We finally arrived to the wadi north of Ouadane, Mauritania on Monday evening. It took a lot of effort but we finally dug out the three northern Mauritanian WP specialities - African Grey Woodpecker, Blue-naped Mousebird and Golden Nightjar.

Well done @brianmccloskey98.bsky.social for getting Irish birding a bit of primetime coverage on @rte.ie

Maybe Nationwide or RTE News will be joining us seawatching this year!

Haha thanks very much Declan! It was great to be given the chance!

African Silverbill

Red-billed Firefinch

Algerian Nuthatch

I have finally completed my Algerian trip report which may be of interest to some people. The Cloudbirder link is here: www.cloudbirders.com/be4/download...

A Gerry O’ Neill original!

Haha cheers Des! It was nice seeing that bird on the tele alright 😂

Algerian Nuthatch

South Polar Skua

Caspian Tit

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

My first post on Bluesky. Some of the better birds I’ve seen in Ireland and the Western Palearctic this year. I have big plans to target some more very rare species in the WP next year. Algerian Nuthatch, South Polar Skua, Caspian Tit and Yellow-crowned Night Heron pics attached.