Encountering the mighty Chough (Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax) near the Bromore Cliffs during our evening stroll. Not an odd encounter in Kerry but still very enjoyable 😁 The genus Pyrrhocorax is from Ancient Greek πυρρός (pyrrhos) meaning "flame-coloured" and κόραξ (korax) "raven".

Another nice CES session with Sam Bayley catching some juveniles blue tit and stonechat BTO slowly but surely working on that bird species list for my permit! 😄

Yesterday’s BTO CES 3 Lake Hotel Killarney NP produced 28 birds of 11 species. First juveniles of the year inc Dunnock, Blue Tit, Goldcrest and Stonechat (also new species ringed here). Our second Great Spotted Woodpecker was the male breeding nearby National Parks and Wildlife Service BirdWatch Ireland

CES session 5 at Killarney NP and Clogheen Marsh this week. Quite different results with 19 birds of 8 species + 55 birds of 14 species respectively. Lots of juveniles. Highlights of Swallow, juv Treecreeper at KNP, Water Rail and juv Sedge Warbler at Clogheen BTO National Parks and Wildlife Service

CES BTO in Killarney National Park last week with a few lovely species such as Swallow, Reed Bunting, juv. Treecreeper, juv. Goldcrest, juv. Robin and juv. Goldcrest. Still praying to get those woodpeckers juv. in the nets! 🤩

Little session of ringing sand martins and some juveniles! All licensed with BTO and npws.

Here is to another successful CES BTO in Killarney Park with many scruffy looking birdies trying to molt in peace! Very interesting to see the evolution of the breeding season through the breeding condition of each birds over the last 6 weeks 🐦

A perfect summer night is to spend it catching storm petrels off Loop Head 🌪

More flashbacks from Corfu, Greece with a European bee-eater, black-winged stilt, more shrikes! (Woodchat here) and a family of spotted flycatchers keeping us company while we were having lunch 🐦‍⬛

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This is what happens when you let your garden grow wild! 3 caterpillars found this morning which I believe are elephant hawk moths 🐛🦋 #rewilding #wildgarden #caterpillar

First harvest of wildflowers 🌷 and some vegs 🥕🥔🧅 in the "wild garden"

Onboard opportunities for marine MSc/PhD students & post-docs from "developing/transition" countires

First ringing session of September 🍁🌳 with a little highlight between chiffchaff and willow warbler emargination 🪽 with a chiffchaff here having it on its P2-P6 and ww would be P2-5 !

Not the culprit I was trying to find... but still has wings so it counts right ? 🪳 #muskbeetle #loughallua #notabird #cork #birdwatching

The National Parks and Wildlife Service recently confirmed that a pair of Ospreys has bred successfully in the midlands. Following a historic record of confirmed breeding by a pair of Ospreys in Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland in 2023.

Busy 24 hours of autumn migration BTO ringing at Clogheen Marsh resulting in 203 birds of 28 species captured. First was a swallow roost catching 63 Swallow and 3 Sand Martin, but a real surprise 5 Icelandic White Wagtail, a Yellow Wagtail and a Long-eared Owl! National Parks and Wildlife Service 1/3

This last week has been amazing as I managed to get onto my ringing species list 3 new species: a long eared owl, an icelandic white wagtail and a yellow wagtail! A bonus pic of a Swallow as it was a Swallow Roost after all... 🐦‍⬛ thanks to Sam Sam Bayley and Alan Alan McCarthy