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Atlantic Birding
@atlanticbirding.bsky.social
Birder & Hobby Photographer in the West of Ireland, working in a native Forest. Post pictures of birds, nature & landscapes encountered on my travels.
Interested in nature and the environment around the world.
All pictures my own unless otherwise stated.
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Today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is from @alan678.bsky.social, and is #AlansNemesis 🪶

It seems that his nemesis are king fishers. This one I got some day in which my wife send me out to the birds 🤣
December 10, 2025 at 10:54 AM
🪶 Time for today’s #HolidayRobin
I find this time of year they are so curious they come to you and pose for a shot

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #FestiveDailyRobin #wildlife
December 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
🪶 Rob has chosen #Sideviews as today’s #BirdOfTheDay. Alternative #TurningAway
A chance to show one of the shots I got before the storm this morning of a bullfinch eating willow buds

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #Bullfinch
December 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🪶 Time for today’s #HolidayRobin
I’ve got this one I met on the edge of the forest yesterday

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #BirdOfTheDay #naturephotography #FestiveDailyRobin #wildlife
December 9, 2025 at 6:44 AM
December 8, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🪶 Alan has chosen #NestBuilders as today’s #BirdOfTheDay theme (Alternative #SmallBirdsBigPersonality)
I have posted this before but it’s perfect for today; a wren with moss for its nest.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #wren
December 8, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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European Red Squirrel photo taken by Sasha Matic in the northern forests of Sweden. #EuropeanRedSquirrel #Red #Squirrel #RedSquirrel #rodent #mammal #mammals #wildlife #nature #sweden #wildlifephotography
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
🪶 For #Swanday I have this beautiful Mute Swan feeding in the flooded reeds in the glorious evening sun.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #stunday #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #swans #sun #sunshine
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
December 7, 2025 at 9:12 AM
December 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
For #squirrelsaturday I have a few shots of a plump Red Squirrel I met eating berries on a sunny morning last week.

#mammals #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #redsquirrel #squirrel #mammalphotography #sqrlpix #ireland #irishwildlife
December 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
December 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
🪶 Alan’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #movement, any bird showing movement of any kind. Alternative: #lookingup

I have a Common Buzzard who saw me watching & flew away

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #raptor #buzzard #birdsofprey
December 6, 2025 at 7:08 AM
🪶 Rob’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is #Borbs, birds fluffed into balls. Alternative is #black birds.
I already posted a Borb for #HolidayRobin but tis the season.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #sparrow #siskin #bluetit #flyday
December 5, 2025 at 11:28 AM
For today’s #scape I have an image I captured on a frosty morning last week.
A path from the forest into a flooded callows in the morning light.

#ireland #landscape #naturetherapy #naturephotography #eastcoastkin #frost #fog #forest #forestfriday #sunlight #shadows
December 5, 2025 at 6:48 AM
December 5, 2025 at 6:42 AM
🪶 Alan has chosen #Songbirds for today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #Seabirds)
I have a beautiful European Goldfinch; such a striking bird especially in the grey winter.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #goldfinch
December 4, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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After two months without a proper shot, I finally photographed a Common Kingfisher! 😊 I’d spotted it here and there, but it never stayed. 🪶
今日は少しだけゆっくり撮らせてくれました♪😊ついにオレもこのタグを使える日がっ‼️ #スイ曜日 #翠曜日
#nature #photography #animals #wildlife #CommonKingfisher #カワセミ #birds #野鳥
December 3, 2025 at 7:41 AM
December 3, 2025 at 7:24 AM
🪶 Alan has chosen #stripes for today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #Mono)
Not a lot of striped birds this season so I’ve got this Northern Pintail with a white stripe on its neck

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #ducks #pintail
December 2, 2025 at 7:35 AM
December 2, 2025 at 7:03 AM
🪶 Today’s #HolidayRobin is singing its heart out from a Larch tree in the glorious morning sun.

#irishbirding #birds #robin #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #naturephotography #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #blueskymonday
December 1, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🪶 For this weeks #MallardMonday I have a several shots of a Male Eurasian Wigeon. I definitely associate these migrating ducks whistles with Irish waterways in winter.

#irishbirding #birds #birdsofbluesky #birdphotography #naturetherapy #BirdOfTheDay #wildlifetherapy #eastcoastkin #ducks #wigeon
December 1, 2025 at 6:25 AM