Richard Mills
@richardtmills.bsky.social
Up periscope. A great white egret keeping a not so low profile behind one of the many stumps at the Gearagh.
November 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Up periscope. A great white egret keeping a not so low profile behind one of the many stumps at the Gearagh.
Autumn fall colours in the rain.
November 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Autumn fall colours in the rain.
Hundreds of small jellyfish washed up on this small beach in West Cork.
October 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Hundreds of small jellyfish washed up on this small beach in West Cork.
Little and great white egrets blending together.
The size difference is quite considerable.
The size difference is quite considerable.
October 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Little and great white egrets blending together.
The size difference is quite considerable.
The size difference is quite considerable.
Variations on a belted kingfisher.
October 17, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Variations on a belted kingfisher.
All blacks on Vancouver Island.
Black oystercatchers,
Black turnstones,
Black squirrel and
Black bear.
Black oystercatchers,
Black turnstones,
Black squirrel and
Black bear.
October 15, 2025 at 11:40 AM
All blacks on Vancouver Island.
Black oystercatchers,
Black turnstones,
Black squirrel and
Black bear.
Black oystercatchers,
Black turnstones,
Black squirrel and
Black bear.
I was watching a black squirrel at Buttertubs marsh on Vancouver Island when it suddenly vanished and this lovely barred owl carrying a decapitated rat landed on a branch for a snack, right in front of me. It even ignored a couple of passersby below with their phones. Very dark but amazing!
October 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
I was watching a black squirrel at Buttertubs marsh on Vancouver Island when it suddenly vanished and this lovely barred owl carrying a decapitated rat landed on a branch for a snack, right in front of me. It even ignored a couple of passersby below with their phones. Very dark but amazing!
It took a while, but this grey phalarope eventually left the vast muddy expanse where it was feeding. and floated out for a preen while blown downstream in the wind. I was almost running after it! They are remarkably tame birds.
September 17, 2025 at 8:06 PM
It took a while, but this grey phalarope eventually left the vast muddy expanse where it was feeding. and floated out for a preen while blown downstream in the wind. I was almost running after it! They are remarkably tame birds.
Morning coffee at home and look who flew past. Grab shots through the double-glazed window, but nice to see the local juvenile white-tailed sea eagle.
September 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Morning coffee at home and look who flew past. Grab shots through the double-glazed window, but nice to see the local juvenile white-tailed sea eagle.
Curlew sandpipers showing well on the beach at Ballynamona in east Cork.
September 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Curlew sandpipers showing well on the beach at Ballynamona in east Cork.
Doesn't time fly! Same place, two pectoral sandpipers, but only about 45 years apart. The 'descendants' obviously like Shanagarry in east Cork.
September 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Doesn't time fly! Same place, two pectoral sandpipers, but only about 45 years apart. The 'descendants' obviously like Shanagarry in east Cork.
A wee wren waiting patiently for me to move on from one of the hides at Harper's Island Nature Reserve in order to feed its nestlings somewhere nearby. I did.
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June 6, 2025 at 11:11 PM
A wee wren waiting patiently for me to move on from one of the hides at Harper's Island Nature Reserve in order to feed its nestlings somewhere nearby. I did.
@IslandWetlands
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Early morning at the Gearagh, but, oh 'deer', the main carpark is closed for several days, as they are pouring concrete.
Afternoon cuppa at home watching a fox coming out of the woodwork, then a female sparrowhawk flypast. The hoodies missed her as they were dismantling a rabbit.
Afternoon cuppa at home watching a fox coming out of the woodwork, then a female sparrowhawk flypast. The hoodies missed her as they were dismantling a rabbit.
June 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Early morning at the Gearagh, but, oh 'deer', the main carpark is closed for several days, as they are pouring concrete.
Afternoon cuppa at home watching a fox coming out of the woodwork, then a female sparrowhawk flypast. The hoodies missed her as they were dismantling a rabbit.
Afternoon cuppa at home watching a fox coming out of the woodwork, then a female sparrowhawk flypast. The hoodies missed her as they were dismantling a rabbit.
It was cooold up in the clouds in the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees recently. Even the choughs had to contend with snow and hailstones.
June 1, 2025 at 11:42 AM
It was cooold up in the clouds in the Cirque de Gavarnie in the Pyrenees recently. Even the choughs had to contend with snow and hailstones.
Dive bombing alpine choughs.
May 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Dive bombing alpine choughs.
An alpine accentor on lichen.
May 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
An alpine accentor on lichen.
Alpine choughs on the move with nesting material.
May 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Alpine choughs on the move with nesting material.
An alpine chough missing a bit.
May 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An alpine chough missing a bit.
Apart from the two well established wildlife wall displays there, I never knew that one of my stormy wave crashing photographs had been enlarged and mounted behind the counter in the café at Mizen Head. Taken at nearby Galley Cove.
May 8, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Apart from the two well established wildlife wall displays there, I never knew that one of my stormy wave crashing photographs had been enlarged and mounted behind the counter in the café at Mizen Head. Taken at nearby Galley Cove.
Moorhens duelling at dawn.
May 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Moorhens duelling at dawn.
Great crested grebes, and a cormorant, gathering in the early morning mist at the Gearagh.
May 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Great crested grebes, and a cormorant, gathering in the early morning mist at the Gearagh.
The Danish sail training ship 'Danmark' sailing past Blackball Head Napoleonic signal watch tower on its way into Bantry Bay and Glengarriff. Pity about the heat haze.
@DMA_SFS @MaritimeBantry @visitbantry1
@DMA_SFS @MaritimeBantry @visitbantry1
May 5, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The Danish sail training ship 'Danmark' sailing past Blackball Head Napoleonic signal watch tower on its way into Bantry Bay and Glengarriff. Pity about the heat haze.
@DMA_SFS @MaritimeBantry @visitbantry1
@DMA_SFS @MaritimeBantry @visitbantry1
Some 3 weeks ago, I stopped outside an old building in West Cork to check out a chough site, and the car was attacked by a deranged pied wagtail. Today it ignored me but was repeatedly attacking his reflection in any window.
Birdbrain with a headache?
Birdbrain with a headache?
May 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Some 3 weeks ago, I stopped outside an old building in West Cork to check out a chough site, and the car was attacked by a deranged pied wagtail. Today it ignored me but was repeatedly attacking his reflection in any window.
Birdbrain with a headache?
Birdbrain with a headache?
A dunnock on its favourite perch, but watched by a ghostly hooded crow in the background.
May 3, 2025 at 8:13 AM
A dunnock on its favourite perch, but watched by a ghostly hooded crow in the background.
A common sandpiper catching the early morning sun at the Gearagh.
May 2, 2025 at 10:48 PM
A common sandpiper catching the early morning sun at the Gearagh.