Pallas's Warbler - Blast From The Past Finds. I've said it before. And I say it again. You're nothing in #birding if you've never found a Pallas's! 😉 Spectacular #birds #birdwatching #irishrarebirds helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/11/pall...

#irishrarebirds #birdID

God, Spitting image was brilliant. I miss it.

#birdID Great comparison.

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

I rarely raise the spectre of #theIRBC on Bluesky, as I like to keep the place positive. But the #irishrarebirds recording in #Ireland is now so bad, so damaged by this toxic organization that I feel I have to post. #birds #birding helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2024/08/the-...

Grey-Headed Woodpecker, back again for another winter. 😍 #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland

#birdID nice 1st Winter variation in Caspian Gull

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

#BirdID Much is sometimes made of not being able to accurately judge size and structure when it comes to Goshawk and Sparrowhawk. This is the reality.

Exactly the kind of post that could make #BirdID a magnificent feed everyone could benefit from. Just need the birders to structure their posts like this if they can think that way.

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

If you're into Bird Identification, check out the new #BirdID feed. Post to the feed with the hashtag #BirdID. Share and repost for those with an interest in Bird Identification. Hopefully we can see some good discussion, postings and learning on the platform. bsky.app/profile/did:...

I think bluesky needs a #BirdID feed. So I built one. To start it off, and topical to the #irishrarebirds feed, a blog post on Tundra and Taiga Bean Goose identification. helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...

What a cartoon. 😱

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...

Oooo two new #birdingbeer 😍

The Irish List has been updated with the addition of Soft-Plumaged Petrel. #birds #irishrarebirds

The Irish List has now been updated with the addition of Soft-Plumaged Petrel. #irishrarebirds #birds bubo.org/ireland-iris...

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