Another quick stop yesterday produced the same Caspian Gull from Friday, with a new juv keeping it company. #birds #birding #gulls #finland

What fresh hell is this? #birds #birding

Hazel Grouse singing from the garden this morning. 😎😍😍 Full fat #GardenList tick.

With serious numbers of Madeiran Petrel seen in UK territorial waters, a good time to repost this & for people to gen up on them. They are out there. #irishrarebirds #birds #seabirds #birding #seawatching helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/07/magi...

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I miss when they were saying Superman was woke...can we go back to that?

Caspian Gull. Like buses. 😂😍 Yesterday I lamented not finding a juv, having to "settle" for a 2CY...today, hoping to see yesterday's bird again, a juv appeared before me. 😎 I love finding these guys. True bird finders #birds 🪶 #birding #birdwatching #seabirds #gulls

Caspian Gull. Phew. I thought I was going to go an autumn without finding one. Not the juv I expected, but a nice CY. No complaints. 😍 #birds #gulls #seabirds #birding #bordwatching #finland

Superb 😂

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White-Rumped Sandpiper - Blast From The Past Finds. Autumn and yank waders. You know it makes sense. 😍 #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding #birdwatching #waders helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/09/whit...

#irishrarebirds A mega.

bsky.app/profile/did:... Reposting link to the #irishrarebirds Feed. Follow the Feed and anything tagged #IrishRareBirds will automatically appear in the Feed, no need to search for tags. In Bluesky it’s all about the Feeds not the follows, so don’t forget to tag your posts so they get picked up!

Pallid Harrier just went on to the #gardenlist. 😍😎 #birds #birding #finland #gottalovethepallids

Bingo. We have a winner! 🙂 Nutcracker. Seeing them on any given walk around the neighborhood now, as they harvest the abundance of Hazelnuts. Superb #birds #birding #finland

Continuing the theme of "ID that silhouette"....😉

Pallid Harrier is actually a hybrid between a Raptor and a Shearwater. True story. #birds #birding #raptors #birdwatching #finland #gottalovethepallids

If you ever wanted to know if Goshawk and Sparrowhawk are identifiable in just size and gizz....now you know. 😂😍 #birds #raptors #birding #finland

What a day for #raptors! 😍 Barely 20 seconds into south Kirkkonummi & I picked up a harrier soaring across the road. Screeched in, snapped it quickly before it carried on west. Pallid Harrier! 😍 Excellent start! #birds #birding #gottalovethepallids #finland

Hungary - Blast from the past trip report. A wonderful place for birding. Would love to visit here in winter for geese. #birds 🪶 #birding #hungary #birdwatching helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/09/hung...

Forster's Tern, Cruisetown, Co. Louth 2016. A famous, long lived bird, now sadly passed on. #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #seabirds youtube.com/watch?v=SYC1...

I don't know how I expected to feel when I opened this. I should have known really. Monstrous. Monstrous and evil. There's no other words.

Red-Footed Falcon, Juvenile from this date a few years back. Something very special about this species in this plumage. 😍 #birds 🪶 #birding #raptors #birding #finland

Woodchat Shrike - Blast From The Past Finds. Any day you settle into the pub after finding a Shrike is a good day. 😍 #irishrarebirds #birds 🪶 #birding #birdwatching helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/09/wood...

The Holocaust Museum posted this. Then they deleted it. But nothing is ever deleted on the internet. Make them remember that.

Great White Egret. In a very #finland landscape. Sometimes it's not about the views. #birds #birding

Female Pallid Harrier. A really enjoyable day, finding this beauty, Bluethroat, Black Grouse and a feast of migrants. Also had what looked like a male Red-Footed Falcon, but sadly it got away from me. #birds 🪶 #raptors #birding #gottalovethepallids #finland #birdwatching

Buff-Breasted Sandpiper - Blast From The Past Finds. There are few species more synonymous with Autumn than a "Buff-B". 😍 It was a major bogey for my #selffound list for many years. #irishRareBirds #birds 🪶 #birding #birdwatching #waders helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/09/buff...

This bird got me looking for these gems every Autumn. helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2020/07/finn...

Oh, and it's very much an "On this date" 🙂

Barolo Shearwater - Blast From The Past Finds Blog Post. Barolo still remains a classic, old school rarity that everyone wants. 😍 I've enjoyed finding two of them over the years. #birds 🪶 #birding #birdwatching #seawatching #seabirds #irishrarebirds helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/08/baro...

On this date, I found my first #selffound juv Caspian Gull in #finland. It sparked a lot ve of these velvety #birds for me. 😍 #gulls #seabirds #birding #birdwatching

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I working to try and get as much info, old, defunct webpage images of my own birds in my own location as possible. Gull-Billed Tern is my latest installment. A species I've always adored finding.😍 #birds #birding #irishrarebirds #seabirds helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/08/gull...

A really incredible spike in U.S readers (100s) on this Scopoli's shearwater ID post the last few days. Pelagic season on the Eastern seaboard I guess? #seabirds #birds

Gull-Billed Tern. 😍 Blast From The Past Blog Post. Never twitching a Gull-Billed Tern in Ireland, but finding 3 separate birds over the years is a pretty good record in my opinion. 😎 #birds #birding #birdwatching #irishrarebirds #seabirds helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/08/gull...

Gull-Billed Tern. 😍 Blast From The Past Blog Post. Never twitching a Gull-Billed Tern in Ireland, but finding 3 separate birds over the years is a pretty good record in my opinion. 😎 #birds #birding #birdwatching #irishrarebirds #seabirds helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2025/08/gull...

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A fascinating image. Note the change in appearance of p10 as this bird banks. A species pair that requires the utmost caution even at the best of times. #birds #birding #seabirds #seawatching helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2024/06/scor...

With storms in bound, now would be the time to hunt along the Cork coast for these.

Azorean Gull. On this date (2012) I found my first #selffound Azorean at Ballycotton #cork. 😍 A real birders #birds 🪶 #birding #gulls #irishrarebirds I've found others since, including at BallyC, but this one was a joy. #birdwatching

For #InternationalDogDay I present the bestest girl, Kuura. 😍

#birdoftheday withe a Bluesky background. Marsh Harrier over my garden #finland #birds 🪶 #raptors

Ah just wipe your arse with that flag instead. Easy. 😂