Helsinki Birder
@helsinkibirder.bsky.social
Irish Birder Transplanted to Finland. Rare Bird Finder/Identifier. Interested in Raptors, Seabirds & visible migration.
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Coming from the island of beautiful men, it's very important to celebrate #InternationalMensDay
November 19, 2025 at 3:12 AM
Coming from the island of beautiful men, it's very important to celebrate #InternationalMensDay
Pygmy Owl! Looks like we have one setting up shop in our garden for the winter again. 😍😎 Sound up 🔊
#birds #birding #birdwatching #owls #SuperbOwl
#birds #birding #birdwatching #owls #SuperbOwl
November 17, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Pygmy Owl! Looks like we have one setting up shop in our garden for the winter again. 😍😎 Sound up 🔊
#birds #birding #birdwatching #owls #SuperbOwl
#birds #birding #birdwatching #owls #SuperbOwl
😂 I full on belly laughed at this one!
November 16, 2025 at 5:58 AM
😂 I full on belly laughed at this one!
I would say these are Lesser Scaup. The other two harder when head not in profile.
November 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I would say these are Lesser Scaup. The other two harder when head not in profile.
Black Woodpecker. Oldies from the memories file. What absolute beasts these #birds are! 😍😎 I remember watching this bird demolish that branch. Within a minute it had hacked right through it. #woodpecker
#birding #birdwatching #finland
#birding #birdwatching #finland
November 10, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Black Woodpecker. Oldies from the memories file. What absolute beasts these #birds are! 😍😎 I remember watching this bird demolish that branch. Within a minute it had hacked right through it. #woodpecker
#birding #birdwatching #finland
#birding #birdwatching #finland
November 9, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Goshawk. On an otherwise grey, frustrating day where I dipped Pallas's Warbler, but found Hume's on all (but poor views), this beast was very obliging all morning around a Helsinki park. 😍😎 #ChooseTheFormOfTheDestrctor #birds #birding #raptors #finland
November 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Goshawk. On an otherwise grey, frustrating day where I dipped Pallas's Warbler, but found Hume's on all (but poor views), this beast was very obliging all morning around a Helsinki park. 😍😎 #ChooseTheFormOfTheDestrctor #birds #birding #raptors #finland
Unbeknownst to me, they're filming some WW2 movie down the road from me.
A bit of a shock to be returning home, only to be surrounded on the road by 100+ armed Nazis!! 🤦🤦🤦😱😱😱
Still better than Twitter though... #nazis
A bit of a shock to be returning home, only to be surrounded on the road by 100+ armed Nazis!! 🤦🤦🤦😱😱😱
Still better than Twitter though... #nazis
November 8, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Unbeknownst to me, they're filming some WW2 movie down the road from me.
A bit of a shock to be returning home, only to be surrounded on the road by 100+ armed Nazis!! 🤦🤦🤦😱😱😱
Still better than Twitter though... #nazis
A bit of a shock to be returning home, only to be surrounded on the road by 100+ armed Nazis!! 🤦🤦🤦😱😱😱
Still better than Twitter though... #nazis
Tawny Owl in my garden today. Grey morph. 😍😎 Truly beautiful bird. Sadly, none of the other garden residents appreciated him. 🤦 #birds #owls #SuperbOwl #birding #birdwatching #finland
November 7, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Tawny Owl in my garden today. Grey morph. 😍😎 Truly beautiful bird. Sadly, none of the other garden residents appreciated him. 🤦 #birds #owls #SuperbOwl #birding #birdwatching #finland
Tawny Owl. A grey one. Getting abuse from everything living in my garden today. 😍😎 #birds #owls #SuperbOwl #birding #finland #birdwatching
November 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Tawny Owl. A grey one. Getting abuse from everything living in my garden today. 😍😎 #birds #owls #SuperbOwl #birding #finland #birdwatching
On this date. I found a winter plumaged Semi-Palmated Sandpiper at Ballycotton, Cork.
I really enjoyed this individual. It really gave itself up, and was beautifully cold and crisp. 😍
Also hard not to love BallyC. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding
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I really enjoyed this individual. It really gave itself up, and was beautifully cold and crisp. 😍
Also hard not to love BallyC. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding
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November 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
On this date. I found a winter plumaged Semi-Palmated Sandpiper at Ballycotton, Cork.
I really enjoyed this individual. It really gave itself up, and was beautifully cold and crisp. 😍
Also hard not to love BallyC. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/10/semi...
I really enjoyed this individual. It really gave itself up, and was beautifully cold and crisp. 😍
Also hard not to love BallyC. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding
helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/10/semi...
The Irish List has been updated with the addition of Soft-Plumaged Petrel. #birds #irishrarebirds
November 3, 2025 at 3:17 PM
The Irish List has been updated with the addition of Soft-Plumaged Petrel. #birds #irishrarebirds
Solid weekend of #birding taking advantage of the Hume's Warbler influx, seeing one in Helsinki, with a bonus Yellow-Browed Warbler.
Today produced 9 Velvet Scoter & a Snow Bunting, both 2nd records for the garden, where my Nutcracker were performing well. #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland
Today produced 9 Velvet Scoter & a Snow Bunting, both 2nd records for the garden, where my Nutcracker were performing well. #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland
November 2, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Solid weekend of #birding taking advantage of the Hume's Warbler influx, seeing one in Helsinki, with a bonus Yellow-Browed Warbler.
Today produced 9 Velvet Scoter & a Snow Bunting, both 2nd records for the garden, where my Nutcracker were performing well. #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland
Today produced 9 Velvet Scoter & a Snow Bunting, both 2nd records for the garden, where my Nutcracker were performing well. #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland
On this date, I ticked my first Pallas's Warbler on Cape Clear. Good old fashioned old school rarity that never loses its class. 😍😎 #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #birdwatching
October 31, 2025 at 4:15 AM
On this date, I ticked my first Pallas's Warbler on Cape Clear. Good old fashioned old school rarity that never loses its class. 😍😎 #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #birdwatching
Ya gotta love Isabelline/Daurian Shrike. 😍 Not the adult on offer in Wexford today, but good memories none the less having 3 Shrikes in the same field. #irishrarebirds #birding #birds #birdwatching
October 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Ya gotta love Isabelline/Daurian Shrike. 😍 Not the adult on offer in Wexford today, but good memories none the less having 3 Shrikes in the same field. #irishrarebirds #birding #birds #birdwatching
Desert Wheatear. Not the most tantalizing views I've ever had of this species. More used to them hopping around my feet to be honest. But a #finland tick nonetheless. 😎😍 #birds #birding #birdwatching
October 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Desert Wheatear. Not the most tantalizing views I've ever had of this species. More used to them hopping around my feet to be honest. But a #finland tick nonetheless. 😎😍 #birds #birding #birdwatching
A racist brit, living in Dublin, claiming Ireland is full...🤦 Ya couldn't make it up. 😂😂
October 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
A racist brit, living in Dublin, claiming Ireland is full...🤦 Ya couldn't make it up. 😂😂
On this day, 2012 I ID'd Britain's 2nd Chestnut-eared Bunting. To date no Brit birder has bought me pints for this momentous ID, further compounding 800 years of poor British-Irish relations 😉 #birds #birding with the Eastern sp. the UK has right now, £5 pounds says there's 1 of these out there.
October 23, 2025 at 4:21 AM
The Irish List has now been updated with the addition of Harlequin Duck. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding
October 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
The Irish List has now been updated with the addition of Harlequin Duck. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding
Great Grey Owl. On this date I ticked the owl with the fluffiest paws of death imaginable. Stunning #birds 🪶! 😍😎 #owls #SuperbOwl #birding #finland #birdwatching
October 21, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Great Grey Owl. On this date I ticked the owl with the fluffiest paws of death imaginable. Stunning #birds 🪶! 😍😎 #owls #SuperbOwl #birding #finland #birdwatching