Two swans from our local park. Not the best photos but interesting to see their growth. Photos are from: May, June, September and December. #Photography #Nature #Birds #Swan #Twosday #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Shine On. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #Woodland #Woods #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #Macro #MacroPhotography #Nature #EastCoastKin #Ireland

The misty forest. #hiking #photography #naturephotography #forest #trees #woodland #woods #nature #naturewalk #outdoorlife #scenery #moodyphotography #darknature #greenery #EastCoastKin

Nature Therapy: Walk up the mountain. Take in the view. Repeat until you feel better. #Hiking #Photography #Mountains #MountainMonday #Nature #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Looking through some photos from last Spring, found this silky haired beauty from Glendalough lakes last April. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland

A cold December sun and an old dry stone wall on the side of a mountain. Near Djouce in Co. Wicklow. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #StunDay #Ireland

It was dark all morning, then the sky cleared and the forest lit up. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Nature #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #Dublin #Ireland

Ah, I'm losing track. Thank you for all the likes, reposts and replies. Some older boys brought me out for afternoon drinks. It turns out you can excuse almost anything with the phrase "It's Christmas".

For Alan & Rob's #LongLegsAndNeck #BirdOfTheDay theme. I immediately thought of herons. This Grey Heron is a staple at our local park. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Heron #Birds #Ireland

Golden hour in the forest. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #ForestFriday #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Nature #GoldenHour #Dublin #Ireland

All gone now. The last butterfly I saw on a hike about a month ago. A beautiful small tortoiseshell. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #Butterfly #InsectThursday #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Golden hour at the end of the hike on Tuesday. Brilliant, clear skies for the middle of December. #Hiking #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #NaturePhotography #Mountains #Nature #Sunset #StormHour #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #Dublin #Ireland

Walking in the forest because the news is depressing me. #Hiking #NaturePhotography #Nature #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Photography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

#Hiking #Forest #Woods #Photography #NaturePhotography #PhotographersUnited #PhotographersOfBluesky #EastCoastKin #WackyWednesdayArt #Ireland Busy spider at work

In-flight Puffin shot...up close... #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #birdphotography #ukbirds

Watching the sun set in the hills above Dublin, Ireland. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #Landscape #Mountains #Nature #Sunset #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Another set from Ireland's Wild Mushrooms. 🍄 😀 From the last week in the forests around Dublin and Wicklow. #Hiking #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Forest #Woodland #Woods #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #Macro #MacroPhotography #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Stuck here in Winter wishing for a little summer warmth. #hiking #photography #naturephotography #forest #trees #woodland #woods #nature #EastCoastKin #Ireland

An Elephantine monster. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #MacroMonday #Macro #MacroPhotography #Ireland

A group of hikers I met on Glendoo mountain. Looking out here towards Dublin City with pleasant Autumn colours from the late afternoon sun. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Mountains #Nature #StunDay #Dublin #Ireland

For Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme #HeronsandEgrets, one of our local park herons. Taken with a vintage manual lens with beautiful December low light. Looks like sunset though it was only 11:30am. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #StunDay #Birds #Heron #EastCoastKin #Ireland

For today's theme, two of my #FavoriteThings. A forest in the fog and the start of a hike. You can walk here and find answers to questions to you didn't know you had. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #FavoriteThings #Ireland

Grey Heron taking off from the lake shore. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Birds #Heron #BirdOfTheDay #Ireland

For #ForestFriday... I found these while wandering around in the woods. Someone mounted bird boxes and set up a perch with bird feeders. Hoping for a photo shoot I'm guessing. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Ireland

Hiking around Inchavore Valley and through an old abandoned village. Couldn't make it to Lough Dan it was so boggy in the open fields. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #LandscapePhotography #Scape #Landscape #Mountains #Nature #EastCoastKin #Ireland

For the Bird of the Day here's a Moorhen taken yesterday at our local park. #Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #EastCoastKin #Birds #BirdOfTheDay #Coots&Moorhens #Dublin #Ireland

Hiking along the Inchavore River in Co. Wicklow. #Hiking #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #River #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Outdoors #LongExposure #EastCoastKin #WaterfallWednesday #Ireland

For Rob&Alan's #BirdOfTheDay #TurningAway #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #EastCoastKin #Birds #Swan

Creamy Forest Beauty. #Hiking #Nature #Photography #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #Macro #MacroPhotography #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Walking the old paths, searching for wisdom. #Hiking #Photography #MossyMonday #Woods #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Found these beautiful Turkey Tails last week. I'm told they are common in Ireland but this is my first time seeing them. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #MushroomMonday #MacroMonday #Macro #MacroPhotography #Ireland

A beautiful start to the day on Thursday last with the low winter sun lighting up the forest. This is how the hike started, walking through Tibradden to the cairn and onto Fairy Castle. #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #Forest #Woods #Trees #PhotoHour #EastCoastKin #StunDay #Ireland

A beautiful example of Sulphur Tuft mushrooms. Quite poisonous! #Hiking #Photography #NaturePhotography #Nature #MacroMonday #Macro #MacroPhotography #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Hey folks! One of our amazing art challenge hosts is facing a financial crisis and I've organized a GoFundMe for them. If you could even donate $5 or $10, it would really help out. Thank you!

Winter's afternoon sunset for #BlueSkyArtShow #Sky. #Hiking #Photography #LandscapePhotography #Scape #Landscape #Mountains #Nature #Art #Sunset #StormHour #PhotoHour #StunDay #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

A little family of Sulphur Cap mushrooms. #Hiking #Photography #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #Ireland

A big gouge in the earth where a glacier sat a few million years ago. This was lunchtime on Wednesday on an unusually clear Irish December day. The sun hangs low this late in the year. #Hiking #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Scape #Landscape #EastCoastKin #Ireland

A lone Butter Cap in the forest. #Hiking #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #Woods #Forest #EastCoastKin #ForestFriday #Ireland

The dark inviting forest. #Hiking #Trail #Nature #Photography #NaturePhotography #Trees #Woods #Forest #EastCoastKin #ForestFriday #Ireland

Yellow Stagshorn fungus. Both about 3cm tall. Quite common this year. We see them often in the forests here in Ireland. #Hiking #Nature #Forest #Photography #FungiFriends #Mushroom #Woods #Macro #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #Ireland

Fragile. #Mushrooms #Fungi #FungiFriends #Nature #Forest #Woodland #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Macro #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Ireland

#WackyWednesdayArt #WordlessWednesday #Photography #Macro

A weak sun, a thick fog and a forest full of dreams. #Nature #Forest #Landscape #Photography #Moody #Autumn #Wander #Woods #Moody #NaturePhotography

A Little Egret fishing around. #BirdOfTheDay #Reflections #Birds #Nature #BirdPhotography #Photography #EastCoastKin #NaturePhotography #Wildlife

Hanging around to mess you up. #Nature #Forest #Woodland #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Macro #MacroMonday #MacroPhotography #NaturePhotography #Spider #Invertebrates #Ireland

There are lines of hills around us I’m back in my father’s land Billowing clouds and the lazy old wind blows Bringing the turning and all of the change - Justin Sullivan #Hiking #Photography #Scape #Landscape #Stunday #Freedom #EastCoastKin #ImageAndVerse #Ireland