turned to the right. The background is a mass of trees and branches
November 23, 2025 at 8:05 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is perched on the side of a bridge in the morning sunshine.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A European Robin perched on the edge is a stone wall looking down. The bird is side on with the golden morning sun shining on its face. There is a tangle of branches under it, lit up in the sunshine
November 22, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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🪶 Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay is #birdonawire (alternative #silhouette).
Like Alan, I also have a Stonechat.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #stonechat #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Stonechat perched on a looping wire. The bird is side on with its head and tail up, it is glancing at the camera. The background is out of focus green
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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🪶 Rob has chosen #GroundedGulls for today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #singing).
I’ve chosen a Lesser Black-backed gull standing on a sea stack “singing”.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #gulls #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A lesser black-backed gull standing on the edge of a sea stack with its beak d as lightly open. There is algae covered rock beneath it and a mass of green vegetation behind it
November 21, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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🪶 Happy #Flyday, The only shot I got of a White-Tailed Eagle before it glided over the forest during the golden hour earlier in the week.

#irishbirding #birds #eagle #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #raptor #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #scape
A White Tailed eagle gliding over the forest canopy in the golden Sunshine. In the foreground is the crown of leafless trees shining in the sunshine, the eagle is seen from the back, wings out and turning slightly over the tree. The background is grey-blue clouds
November 21, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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🪶 A #HolidayRobin enjoying the morning sunshine.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A European Robin perched on the stump of branch beside the trunk of a tree. The bird is facing the camera with its head turned to the right. The sun is shining from the right of the photo and lighting up the Robin and the tree trunk. The background is out of focus trees and leaves
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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🪶 For today’s #ThursJay I have an Irish Jay and a Western Jackdaw. Have a great day and stay warm!

#irishbirding #birds #jay #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #jackdaw #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Jay perched in an Oak Tree. The bird is side on and upright on a horizontal branch. In the background is a mass of Oak leaves A Western Jacksaw perched on a bird feeder statio. The bird is side on And looking at the camera with its steely eye. The background is out of focus ivy
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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🪶 I have a feeling today’s #HolidayRobin may have spotted me.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin perched on a hazel branch looking at the camera. The bird is facing the camera with its head tilted to the right to look directly at the camera. A thin hazel Branch is running across its chest. The background is out of focus green
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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🪶 Rob’s theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay is birds looking #Round, Alternative is #sparrows.

Here’s a Redpoll waiting its turn on the bird feeder last winter. ❄️

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #redpoll #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #gardenbirds
A Common Redpoll perched on top of a bird feeder. The bird is fluffed up against the cold with the sun on its back
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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🪶 For today’s #HolidayRobin I have this one fluffed up against the bitter cold yesterday.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A European Robin perched on a curved branch with its feathers fluffed out. The bird is facing the camera with its head turned to the right. The background is a mass of out of focus branches
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
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500 followers. Thank you to everyone for the support. What I love about Bluesky is the wonderful community that’s building here, through things like #BirdOfTheDay, #HolidayRobin, #Flyday, #BlueskyMonday, #EastCoastKin & many more.
It is a pleasure to be a part of this community, thank you all. 🪶
A Common Buzzard watching the photographer through the trees. The birds head and chest are visible behind green leaves. The background is dappled light and branches.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🪶 Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #mottled, birds marked with spots of a different colour. (Alternative #blurry)
Here’s a Eurasian Curlew foraging in the grass on the edge of an estuary.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #curlew #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Eurasian Curlew forages through the grass, the bird is in side profile looking from right to left. It’s legs are hidden in the grass an the background and foreground is semi-long grass
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is warbling from the trees.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin in the bushes, the bird is singing with its head raised upwards and its throat out. The background is out of focus grey and brown.
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🪶 Happy #MallardMonday everyone. Here’s a couple of Mallard I’ve encountered lately.

#irishbirding #birds #duck #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #mallard #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Male Mallard sits on the water in the sun. The bird is in side profile A Mallard perched on a rock in a lake. The bird is plumped up and showing its front and side
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is singing from a high perch

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #blueskymonday
A Robin perched on the end of a branch singing. The background is a blue sky
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM