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Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social
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Birder & Hobby Photographer in the West of Ireland, working in a native Forest. Post pictures of birds, nature & landscapes encountered on my travels.
Interested in nature and the environment around the world.
All pictures my own unless otherwise stated.
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500 followers. Thank you to everyone for the support. What I love about Bluesky is the wonderful community that’s building here, through things like #BirdOfTheDay, #HolidayRobin, #Flyday, #BlueskyMonday, #EastCoastKin & many more.
It is a pleasure to be a part of this community, thank you all. 🪶
A Common Buzzard watching the photographer through the trees. The birds head and chest are visible behind green leaves. The background is dappled light and branches.
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🪶 For today’s #ThursJay I have an Irish Jay and a Western Jackdaw. Have a great day and stay warm!

#irishbirding #birds #jay #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #jackdaw #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Jay perched in an Oak Tree. The bird is side on and upright on a horizontal branch. In the background is a mass of Oak leaves A Western Jacksaw perched on a bird feeder statio. The bird is side on And looking at the camera with its steely eye. The background is out of focus ivy
November 20, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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🪶 I have a feeling today’s #HolidayRobin may have spotted me.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin perched on a hazel branch looking at the camera. The bird is facing the camera with its head tilted to the right to look directly at the camera. A thin hazel Branch is running across its chest. The background is out of focus green
November 20, 2025 at 6:56 AM
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🪶 Rob’s theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay is birds looking #Round, Alternative is #sparrows.

Here’s a Redpoll waiting its turn on the bird feeder last winter. ❄️

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #redpoll #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #gardenbirds
A Common Redpoll perched on top of a bird feeder. The bird is fluffed up against the cold with the sun on its back
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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🪶 For today’s #HolidayRobin I have this one fluffed up against the bitter cold yesterday.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A European Robin perched on a curved branch with its feathers fluffed out. The bird is facing the camera with its head turned to the right. The background is a mass of out of focus branches
November 19, 2025 at 6:46 AM
atlanticbirding.bsky.social
500 followers. Thank you to everyone for the support. What I love about Bluesky is the wonderful community that’s building here, through things like #BirdOfTheDay, #HolidayRobin, #Flyday, #BlueskyMonday, #EastCoastKin & many more.
It is a pleasure to be a part of this community, thank you all. 🪶
A Common Buzzard watching the photographer through the trees. The birds head and chest are visible behind green leaves. The background is dappled light and branches.
November 18, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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🪶 Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #mottled, birds marked with spots of a different colour. (Alternative #blurry)
Here’s a Eurasian Curlew foraging in the grass on the edge of an estuary.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #curlew #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Eurasian Curlew forages through the grass, the bird is in side profile looking from right to left. It’s legs are hidden in the grass an the background and foreground is semi-long grass
November 18, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is warbling from the trees.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin in the bushes, the bird is singing with its head raised upwards and its throat out. The background is out of focus grey and brown.
November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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🪶 Happy #MallardMonday everyone. Here’s a couple of Mallard I’ve encountered lately.

#irishbirding #birds #duck #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #mallard #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Male Mallard sits on the water in the sun. The bird is in side profile A Mallard perched on a rock in a lake. The bird is plumped up and showing its front and side
November 17, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is singing from a high perch

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #birdoftheday #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #blueskymonday
A Robin perched on the end of a branch singing. The background is a blue sky
November 17, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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That Eurasian Hoopoe is looking absolutely stunning perched on that branch! The vibrant orange crest and striking black and white striped wings make it a real showstopper. The way the light catches its peach-colored chest and long, curved beak is just gorgeous.
That Eurasian Hoopoe is looking absolutely stunning perched on that branch! The vibrant orange crest and striking black and white striped wings make it a real showstopper. The way the light catches its peach-colored chest and long, curved beak is just gorgeous. The dried flowers and blurred background really make the bird pop. #photooftheday #wildlife #birdlife #birdphotography #birdsofinstagram #birdlovers
November 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is singing from a willow in the morning sun. It also qualifies for the alternative #BirdOfTheDay of #BeaksOpen

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A European Robin singing from a willow tree in the morning sun. The bird is partially obscured by a branch, with its mouth open in song in golden sunlight. The background is a blue sky behind willow branches.
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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🪶 Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #shadesofgrey (Alternative #BeaksOpen)
I’m going with the subtly beautiful Dunnock, including one with its beak open in song.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #dunnock #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Dunnock perched on a branch in song. Its wings are slightly out and fluttering, beak slightly open. The background Is out of focus woodland A Dunnock in the brambles, seen side on with its head tilted toward the camera. The background is fallen branches and bramble branches
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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A break from the birds, for #SquirrelSaturday a few I’ve seen recently eating hawthorn berries and one I saw through the branches eating pine cones.

#ireland #saturdaysquirrel #mammals #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #redsquirrel #squirrel #mammalphotography
A Red squirrel in a hawthorn tree eating berries, its obscured by the branches and looking at the camera A Red squirrel in a hawthorn tree eating berries, its tail is hanging down from the tree A plump Red squirrel standing in a hawthorn tree and gorging on berries on a damp day A Red squirrel shot through the branches of a spruce, it has a pine cone in its hand and is looking up at the camera
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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🪶 Rob’s choice for #BirdOfTheDay is #cootsandmoorhens (alternative #Ducklings).
I have an adult, chick and juvenile moorhen pictures.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #moorhen #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
An adult moorhen on the water facing the camera with its head down, the bird has lots of tiny droplets of water on its back A Moorhen chick standing on sand in side profile. The bird has its mouth open calling its parents. A juvenile moorhen swimming on the water, the sun is striking the side of the bird
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is singing from the bushes.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin perched on a branch in side profile. The bird has its beak open in song, the background is out of focus woodland
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Great news. Nature will bounce back if we give it a chance
November 14, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is World Staring Champion 2025

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin on a hazel branch looking directly at the camera.
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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🪶 Alan has chosen #swans as today’s #BirdOfTheDay (alternative is birds on #posts).
I have a selection of mute swans with a bonus flying whooper.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #whooperswan #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #flyday #muteswan
A mute Swan sitting on a submerged rock in a floodplain. The bird is out of the water from the legs up with its feathers slighted fluffed up. There is long grass and a line of trees in the background Six mute swans in flight. They are flying away from the camera against a cloudy sky of white with patches of grey and hints of blue A mute swan swimming along the side of a river into the sun. There is old reeds lit up by the sun in the background A Whooper Swan flying through a cloudy sky
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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🪶 Rob has chosen #DucksOutOfWater for today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #Moorhen)
I have a shot of a magnificent Northern Pintail sunning itself

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #pintail #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #ducks
A Northern Pintail duck standing on the waters edge facing into the sun. The birds front is illuminated and its tail is tucked under a green bush.
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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🪶 A Robin singing to me in the woods for today’s #HolidayRobin

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin perched on a broken branch in the forest. It is perched on the end of the branch with its beak slightly open in song. The background is out of focus green vegetation
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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🪶 Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay is any bird #paddling, standing or walking on shallow water. Alternative is #yellow
A Grey Heron paddling through the reeds in search of a meal.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #heron #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Grey Heron standing in shallow water in the reeds along a lake. The bird is slowly walking side on hunting for food, its reflection is visible in the pool in the reedbed. Behind it is reeds and grasses turning to water.
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
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Good morning, the #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #paddling birds standing or walking in shallow water. The alternate is #yellow birds with any yellow colouring. I’ve went with paddling and this Little Egret. Good luck. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin
A striking white egret stands gracefully in shallow, dark blue water. Its slender neck is arched elegantly, and the bird’s bright plumage glows in the sunlight, contrasting sharply against the deep, shadowed background. Its reflection is visible in the still water below, creating a serene and minimalist scene.
November 12, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin was following me through the bushes yesterday.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A Robin in close up, bird is side on looking to the left. It is perched on a mossy branch and slightly blocked by some berries.
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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🪶 Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #Birdsontheground (alternative any #tits)
- Little Egret
- Pied Wagtail
- Common Redshanks
- Eurasian Curlew

#birdsofbluesky #irishbirding #egret #curlew #eastcoastkin #nature #wildlife #birdphotography #BirdLife
A Little Egret standing on the rocky ground beside an estuary. The bird is side on with its feathers slightly fluffed up. The background is grass littered with large rocks A Pied Wagtail walking along a path, the bird is in side profile in mid stride, the ground is lit up with sunlight and lightly littered with leaves A flock of Common Redshank on the bank of an estuary, the birds are alert as a Peregrine Falcon was actively hunting them. They are standing on the mud bank with grass above them and water below A Curlew foraging in the grass. The birds legs are hidden and its neck is craned out searching for food
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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🪶 Close-up #HolidayRobin from yesterday

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
A fat Robin in side profile perched on a piece of wood. The background is out of focus woodland
November 11, 2025 at 7:19 AM