Aidan G. Kelly
@agk10k.bsky.social
Balbriggan, Dublin, Ireland.
Birder since age 11. Sometimes twitcher. Bird-book fanatic. Like all wildlife & wild places. Apartment, Dublin, Irish and World Bird Lists the ones I keep.
Birder since age 11. Sometimes twitcher. Bird-book fanatic. Like all wildlife & wild places. Apartment, Dublin, Irish and World Bird Lists the ones I keep.
Seeing this Critically Endangered Ridgway’s Hawk at Los Haitises a short while ago meant we got our last possible endemic in the Dominican Republic. One of a pair present.Note ring on left leg. ‘Green 82’
Puerto Rico next..😎
Puerto Rico next..😎
April 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Seeing this Critically Endangered Ridgway’s Hawk at Los Haitises a short while ago meant we got our last possible endemic in the Dominican Republic. One of a pair present.Note ring on left leg. ‘Green 82’
Puerto Rico next..😎
Puerto Rico next..😎
A few highlights from a great weekend in Wexford,finding this Purple Heron at Tacumshin on Sat. & finally getting a few shots of it next day. Fem. Blue-winged Teal & 3 LRPlovers also at Tacumshin. Also this fantastic male Redstart at Carnsore Point, found by Joe Adamson.
April 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
A few highlights from a great weekend in Wexford,finding this Purple Heron at Tacumshin on Sat. & finally getting a few shots of it next day. Fem. Blue-winged Teal & 3 LRPlovers also at Tacumshin. Also this fantastic male Redstart at Carnsore Point, found by Joe Adamson.
Was lucky this evening when this fabulous Waxwing came down to eye level to feed in a small fruiting tree in a front garden at Willow Park Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin. Great find yesterday by Victor Caschera.
They have been extremely scarce in Ireland this winter.
They have been extremely scarce in Ireland this winter.
March 25, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Was lucky this evening when this fabulous Waxwing came down to eye level to feed in a small fruiting tree in a front garden at Willow Park Avenue, Glasnevin, Dublin. Great find yesterday by Victor Caschera.
They have been extremely scarce in Ireland this winter.
They have been extremely scarce in Ireland this winter.
Nice views of the American Wigeon at Milltown bridge, Dingle, Co. Kerry, today in the spring sunshine..😎.
March 16, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Nice views of the American Wigeon at Milltown bridge, Dingle, Co. Kerry, today in the spring sunshine..😎.
Goosanders and a nice male Crossbill from County Wicklow yesterday.
February 10, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Goosanders and a nice male Crossbill from County Wicklow yesterday.
A few of the spectacular Cotinga family which we saw in Guyana last month. Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Guianan Red Cotinga, Capuchinbird and Pompadour Cotinga. #Birds #BirdingGuyana
January 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
A few of the spectacular Cotinga family which we saw in Guyana last month. Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Guianan Red Cotinga, Capuchinbird and Pompadour Cotinga. #Birds #BirdingGuyana
Some of the better looking Antbirds we saw in Guyana last month. Ferruginous-backed, Rufous-throated and White-plumed. Very high iso settings used in the dark rainforest undergrowth which reduces the image quality. Single Wing-banded Antbird also seen, but unfortunately no photos #BirdingGuyana
January 24, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Some of the better looking Antbirds we saw in Guyana last month. Ferruginous-backed, Rufous-throated and White-plumed. Very high iso settings used in the dark rainforest undergrowth which reduces the image quality. Single Wing-banded Antbird also seen, but unfortunately no photos #BirdingGuyana
One of the birds of the trip in Guyana last month was this tiny Ocellated Crake which we managed to see and photograph running across a gap in the grass near Surama Lodge. #BirdingGuyana
January 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
One of the birds of the trip in Guyana last month was this tiny Ocellated Crake which we managed to see and photograph running across a gap in the grass near Surama Lodge. #BirdingGuyana
Enjoyable 2 days of ‘Scotering’ in Kerry in good weather conditions. Highlights were the continuing ad. WwScoter at Inch Strand accompanied now by a 1w ‘Velvet-type’ (id. not clinched); 9 Surf Scoters(6 at Inch, 3 at Brandon Bay). Found a new ‘advanced’ 1w WwS at Brandon with 4xVelvets also present.
January 3, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Enjoyable 2 days of ‘Scotering’ in Kerry in good weather conditions. Highlights were the continuing ad. WwScoter at Inch Strand accompanied now by a 1w ‘Velvet-type’ (id. not clinched); 9 Surf Scoters(6 at Inch, 3 at Brandon Bay). Found a new ‘advanced’ 1w WwS at Brandon with 4xVelvets also present.
A few night birds from Guyana over the last week. Black-banded Owl, Common Potoo and White-winged Potoo. #BirdingGuyana
December 25, 2024 at 12:05 AM
A few night birds from Guyana over the last week. Black-banded Owl, Common Potoo and White-winged Potoo. #BirdingGuyana
This Orange-breasted Falcon was a very welcome and unexpected lifer in the Georgetown Botanical Gardens this evening. Apparently one (possibly the same individual?) was reported there a few months ago. #BirdingGuyana
December 15, 2024 at 1:50 AM
This Orange-breasted Falcon was a very welcome and unexpected lifer in the Georgetown Botanical Gardens this evening. Apparently one (possibly the same individual?) was reported there a few months ago. #BirdingGuyana
The very sad news that the Slender-billed Curlew has been declared extinct prompted me to look up my notebook from when myself & Aidan Duggan were lucky enough to see that last individual bird at Merja Zerga, on Xmas Day 1994. Brief notes but they bring back cherished memories..
November 19, 2024 at 9:36 PM
The very sad news that the Slender-billed Curlew has been declared extinct prompted me to look up my notebook from when myself & Aidan Duggan were lucky enough to see that last individual bird at Merja Zerga, on Xmas Day 1994. Brief notes but they bring back cherished memories..
African Broadbill displaying in a Tanzanian forest earlier this year.
November 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
African Broadbill displaying in a Tanzanian forest earlier this year.