BC_Gemma
@bcgemma.bsky.social
Birds and nature photography, based in East Cork, Ireland. All images my own and ©️ me. Migrating from @BC_Gemma at the other place.
Great White Egret and Little Egret at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Great White Egret and Little Egret at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
Red-breasted Flycatcher at Helvick Head 8/11/25 - another vagrant from the east. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #rare
November 10, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Red-breasted Flycatcher at Helvick Head 8/11/25 - another vagrant from the east. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #rare
The tiny Pallas's Warbler at Helvick Head, Co. Waterford today. #rare #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @watbirds.bsky.social #IrishBirding
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
The tiny Pallas's Warbler at Helvick Head, Co. Waterford today. #rare #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 @watbirds.bsky.social #IrishBirding
The male Isabelline Shrike in Co Wexford today- an extremely rare vagrant and only the first ever adult male recorded in Ireland. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #IrishBirding
November 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The male Isabelline Shrike in Co Wexford today- an extremely rare vagrant and only the first ever adult male recorded in Ireland. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #IrishBirding
One of several Great White Egrets currently at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. Regular winter visitors now, surely they will stay and breed sometime in the not so distant future. #Birds #IrishBirding
October 30, 2025 at 8:36 AM
One of several Great White Egrets currently at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. Regular winter visitors now, surely they will stay and breed sometime in the not so distant future. #Birds #IrishBirding
It was a pleasant surprise to come across this Pink-footed Goose in East Cork yesterday - a scarce winter visitor to Ireland from the Arctic Tundra. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #phonescoped
October 26, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It was a pleasant surprise to come across this Pink-footed Goose in East Cork yesterday - a scarce winter visitor to Ireland from the Arctic Tundra. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #phonescoped
1st winter male Ring-necked Duck at Castlemartyr Lake, East Cork, 22/10/25.
#Rare #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #IrishBirding
#Rare #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #IrishBirding
October 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
1st winter male Ring-necked Duck at Castlemartyr Lake, East Cork, 22/10/25.
#Rare #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #IrishBirding
#Rare #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds #IrishBirding
Great White Egret at Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve with a local Grey Heron who appears surprisingly tolerant of this exotic visitor! #birds @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @limosawit.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Great White Egret at Cuskinny Marsh Nature Reserve with a local Grey Heron who appears surprisingly tolerant of this exotic visitor! #birds @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @limosawit.bsky.social
If at first you don't succeed ..
In the rain yesterday at Harper's Island, a Hooded Crow eventually drives a Sparrowhawk away from the small wader that the Sparrowhawk had just caught.
@IslandWetlands @BirdWatchIE #phonescoped #kleptoparasitism @birds
In the rain yesterday at Harper's Island, a Hooded Crow eventually drives a Sparrowhawk away from the small wader that the Sparrowhawk had just caught.
@IslandWetlands @BirdWatchIE #phonescoped #kleptoparasitism @birds
October 20, 2025 at 9:43 AM
If at first you don't succeed ..
In the rain yesterday at Harper's Island, a Hooded Crow eventually drives a Sparrowhawk away from the small wader that the Sparrowhawk had just caught.
@IslandWetlands @BirdWatchIE #phonescoped #kleptoparasitism @birds
In the rain yesterday at Harper's Island, a Hooded Crow eventually drives a Sparrowhawk away from the small wader that the Sparrowhawk had just caught.
@IslandWetlands @BirdWatchIE #phonescoped #kleptoparasitism @birds
The lovely Northern Parula on the Beara Peninsula yesterday - a great find by Kieran Grace and only the 4th Irish record of this vagrant N. American warbler. #Rare #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
October 12, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The lovely Northern Parula on the Beara Peninsula yesterday - a great find by Kieran Grace and only the 4th Irish record of this vagrant N. American warbler. #Rare #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
October 8, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Northern Wheatear, Ballycotton- stopping off here for a rest and a feed before continuing on his annual migration to overwinter in Africa. #Birds
September 30, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Northern Wheatear, Ballycotton- stopping off here for a rest and a feed before continuing on his annual migration to overwinter in Africa. #Birds
Migrant Hawker mating wheel at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. 23/09/25
#Dragonflies #IrishNature @johncreedon.bsky.social
#Dragonflies #IrishNature @johncreedon.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Migrant Hawker mating wheel at The Gearagh, Co. Cork. 23/09/25
#Dragonflies #IrishNature @johncreedon.bsky.social
#Dragonflies #IrishNature @johncreedon.bsky.social
Glossy Ibis at The Gearagh, Co. Cork - part of the recent large influx into Britain and Ireland. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds @johncreedon.bsky.social
September 24, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Glossy Ibis at The Gearagh, Co. Cork - part of the recent large influx into Britain and Ireland. #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Birds @johncreedon.bsky.social
The distinctive Heermann's Gull, seen on our pelagic trip off Vancouver Island #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Gulls
September 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
The distinctive Heermann's Gull, seen on our pelagic trip off Vancouver Island #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025 #Gulls
Curlew Sandpipers, Ballycotton- passing through on their migration from the Siberian tundra to Africa. What a huge journey for such a small wader. #Birds #migration #BirdsSeenIn2025
September 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Curlew Sandpipers, Ballycotton- passing through on their migration from the Siberian tundra to Africa. What a huge journey for such a small wader. #Birds #migration #BirdsSeenIn2025
Buzzard with a mud-caked beak, East Cork.
Amazing to think that such a large raptor will forage for worms as part of its diet.
#Birds #IrishBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025
Amazing to think that such a large raptor will forage for worms as part of its diet.
#Birds #IrishBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025
September 18, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Buzzard with a mud-caked beak, East Cork.
Amazing to think that such a large raptor will forage for worms as part of its diet.
#Birds #IrishBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025
Amazing to think that such a large raptor will forage for worms as part of its diet.
#Birds #IrishBirding #BirdsSeenIn2025
Sooty Shearwater in the fog - on a pelagic out of Tofino BC, August '25 #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
September 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Sooty Shearwater in the fog - on a pelagic out of Tofino BC, August '25 #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2025
Eastern Grey Squirrel (black morph), British Columbia.
September 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Eastern Grey Squirrel (black morph), British Columbia.
September 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM