Curlew, East Cork
#WorldCurlewDay

Zitting Cisticola, Algarve.

Shoveler - Lagoa dos Salgados, Algarve.

Smart-looking Audouin's Gull, Lagoa dos Salgados.

Common Cuckoo, Algarve.

Sardinian Warbler, Salgado, Portugal.

Woodchat Shrike, Salgado, Portugal.

Redshank, Algarve.

Cattle Egret resplendent in breeding plumage, Lagoa dos Salgados.

Western Swamphen, Algarve, Portugal - love the colours and those big red feet.

Cetti's Warbler, Lagoa dos Salgados.

Purple Heron at Lagoa dos Salvados, Portugal.

The magnificent Raven.

Bullfinch feasting on blackthorn.

Brent Geese, Ballycotton Bay.
Soon they'll be leaving us for their breeding grounds in Canada, high above the Arctic Circle.

🎶Gulls just wanna have fun ...🎶

Chiffchaff, another spring arrival to East Cork.

Wheatear - back from overwintering in Africa, stopping off briefly at the coast before heading upland to breed.

Muddy-footed Curlew

Great Crested Grebe courtship - the Weed Dance.