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Would have to say, I think Ancient Murrelet is one of the best and most bonkers birds I've seen in the Western Palearctic. 😍😎 youtu.be/QpStn1pY8tw?... #birds #birding #finland

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Tundra Bean Goose. 2 birds towards the Taiga Bean head & bill shape end of spectrum. Relatively long and right angled triangular bills, but still grimaced, a subtle bumped forehead, & otherwise same body structure as surrounding Tundra. #birdID #birds #birding #wildfowl #geese #finland #birdwatching

Tundra Bean Goose. Came across a reasonable sized flock today, which were exceptionally tame. 😍😎 A joy to look through all the variation in structure. #birdID #birds #birding #birdwatching #geese #wildfowl #finland

On this date I found a Western Subalpine Warbler on Carnesore, Co. Wexford. It followed a little bit of controversy in #irishrarebirds 😂😈. Subalps are one of those bright, attractive #birders #birds #birding helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2026/04/blas...

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. A delightfully squeaky female in the garden this morning. 😍 Great little gems. 😎 #birds #birding #birdwatching #woodpeckers #finland

Use the hashtag #irishrarebirds to post to the Irish rare birds feed.

Use the hashtag #irishrarebirds to post to the Irish Rare Birds Feed.

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Tundra Bean Goose. It's been a strange spring. Very little snow and meltwater means many of the geese have overshot the south of #finland & are already well north. I'm seeing very few Bean types this year. #birding #birdwatching #wildfowl #geese #BirdID helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2021/04/finn...

Eurasian White-Fronted Goose. They really are quite demure looking compared to the chunky Greenland version. #BirdID #birds #birding #wildfowl #birdwatching #finland

Check out my YouTube channel, loaded with good birds from #finland and #IrishRareBirds. #birds #birding #birdwatching youtube.com/@helsinkibir...

Common Crane. THE sound of #finland 😍😍😍 #birds #birding #birdwatching

If the dinky, eye-ringed variants of Eurasian White-Fronted Goose could go ahead and feck right off, thaaaat would be great. #BirdID #hybrid? #geese #wildfowl #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland

I did say to friends & family, that with the extent of the influx into Finland that this would be the year #IrishRareBirds got a second bite at Oriental Turtle Dove. 17 years since the 1st was found by Steve Wing on Cape Clear, Cork. #birds #birding #birdwatching

White-Tailed Eagle. Multiple #birds over the garden daily now as the lake opens up. Behemoths! 😍 #raptors #birding #birdwatching #finland

Osprey. My first of the year, and on my own lake. Great to have these back. From here on out they will be over the garden every day. 😍 #birds #raptors #birding #birdwatching #finland

Parrot Crossbill. Male and female. Spent an enjoyable half hour with these before they moved on. Not a species you often get that kind of time with. 😍😎 #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland

Parrot Crossbill. A species that, though low in numbers, is always around, but infrequently encountered. Great to come across a pair today, with the male singing & calling actively. An almost blackbird-like quality to the alarm call. What a beak! 😍😎 #birds #birding #finland #birdwatching

Spring at last in #irishbirding. A nice Avocet find at Tacumshin.

Once again...compare to the farce that is #irishbirding 🤦

Ring-Billed Gull - Blast from the past. Found a load of old shots. So updated this post. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding #GullsWP #Gulls #seabirds #birdwatching helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2026/02/blas...

Blast From The Past Finds...Great White Egret. There was a time GWE was a mega in #IrishRareBirds. No longer, but there's always nostalgia. #birds #birding #birdwatching helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2026/03/blas...

Great White Egret. 1 of 2, which were my first of the year. These give me a real sense of Déjà Vu. To be here for their expansion into #finland, mimics the way they increased in Ireland. #birds #birding #birdwatching

Red-Flanked Bluetail. Not often I get a birthday tick. Can only think of a handful over the years including birds such as this & Lesser Yellowlegs. This bird on Galley Head came on a great Birthday weekend of food, beer & surfing & finding an Alpine Swift at Fanore, Co. Clare.😎 😍 #irishrarebirds

Nutcracker pair still in my garden this a.m. Looking like I will have a breeding record on my hands this year as they sing on the regular. 😍 #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland Woodlark, Crane, Pygmy & Tawny Owl, Black Woodpecker, Grey Headed Woodpecker, Crested & Willow Tit all heard this a.m.

A very special feeling hearing the first Common Crane of the #Spring. 😍 Absolutely primordial! #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland

On this date, She who must be obeyed found the first Red-Crested Pochard for Lohja #skills. It would be many years before I was able to find a county first to match. #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland #wildfowl

The Louis Theroux Manosphere doc shows, yet again, that if you show Spoofers and Frauds up for what they are, they crumble.

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Always a treat to get the #finland annual #birding publication. Organization 40 years & going strong. Once again, #IrishBirding can't seem to get it's act together & produce anything close to this quality, even after the IRSBG showed how easy it was. #irishrarebirds

Lesser Spotted Woodpecker drumming. What an amazing little Uzi machine gun they are! 😍😎 #birds #birding #birdwatching #finland #woodpeckers

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Caspian Gull. My 2nd of the year & #selffound. Took a bit of time, but managed to pull this one out at Turku Dump. 😍😎 Beautiful spring weather made for good, if a bit distant viewing. #birds #birding #gulls #gullswp #gulls #birdwatching #finland

Gull...sp...thing. Never quite sure what to do with these things when I encounter them here in #Finland Nice to pick out nonetheless. 🙂 #birds #birding #gulls #gullsWP #birdwatching #seabirds

Clan Foley digging out a singing Cetti's Warbler in Co. Meath. The colonization, combined with probably fresh recruits pushed by the winter cold snap at new year, means there's likely first county records for the having along the east coast. #IrishRareBirds Remarkable status change #birds #birding

He was certainly afraid of Vietnam-style combat in Vietnam.

Wow, I would have thought there was some stone age record of a bird shot before the 60s.

Caspian Gull. There's just something so obvious about them. Delighted to find an early bird like this. 😍😎 #birds #birding #gulls #gullswp #birdID #finland #birdwatching #seabirds helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2026/03/siun...

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

Facebook really has become just ridiculous AI slop. Saw this sent on to me today & my first thoughts were A. Why does the Guinness have 3 layers? And B. Why is it steaming??? 🤦🤦🤦😂 #StPatricksDay #PaddysDay

Ciúnas bóthar cailín bainne. #StPatricksDay #PaddysDay

Blog Post - Finding an early Caspian Gull and other winter #birding #birds #birdwatching #gulls #gullsWP #BirdID #Finland helhathnobirdies.blogspot.com/2026/03/siun...

Ireland Issues Stark Warning To Britain

😂 yep. #birding #birds