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Atlantic Birding
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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.
🪶 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
November 16, 2025 at 8:17 AM
🪶 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
November 16, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
November 15, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🪶 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
November 15, 2025 at 7:30 AM
November 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
They’re a lovely bird and quite common on Irish lakes year round; they do a very impressive synchronised dance as part of courtship (which I have yet to capture).
Here’s a shot I got of a pair building a nest in the Spring.
November 14, 2025 at 5:20 PM
November 14, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🪶 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
November 14, 2025 at 7:31 AM
🪶 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
November 13, 2025 at 8:22 AM
November 13, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🪶 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
November 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
November 12, 2025 at 6:57 AM
🪶 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
November 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
🪶 Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme for today is #least. The bird you have the least pictures of (alternative #rainyday)
I’ve gone with this Red-crested Pochard I saw last month in Valencia, Spain.

#birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
November 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
They’ve been around Ruan, Dromore and Cahermacrea a lot lately; at least two different birds.
I got this distant shot on Friday.
November 9, 2025 at 11:29 AM
November 9, 2025 at 8:36 AM
🪶 Robs theme for #BirdOfTheDay is birds #standingonthings other than the floor. Alternative is #gulls

I’ve got a White Wagtail on a corrugated steel roof.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #stunday
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🪶 Alan has chosen #takeoffs as today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #cityslickers)
Here’s Mallard I flushed from the reeds; posted a few of this set before but it suits the theme

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
November 8, 2025 at 7:28 AM
November 8, 2025 at 7:15 AM
November 7, 2025 at 7:17 AM
🪶 Rob’s #BirdOfTheDay is any #Fighting birds (Alternative #chaffinches)
I’ve gone with these Curlew fighting in a lagoon a few years ago

#irishbirding #birds #curlew #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin
November 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
November 7, 2025 at 6:10 AM
🪶 Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #lunchtime (alternative #fluffy).
My choice is this Song Thrush with a beak full of grubs for its family.

#birds #thrush #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #songthrush #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #irishbirding
November 6, 2025 at 7:04 AM