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BC_Gemma
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Birds and nature photography, based in East Cork, Ireland. All images my own and ©️ me. Migrating from @BC_Gemma at the other place.
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Common Sandpiper, Cork Harbour - one of the few who opt to overwinter in southern Ireland. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Common Sandpiper with the characteristic white notch on its "shoulder".
January 6, 2026 at 6:33 AM
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Buzzard on Whitethorn in a wintry sky, East Cork. #Birds
Buzzard perched on a Whitethorn branch.
January 4, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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Goosanders - rare winter visitors to these parts.
Harty’s Quay, Cork, 02/01/26.
Male Goosander Male and 2 Female/ Immature Goosanders Female/ Immature Goosander
January 3, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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The first bird that I photographed in 2026 - Great Northern Diver, Ballycotton 1/1/26 #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Ballycotton
Great Northern Diver (Common Loon)
January 2, 2026 at 7:31 PM
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Yellow-legged Gull at The Lough, Cork City - an uncommon (but by now regular) winter visitor from Southern Europe. #Birds ##IrishBirding #Cork
Yellow-legged Gull in flight.
December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Some memories of Vancouver 2025
Sea Otter Orcas Assorted Seals and Sealions Humpback Whales
December 28, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Common Kestrel composite.
Composite picture of 4 individual Kestrel images.
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Bullfinches (Corcrán Coille) Anne Valley, Co. Waterford.
#Birds
Male Bullfinch Female Bullfinch
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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Meadow Pipit grabbing a quick snack. #Birds
Meadow Pipit just about to swallow a fly.
December 14, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Nice to see the Great Northern Divers / Common Loons in Ballycotton Bay again. It must be the great seafood that brings them all the way back here every winter! #Birds
GND / Loon with a crab Great Northern Diver Great Northern Diver Great Northern Diver
December 13, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Dunlin
#Birds
Dunlin (a small wader) on the shoreline.
December 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Cattle Egrets, East Cork - they always look a bit bewildered to me ... #Birds
2 Cattle Egrets on a lakeside
December 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Somehow, the eel wasn't quite the quick snack that the Cormorant thought it would be ... #Birds
Cormorant with an eel knotted around its beak.
December 6, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Purple Sandpiper at Ballinclamper, Co. Waterford today. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 ##IrishBirding
Purple Sandpiper wading in shallow water.
December 2, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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The Kildeer at the South Slobs, Co. Wexford today. #Birds #Rare #IrishBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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Hooded Crow shelling mussels - with very impressive skill! #Birds
Hoodie eating a mussel Hoodie eating a mussel Hoodie eating a mussel
November 29, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Long-tailed Tit feasting on Spindle berries, East Cork. #Birds
Long-tailed Tit hanging on to a branch of a European Spindle tree, with a berry in its beak.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Who’s a pretty boy, then?
#Robin #Birds
European Robin perched on a windscreen wiper, admiring its reflection in the car windscreen.
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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European Greenfinch, a.k.a the Green Linnet.
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Greenfinch perched upright on a twig, with a blue sky behind.
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Handsome juvenile male Black Redstart at Ballycotton Pier, just passing through on migration. #ParadoxusMorph #Birds
Juvenile Black Redstart - identifiable as a male because, unlike most male juveniles that have female-type plumage at this age, this bird is an uncommon "paradoxus" morph and has a lot of male plumage traits
November 17, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Spotted Sandpiper, Co. Waterford today. #Rare #Birds #IrishBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025
Spotted Sandpiper on a rocky shore - a rare transatlantic visitor to Ireland
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
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A fine fresh fish for the Great Crested Grebe. #Birds
A Great Crested Grebe with a fish in its beak.
November 14, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Great White Egret and Little Egret at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
A Great White Egret dwarfing the Little Egret that is standing next to it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Red-breasted Flycatcher at Helvick Head 8/11/25 - another vagrant from the east. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #rare
Red-breasted Flycatcher perched on a branch in a clear blue sky.
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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The tiny Pallas's Warbler at Helvick Head, Co. Waterford today. #rare #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @watbirds.bsky.social #IrishBirding
Pallas's Warbler - a tiny bird perched in a Sycamore tree showing its characteristic wing bars and crown stripes.
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM