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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 1d

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 1d

I’m going to play it right now. Top tip!

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 1d

Absolutely. I clicked and then realized what I was doing.

Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 1d

@russincheshire.bsky.social I see you’ve recently branched out into crime fiction. Can I suggest this thread is the basis for your first film script (and, as the agent who suggested it, I claim my 10%).

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · Aug 26

Fantastic photo of red kite at Grange townland near Blanket Nook from #muffspeed #donegalbirding

Red kite near Blanket Nook, Co. Donegal.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 1d

#donegalbirding
It’s too easy to be cynical about making the effort to respond to things like planning applications, but it might have more leverage than people think.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 1d

#donegalbirding
Fantastic photos @delboydonegal.bsky.social - many thanks for sharing. That’s two new American thrushes in eight days; you’d almost say it was cathar-tick. Sorry, couldn’t help myself 😀.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 2d

#donegalbirding
Exciting report of a Blackpoll Warbler on Arranmore this afternoon. I love a new world warbler. All these immigrants enriching our lives, eh?

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 2d

Small point of order but not insignificant in north-west England: he’s from Liverpool.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 3d

#donegalbirding There will be tantrums on the pier at Magheraroarty tomorrow morning if there are any further cancelled sailings.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 3d

#donegalbirding
And there’s more. After the Swainson’s Thrush at Gleann Cholm Cille (Glencolumbkille) there’s now a Grey-Cheeked Thrush at An Baile Thoir (East Town), Oileán Thoraí (Tory Island). I’m dutifully giving locations in Irish as both are located in the Gaeltacht. But no ferries today!

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 4d

#donegalbirding
Some heroic sea-watches yesterday after the storm, turning up a nice bag of petrels, skuas and shearwaters. @delboydonegal.bsky.social took on Malin Head and Jamie Bliss at Fanad Head.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 6d

#donegalbirding
We surely need wind energy but this is depressing. Seems that the modelling used by wind farm applications isn’t right and excess eagle mortality far exceeds what the applicants suggest. Needs a complete rethink.

www.donegaldaily.com/2025/10/02/t...

Three white tailed eagles killed by wind turbines in South Donegal - Donegal Daily

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint Wind turbines in Donegal have killed three white-tailed eagles in less than a year, according to the National Parks…

www.donegaldaily.com

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delboydonegal.bsky.social @delboydonegal.bsky.social · 8d

#donegalbirding

And some footage for good measure..

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 8d

#donegalbirding

Many thanks for sharing @delboydonegal.bsky.social

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delboydonegal.bsky.social @delboydonegal.bsky.social · 8d

#donegalbirding

A few more shots of the Swainson’s thrush at Malin More today that show the breast and belly pattern more clearly. A stunning bird that behaved totally against reputation by walking right up to us on occasion!

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 8d

#donegalbirding

Many thanks for sharing @delboydonegal.bsky.social

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 9d

#donegalbirding

A lifer today for some of the county’s most enthusiastic and experienced birders - this county-first Swainson’s Thrush should have been heading from Canada to South America, not Málainn Mhóir (Malin More), Gleann Cholm Cille (Glencolumbkille). Photo @delboydonegal.bsky.social

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 9d

#donegalbirding

A lifer today for some of the county’s most enthusiastic and experienced birders - this county-first Swainson’s Thrush should have been heading from Canada to South America, not Málainn Mhóir (Malin More), Gleann Cholm Cille (Glencolumbkille). Photo @delboydonegal.bsky.social

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 16d

#donegalbirding
And what might be signs of captivity?

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 19d

#donegalbirding

What are the chances of the red-breasted goose at Dunfanaghy being for real?

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Irish Rare Birds Committee - The Irish List

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 29d

#donegalbirding
Yes. Reintroducing a photogenic species is all well and good but the article makes clear that it needs to be located within a wider vision. Unfortunately Ireland’s politicians like headlines about reintroductions but don’t have such a vision.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 29d

#donegalbirding

Chronicled and photographed as ever by patch wizard @delboydonegal.bsky.social

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · 29d

#donegalbirding

Some great passage migrants turning up at Blanket Nook and Inch at the moment.

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Michael Huggins @miceal.bsky.social · Sep 8

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I didn’t know that, Chris. There’s an article here that takes it a little further.

www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...

What happened to the golden eagles reintroduced to Co Donegal?

Two decades on, breeding success is poor and the golden eagle's future in Ireland is uncertain so what went wrong?

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