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American bittern at Cuskinny Nature Reserve, Cobh, Co. Cork. Unbelievable camouflage!
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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
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Nice mornings birding at Lady’s Island, Co. Wexford. American coot, Red-necked grebe & female ring-necked duck. #irishrarebirds
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Ring-Billed Gull - Blast from the past. Found a load of old shots. So updated this post. #IrishRareBirds #birds #birding #GullsWP #Gulls #seabirds #birdwatching
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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...
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Red-Flanked Bluetail - Image by Rónán McLaughlin
Red-Flanked Bluetail - Image by Rónán McLaughlin
Red-Flanked Bluetail - Image by Rónán McLaughlin
Red-Flanked Bluetail - Image by Rónán McLaughlin
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
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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
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Use the hashtag #IrishRareBirds to add rarities to the Irish Rare Birds feed. 👍
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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
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Oriental Turtle Dove. Streptopelia orientalis orientalis. 16 Mar 2026. Harmony Hill, Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
Relief. Straight from work to Lisburn in order to twitch this Oriental Turtle Dove. Fantastic. Scope views much better than this washed-out photograph suggests! A first for Ireland, if accepted! #IrishRareBirds #Mega #Birds #Birding
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Black Duck by Robert Vaughan
On this date I found an American Black Duck at Kilcolman, Co. Cork. Just the 11th for Ireland at the time & one of several rarities I found that weekend. 😎😍 Remains one of my favorite finds in #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #wildfowl #birdwatching
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Hybrid Great Black Backed Gull x Glaucous Gull
Hybrid Great Black Backed Gull x Glaucous Gull
Hybrid Great Black Backed Gull x Glaucous Gull
Hybrid Great Black Backed Gull x Glaucous Gull
Hybrid Great Black Backed Gull x Glaucous Gull. Flashback to an individual from Ballycotton, Cork. 2013. The only individual from this mix I have ever seen. What a stunning looking beast! 😍 #birds #birding #gullsWP #birdhybrids #seabirds #gulls #birdwatching #irishrarebirds
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Blast From The Past Finds - Bonaparte's Gull. Bony's are definitely on the increase, but still a great bird for your finds list. Always a species I've enjoyed finding
#birds #birding #irishrarebirds #gullswp #seabirds #morocco #birdwatching #gulls
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#irishrarebirds Harlequin Duck.
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Blast From The Past Finds - Ring-Billed Gull. A lament blog post on the decline of these beauties. Will we ever see them become routine again? #birds #irishrarebirds #GullsWP #birding #gulls #birdwatching #seabirds
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American Herring Gull
American Herring Gull
American Herring Gull
American Herring Gull
On this date, the other members of Clan Foley found an American Herring Gull in Co. Mayo. Still plenty of time to dig out top birds like this. #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #birdwatching #gullsWP
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Ross's Gull
Ross's Gull
On this date I bagged Ross's Gull as a much desired #Dublin tick! 😍 Now THAT is an Old School rare! #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #gullsWP
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American Herring Gull
American Herring Gull
Ring-Billed Gull
Ring-Billed Gull
On this date, I found American Herring Gull at Baltimore, Cork (a smokey beauty) with back up of 2 1st winter Ring-Billed Gulls & 1 2nd Winter Ring-Billed Gull, Bantry, now gone very rare. (In the days when you could do that with RBGs 😢). #birds #birding #birdwatching #GullsWP #IrishRareBirds
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#irishrarebirds American coot. Bufflehead.
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#irishrarebirds Harlequin Duck
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#irishrarebirds Redhead. Red-Crested Pochard. Pied Crow.
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The Redhead at Lough Yganavan, Cromane, Co. Kerry this morning. Great find by Brian Power. Only the 2nd Irish. #irishrarebirds
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Having recently renewed the #IrishRareBirds feed with an improved build & tested it over the course of weeks, it can now retain all Irish Rare Bird posts. This means the feed can realistically provide a permanent record of Irish rare birds on Bluesky.
Repost & share pls.
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On this date I found a Laughing Gull at Ballycotton, Cork. 😍 It would become the longest staying Laughing Gull on record. What a beauty! #irishrarebirds #birds #birding #gullswp #seabirds youtu.be/-fbjRKNkScU?...
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On this date, members of Clan Foley found Azorean Gull in Wexford Harbour. They're impressive beasts when they look this good. #birds #irishrarebirds #gullsWP #birding
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