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Atlantic Birding

@atlanticbirding.bsky.social

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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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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 56m

Congratulations Rob

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 3h

Two great shots Alan

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 4h

Thanks Rob!

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 4h

🪶 Rob’s theme for #BirdOfTheDay is ‘DailyDouble’; any bird #flying so it’s doubles with #Flyday

-Curlew on the estuary
- Red masked parakeets, Valencia
- Grey Heron
- Buzzard mobbed by Swallows

#birds #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #BirdLife #irishbirding #BirdSky

A Curlew flies along the estuary, left to right. The background is sea and trees

Three Red Masked Parakeets flying together against a great sky. One bird is trying to bite another in flight

A grey heron flying in a cloudy sky, right to left

A Buzzard in the centre of a grey sky, surrounded by three swallows in a triangular shape

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

Looks absolutely miserable! 🤣

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

Thanks Alan

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

🪶 Alan’s theme for today’s #BirdOfTheDay is #thinking (alternative #cute).
I’ve chosen this Meadow Pipit thinking; I wish it wasn’t raining.

#birds #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #BirdLife #pipit #irishbirding #naturetherapy

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

Great shot

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

Great capture
#BirdOfTheDay

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Mckeedi @mckeedi.bsky.social · 1d

White tailed sea eagle off the Isle of Mull, Scotland #eagles #birds #birdsofprey #whitetailedseaeagle #seaeagle #isleofmull #scotland #rspb #wildlife #predator #predatorandprey

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

#BirdOfTheDay

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic shots

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

Great capture

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 1d

No matter how long you’re out in it Nature will always surprise you. I love it

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 2d

That’s crazy; like something out of a children’s book

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing shots

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you so much.

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Lizzie Wallis DPAGB, EFIAP, BPE3* @lizziewallis.bsky.social · 2d

Today's #birdoftheday theme set by @robcrank68.bsky.social is #raptors.
A white-tailed sea eagle, taken in Norway. With a wingspan on 2-2.4m it is the original flying barn door.
#birds
#EastCoastKin

An enormous sea eagle fills the frame, wings outstretched. Flying R to L, white tail splayed. Big yellow beaks and pale head. A fish held between its claws. The background is rocky lichen.

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 2d

Great Shot Alan

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 2d

🪶 Rob has chosen #Raptors as today’s #BirdOfTheDay (Alternative #GardenBirds).
#Kestrel
#Buzzard
#PeregrineFalcon
#WhiteTailedEagle

#birds #birdphotography #EastCoastKin #nature #eagle #irishbirding #BirdLife #NatureTherapy

A Kestrel in flight, wings up and looking at the camera with a blue background

A Common Buzzard in flight. Moving from right to left against a cloudy sky

A Peregrine Falcon perched on a church spire feeding on a pigeon.

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 2d

I think we’ll all have a lot of pictures the day that theme comes in Violet!

Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 3d

Yes it’s one of the ways i distinguish them from other crows when birding. They’re massive as well which helps!

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 3d

🪶 Alan’s #BirdOfTheDay theme is #green (alternative #SideEye).
I’ve got a Goldcrest from my walk in the woods yesterday.

#birds #birding #naturephotography #birdphotography #BirdLife #goldcrest #irishbirding #naturetherapy

A Goldcrest perched horizontally on a willow branch, the tree has a sparse covering of yellowing leaves, the background is green.

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BC_Gemma @bcgemma.bsky.social · 4d

If at first you don't succeed ..
In the rain yesterday at Harper's Island, a Hooded Crow eventually drives a Sparrowhawk away from the small wader that the Sparrowhawk had just caught.
@IslandWetlands @BirdWatchIE #phonescoped #kleptoparasitism @birds

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Atlantic Birding @atlanticbirding.bsky.social · 4d

Great Shot Alan

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