#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #summerbirds #alt #swallow A swallow sits on a branch high above the world.

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #redordead #gull #sunrise #wintersolstice #dec21st You will need to open this one to see the bird. A single gull stands dwarfed by the angry waves, and they set to fire by the new rising sun of the last day of the year.

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #alt #soeckledfeathers #thrush A young trush wearing his best breast display for the ladies!

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #fabulouswaders #godwit #lapwing A Godwit and a lapwing sharing the one bank.

@sddfgadf.bsky.social I can't work out how to share photos on blusky messenger. So here are photos of the elusive and sadly endangered #curlew. All taken on the east coast of Ireland. #birds #birdphotography #photography

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #firsts #wren Not my first picture of a wren, but a first for two reasons 1. The first time I have seen three wrens at once 2. The first time I have seen (I have heard them previously) wrens in my garden.

#birdphotography #photography #birds #cormorant #fish #plaice Right plaice, right time- for the cormorant #clogherhead #louth #Ireland

#macromonday #macro #photography #macrophotography #caterpillar #cinnabar Toxic beauty, threatening but alluring. The cinnabar moth caterpillar feeds on ragwort making it inedible to most other animals.

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #alt #robin A juvenile (non-breeding) Robin

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #nature #firsts #blackbird #juvenile My first ever photo of a juvenile balckbird taken with a proper camera. Taken in 2021, as I made my way home from the train station...

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #yourchoice #mychoice #heron Heron puts his foot in it!

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #alt #weatheringtheelements #swan #mist A swan in the early morning mist

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #emeraldbackdrop #warbler Two signs of summer in #Ireland The world turns #green The summer #song of the warbler

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #grey #greywagtail While the grey wagtail is an array of colours, its tail is nonetheless grey...

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #alt #redbeaks #Moorhen Upon reflection it must be said, The Moorhens' beak is certainly red!

#macro #macrophotography #photography #banded #demoiselle #male and #female

So this is Bella, a #staffy #terrier. She was the runt of a litter, and tiny in stature. As a pup she ran away, got mistreated, escaped, returned home and ended up with us. She died yesterday of old age. As you might note in the photo, she was very playful. #photography #dogs #dogphotography

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #alt #greywagtail #memories The 1st photo of a grey wagtail I ever took, with my 1st camera. My mum had passed away 3 weeks prior. Photography was my found therapy. At the time I didn't realise it, but it saved my mental health. Still does.

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #CHE #cormorant #heron #eagle Decided to go with all three, obviously these weren't all taken at the same time, or the same place. The eagle is the oldest photo, and the heron is the latest.

#birdoftheday #alt #forjanet #birdphotography #photography #robin How do robins build their nests? See Alt description for George Coopers answer....

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #egrets #onetwothreefour 1, 2, 3, 4 - Egrets, I've had a few!

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #alt #artofmotion #starlings Two starlings take a bath whilst squabbling over the tub.

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #tantalisingtextures #cygnet #swan A young swan resting on a stoney shore

#Woodland #sculpture #lough #Ennil #Mullingar #westmeath The two humanoid sculptures are on either side of the one tree stump. The #fox and #otter are bisde them carved out of a seperete tree I don't know who carved them, or anything about them, but thought they were beautiful

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #alt #newbie New life is noisy when it is #sandmartins

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #birdandflower #goldfinch A goldfinch inspects some unready dandelions and finds them wanting...

#juvenile #robin #birds #birdphotography #photography Robin listens intently to the songs of others

#macro #photography #macrophotography #dragonfly #common #darter Catching the morning sun in #woodland

#birds #birdphotography #photography #finch #goldfinch #Male goldfinch in his #summer #colours! Didn't see his girlfriend, perhaps he is a bachelor

#birdoftheday #birds #birdphotography #photography #alt #momentsofmajesty #swan A young swan begins to stretch its wings...