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CCT back with 10 other curlew on wintering grounds. This is my 4th winter monitoring CCT (Kildare ringed curlew on breeding grounds) at this location in Kildare.
October 12, 2025 at 8:18 PM
CCT back with 10 other curlew on wintering grounds. This is my 4th winter monitoring CCT (Kildare ringed curlew on breeding grounds) at this location in Kildare.
Bullfinch (female) gathering nest material
May 12, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Bullfinch (female) gathering nest material
Tree sparrows.
May 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Tree sparrows.
Redpoll
Irish Name: Deargéadan
Scientific name: Acanthis flammea
Bird Family: Finches
A small, acrobatic finch, with short forked tail, upperparts streaked brown, paler below
Often forms mixed flocks with Siskins, its movements reflect availability of food supply.
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Irish Name: Deargéadan
Scientific name: Acanthis flammea
Bird Family: Finches
A small, acrobatic finch, with short forked tail, upperparts streaked brown, paler below
Often forms mixed flocks with Siskins, its movements reflect availability of food supply.
birdwatchireland.ie/birds/lesser...
April 6, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Redpoll
Irish Name: Deargéadan
Scientific name: Acanthis flammea
Bird Family: Finches
A small, acrobatic finch, with short forked tail, upperparts streaked brown, paler below
Often forms mixed flocks with Siskins, its movements reflect availability of food supply.
birdwatchireland.ie/birds/lesser...
Irish Name: Deargéadan
Scientific name: Acanthis flammea
Bird Family: Finches
A small, acrobatic finch, with short forked tail, upperparts streaked brown, paler below
Often forms mixed flocks with Siskins, its movements reflect availability of food supply.
birdwatchireland.ie/birds/lesser...
Swallows
Irish Name: Fáinleog
Scientific name: Hirundo rustica
Bird Family: Swallows & Martins
Common summer visitor throughout Ireland from mid-March to late-September.
Swallows feed almost exclusively on insects (midges, flies) caught in flight.
Swallows construct a bowl-shaped nest out of mud
Irish Name: Fáinleog
Scientific name: Hirundo rustica
Bird Family: Swallows & Martins
Common summer visitor throughout Ireland from mid-March to late-September.
Swallows feed almost exclusively on insects (midges, flies) caught in flight.
Swallows construct a bowl-shaped nest out of mud
April 6, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Swallows
Irish Name: Fáinleog
Scientific name: Hirundo rustica
Bird Family: Swallows & Martins
Common summer visitor throughout Ireland from mid-March to late-September.
Swallows feed almost exclusively on insects (midges, flies) caught in flight.
Swallows construct a bowl-shaped nest out of mud
Irish Name: Fáinleog
Scientific name: Hirundo rustica
Bird Family: Swallows & Martins
Common summer visitor throughout Ireland from mid-March to late-September.
Swallows feed almost exclusively on insects (midges, flies) caught in flight.
Swallows construct a bowl-shaped nest out of mud
Ireland's wild beauties - 4 Irish hares, Lepus timidus hibernicus
March 26, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Ireland's wild beauties - 4 Irish hares, Lepus timidus hibernicus
Black Redstart Dysert Ardmore, 2025_0319
March 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Black Redstart Dysert Ardmore, 2025_0319
Gadwall, duck & drake
March 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Gadwall, duck & drake
Wild Whooper swans.
The Wild Swans at Coole is a beautiful and reflective poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It captures the poet's feelings of change, aging, and loss as he observes the swans at Coole Park in County Galway, Ireland.
The Wild Swans at Coole is a beautiful and reflective poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It captures the poet's feelings of change, aging, and loss as he observes the swans at Coole Park in County Galway, Ireland.
February 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Wild Whooper swans.
The Wild Swans at Coole is a beautiful and reflective poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It captures the poet's feelings of change, aging, and loss as he observes the swans at Coole Park in County Galway, Ireland.
The Wild Swans at Coole is a beautiful and reflective poem by William Butler Yeats, first published in 1917. It captures the poet's feelings of change, aging, and loss as he observes the swans at Coole Park in County Galway, Ireland.
Robin with numbered metal ring, at the Birdwatch Ireland owned, East Coast Nature Reserve
February 16, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Robin with numbered metal ring, at the Birdwatch Ireland owned, East Coast Nature Reserve
Black Redstart, Whiting bay, Co. Waterford, feeding on the plentiful insects Feb. 6th 2025
February 7, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Black Redstart, Whiting bay, Co. Waterford, feeding on the plentiful insects Feb. 6th 2025
Observed and filmed this curlew pair in Kildare today. Big thank you to a young, local "Farming for Nature" warrior, who pointed them out to us, without whose help we would probably not have found them.
February 1, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Observed and filmed this curlew pair in Kildare today. Big thank you to a young, local "Farming for Nature" warrior, who pointed them out to us, without whose help we would probably not have found them.
Well well, another colour ringed curlew in the same field (Ardmore Co. Waterford, Ireland) as the one from 1/1/2025, but a different (colour) scheme. Bird from 1/1/2025 was also present today, but cannot be 100% sure (trying tomorrow). 2 in one flock (150), not bad. Wondering about this latest one.
January 25, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Well well, another colour ringed curlew in the same field (Ardmore Co. Waterford, Ireland) as the one from 1/1/2025, but a different (colour) scheme. Bird from 1/1/2025 was also present today, but cannot be 100% sure (trying tomorrow). 2 in one flock (150), not bad. Wondering about this latest one.
CCT again with 8 of his buddies
January 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
CCT again with 8 of his buddies
Birds of the North Bull Island 2025_0111
January 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Birds of the North Bull Island 2025_0111
Starlings; Him & Her
January 14, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Starlings; Him & Her
Garden birds
January 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Garden birds
Chough with coloured rings, 29th Dec. '24.
The ringing report acc to Sam Bayley on "X" is as follows...https://x.com/SamBayley2/status/1875677903582851503."Our first resighting from Co. Waterford! SKV was ringed as a chick in Ballycroneen, Ballycotton, on 14th May '24, Only 30km as the crow flies.
The ringing report acc to Sam Bayley on "X" is as follows...https://x.com/SamBayley2/status/1875677903582851503."Our first resighting from Co. Waterford! SKV was ringed as a chick in Ballycroneen, Ballycotton, on 14th May '24, Only 30km as the crow flies.
January 8, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Chough with coloured rings, 29th Dec. '24.
The ringing report acc to Sam Bayley on "X" is as follows...https://x.com/SamBayley2/status/1875677903582851503."Our first resighting from Co. Waterford! SKV was ringed as a chick in Ballycroneen, Ballycotton, on 14th May '24, Only 30km as the crow flies.
The ringing report acc to Sam Bayley on "X" is as follows...https://x.com/SamBayley2/status/1875677903582851503."Our first resighting from Co. Waterford! SKV was ringed as a chick in Ballycroneen, Ballycotton, on 14th May '24, Only 30km as the crow flies.
Black redstart
January 8, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Black redstart
Curlew (male) with coloured leg rings, observed near Ardmore Co. Waterford, was ringed on 4th April 2024 at Betton, near Worthen, Shropshire, England
January 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Curlew (male) with coloured leg rings, observed near Ardmore Co. Waterford, was ringed on 4th April 2024 at Betton, near Worthen, Shropshire, England