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kevinbarry.bsky.social
@kevinbarry.bsky.social
Tyneside Irish | Freelance ecologist | Birder
#BirdoftheDay #hiding - a Black-headed Weaver constructing a nest, taken back in April at Parque Ambiental #Portugal
October 31, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Distant, heavily cropped images, but I was thrilled to see my first ever Spanish Imperial Eagle soaring over the Castro Verde plains earlier this week #birds #raptors #Portugal #Alentejo
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Female European stonechat today at the LPN Castro Verde reserve, #Portugal #birds #birdphotography
October 28, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Cory’s shearwater south of Sagres, #Portugal, taken on a Mar Ilimitado pelagic, 15 October. #seabirds #pelagic #birds #birdphotography
October 22, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Red-footed Booby, Sagres harbour #Algarve #Portugal 15 Oct - a rare visitor from tropical seas #seabirds #MarIlimitado #birds #birdphotography
October 22, 2025 at 7:02 AM
You can see breeding common redstart in oak woodlands about an hour’s drive north of Tavira, but they’re very much a migrant in the coastal Algarve
October 13, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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The young swifts started to peer out yesterday so they will probably fledge tomorrow. This video shows the chick on left and adult on right. #swifts #apusapus #birds
August 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Drove around the northern fringes of Doñana for the first time earlier this year- the intensive fruit farming goes on for miles 🥺
UNESCO Demands Urgent Action to Protect Donana

World Heritage status under threat as Spain is urged to accelerate efforts to safeguard the aquifer and migratory bird haven.
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk/v2/Content/U...
UNESCO Demands Urgent Action to Protect Doñana
World Heritage status under threat as Spain is urged to accelerate efforts to safeguard the aquifer and migratory bird haven
www.rarebirdalert.co.uk
July 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Little Bittern at São Lourenço lake, #Algarve #Portugal 2024 #birds #birdphotography #wetlands
July 29, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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My local wren paying a visit #birds #birdphotography #wren
July 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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So lucky to have swifts nesting since 2022. Just one pair but hopefully it's the start of a colony.
#swifts #apusapus #nestingswifts
July 19, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Booted eagle checking me out at Parque Ambiental, Vilamoura #Portugal taken last October #birds #birdphotography
July 18, 2025 at 5:42 PM
After 3 sites and over 20km walked, I finally connected with white-rumped swifts, a species that only just makes it into Europe as a breeding bird #birds #swifts #Portugal
July 7, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sometimes you go out and have few opportunities for a photo, but have a great day birding- yesterday was one of those days - distant common redstart on lichen covered cork oak, in the hills north of #Tavira #Portugal #birds #woodland
June 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Hungry mouths to feed! 2 out of a total of 4 young little grebes in this brood. 27 June, São Lourenço lake #Algarve #Portugal #birds #birdphotography
June 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Iberian magpie - Cyanopica cooki - taken yesterday at Quinta do Lago, #Algarve #Portugal #birds #birdphotography
June 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Managed to video this beautiful hoopoe preening whilst I had lunch. Always the best views when least expected! #tavira #algarve
June 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
European red-rumped swallow, near Castro Marim #Portugal today #birds
May 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
European bee-eater near Castro Marim #Portugal today #birds #birdphotography
May 29, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Little grebe, taken back in April at Parque Ambiental, Vilamoura #Portugal #birds #birdphotography #wetlands
May 28, 2025 at 7:14 AM
A couple more pics of my favourite part of #Glasgow Botanical Gardens- the insectivorous plants of Kibble Palace #botany #plants #iPhone13mini
May 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Black-winged stilt, Castro Marim #Portugal 13 April 2025 #birds #birdphotography #waders
May 2, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Ferruginous Duck - Parque Ambiental, Vilamoura #Portugal 11 April #birds #wetlands #birdphotography
May 1, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Corn bunting- Parque Ambiental, Vilamoura #Portugal 11 April 2025 #birds #birdphotography
April 24, 2025 at 8:19 PM
As a change from birds, here’s another insectivore…pitcher plant (Sarracenia) at Kibble Palace #Glasgow Botanical Gardens
April 22, 2025 at 9:23 AM