A nice, short hike. The top of Cruagh mountain in the beautiful morning light. Looking back through photos this was the last time we had blue skies in Dublin. Jan 11 almost a month ago! #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland #Scape #MountainMonday #BlueSkyMonday

Have very little time today but here's some mute swans at our local park. #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #Swan #SwanDay #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

How about a break from the foggy photos? A little bit of greenery and a blue sky from last July. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #BlueSkyArtShow #sunshine #Dublin #Ireland

Last photo from last weekend's foggy adventure. Torrential rain kept us away from the mountains this week. Chanced an outing yesterday and fog was less of a blanket and more of a heavy duvet. Got soaked but a good day nonetheless. #Hiking #Photography #Forest #Woodland #Fog #EastCoastKin #Ireland

A palpable silence. A forest break from the chaos that surrounds us. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape #Landscape #ForestFriday #Ireland

I meant to post this earlier when I saw Alan's (@alan678.bsky.social) alt theme of #Black&White. I've been trying to get a shot of these coots that shows their crazy looking, beautifully coloured dinosaur legs. #Hiking #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #Coot #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Another from last weekend's foggy, creamy, afternoon light show. This is the little Dodder river on a very wet soggy day, which is every day for the last few weeks here. 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️ #Hiking #Photography #Scape #ForestFriday #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #EastCoastKin #Ireland

#Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #WordlessWednesday #WoodlandWednesday #Ireland

A path through the woods. For once I stuck to the trail as the forest was waterlogged. Well, for a short stretch anyhow, then I went back into the woods and tread carefully. 🙂 #Hiking #Photography #WoodlandWednesday #EastCoastKin #Ireland

I was looking to see if I'd anything for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #Reflections and thought I'd post this reflection of a Gray Heron. I posted the original already but I noticed the reflection looked interesting and the bird has an nice new hair do. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland

We had a bit more fog at the weekend. 🙂 Here I'm standing at the edge of a cloud. Going up the mountain I could walk out of the cloud and look back at where it started. Usually you can see all of Dublin City behind these trees. #Hiking #Photography #Fog #EastCoastKin #Ireland

I hope you're all having a decent day. I'm short on time today but here's a photo for Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #openbeak. This is a Little Egret who's shows up now and then at the local park. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland #10MinutesFromHome #Birds

When we get used to stillness. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #StunDay #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Nothing like an afternoon nap. Unfortunately I think I woke him up. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #Swan #SwanDay

For Rob's #BirdOfTheDay #Ducks theme it gives me a chance to post this beautiful little girl from our local park. I usually have Daphne posing for photos but this is her friend Denise today. #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Late afternoon sun in the Botanical Gardens in Glasnevin. Good for a Sunday visit as is Glasnevin Cemetery next door, the burial place of several Irish historical figures. #Photography #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #GreenSat #Sunset #Dublin #Ireland

Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme today is #FavouriteOfTheMonth. I've got this heron standing in the Tolka River in #Dublin. He's looking quite a bit shorter than usual. I don't have many bird photos but this is my favourite this year/month so far. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Ireland #Nature #Birds #Heron

One of the foggiest days we've seen. Very little visibility with fog softening the outlines of trees and branches. So little light that colour is muted and subdued. A ghostly feel to it all. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #ForestFriday #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

One more before I head off. For Alan's #BirdOfTheDay #EyeContact. This is Daphne from our local park who loves to pose for photos. If you know Alan, head over to his page and wish him well, he's suffering with a bad flu. #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #Duck #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Duckett's Grove is how I'd imagined Castle Gormenghast to look. It's a classic fantasy novel but I must admit I only knew of it because of The Cure song. #Photography #EastCoastKin #PalacesAndGardens #GrandEstates #Gormenghast #Gothic #TheCure #Ireland

Another quick one for #WoodlandWednesday. This cute little building is the park rangers office in Bohernabreena. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Soft air and quiet breath. #Hiking #Photography #WoodlandWednesday #Nature #EastCoastKin #Ireland

A granite tor at Knocknagun near the border of Dublin and Wicklow. A nice short hike up from Glencree. In the background is The Great Sugarloaf, visible from almost everywhere in Wicklow. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #Landscape #Mountains #EastCoastKin #RockinTuesday #Wicklow #Ireland

Hmm. Please be careful with this. Account michaeljohn66 created today. 41 posts in 30 minutes offering to buy photos. Posts have almost exactly the same wording. Must be hard work being "truly captivated" so often 🙂 Not saying it's a scammer, I have no way to tell. But it certainly smelly fishy.

A small stream in a small forest at the foot of a small mountain. Sometimes small is all you need. #Hiking #Photography #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Another view of an Irish forest through a blanket of fog. Best hike of the year so far. #Hiking #Photography #Forest #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Feeble light and a palette of icy blue on a cold, cold morning in #Dublin mountains. A silvery blue sea of gorse with a layer of frozen dew disappearing into the distance, merging with the mist. No hiking that day. 🥶 #Photography #Scape #Landscape #Mountains #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyMonday #Ireland

Adventures in the fog from an Irish forest. #Hiking #Photography #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #StunDay #EastCoastKin #Ireland

First time photographing these beautiful creatures. I spotted this guy swimming in the Tolka river at the Irish National Botanical Gardens. Including this for Alan's #BirdOfTheDay alt theme since it has a little white. 🙂 #Photography #EastCoastKin #StunDay #Birds #Dublin #Ireland

Serene swans in silhouette at sunset. #Photography #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland #10MinutesFromHome #Sunset #StunDay #Birds #Swan #SwanDay

I have just learned that @fritzruhmann.bsky.social is not a real photographer but a persona created by AI. All the photos are virtual reality. I doubt that to invent a photographer and to actively fool people is the right way to discuss artificial intelligence.

Walking the old paths through the forest. Another moody shot from the misty woods. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Dublin #Ireland

Sadly I missed #SquirrelAppreciationDay a few days ago, but at the park this little lady was hanging around letting people feed her. She even grabbed my hand when I was holding nuts too high for her to reach. She looks pretty well fed! #Photography #SquirrelSaturday #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Take me away. A country road at the edge of Dublin. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape #10MinutesFromHome #ForestFriday #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Dublin #Ireland

For Alan's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #walking I've got this Little Egret who has taken up residence in the stream behind our house. #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

It was misty up in the forest yesterday. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #ForestFriday #Forest #Trees #Woodland #Woods #Scape #Fog #Ireland Looking across a leafy hiking path through a forest blanketed in mist. The sun struggling up over the hill beyond the forest.

Have to just post and dash today. Haven't been out hiking in almost a week. Had a small injury on a mountain last week but think I'm good to go again now. No mishaps last year, two so far this year. Not a great start. 😬 Have a good day my friends. 👋 #hiking

Almost a fence. This is what passes for a hiking trail in some parts of Ireland. This used to be a trail but rarely used so its become overgrown. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Nature #Ireland

Worth getting up early for. Dawn over the Dublin hills. #Hiking #Photography #Scape #Landscape #Mountains #Nature #Sunrise #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #YellowThu #Ireland

Alien plant brain. #Photography #EastCoastKin #WackyWednesdayArt #Dublin #Ireland

A small slice of the local woods in our #Dublin suburb. #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #WoodlandWednesday #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Channelling my inner teenage goth with the last light of the day. #Photography #Sunset #JanuArty2026 #soft #EastCoastKin #Ireland

Cider gum tree looking rather bulbous from the Irish Botanical Gardens. #Photography #ThickTrunkTuesday #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

A Robin for Janet, with sympathies Graham. #ForJanet #WinterRobin

The art in nature. #Hiking #Photography #Fungi #FungiFriends #Mycology #Mushrooms #EastCoastKin #MacroMonday #Ireland

Road to nowhere. A journey into the clouds, down to Sally Gap in Wicklow on a cold, cold day in January. #Photography #Scape #Landscape #StunDay #EastCoastKin #Wicklow #Ireland

Swanning around. I was posting this for Sunday's #SwanDay but it also works for Rob's #BirdOfTheDay theme of #TwoOfAKind. #Photography #Ireland #10MinutesFromHome #Sunset #StunDay #Birds #Swan #EastCoastKin #ColorADay #OrangeSun

I'm going to double up for Jane's #SmallBirdSaturday and Alan's #BirdOfTheDay #perfectperch. Spotted this little guy the other day. He seemed to be following me for some reason. Probably look like a mark! #Photography #10MinutesFromHome #Birds #EastCoastKin #Dublin #Ireland

Soft sunset over the lake. #Photography #Nature #Sunset #EastCoastKin #BlueSkyArtShow #one #10MinutesFromHome #Dublin #Ireland

An Irish forest in Autumn. The beauty of solitude. #Hiking #Photography #EastCoastKin #Scape #Landscape #ForestFriday #Ireland