Little Terns are back! Six birds were feeding off the beach at Kilcoole all afternoon today. Also few ringed Ringed Plovers as I walked along the shore...

Recordshots of Yellow Wag yesterday in Cahore,subspecies & Irish tick,Cetti's and Reed Warblers singing away,Wheatear in good numbers,migrating Whimbrel,Common Sand and one of our ringed Swans nesting as a unexpected bonus to great half day birding Co.Wexford

Good morning ringing on the Bull Island,Dublin. Not many birds,but some new or unusual species.First for me Linnet, Stonechat and Mipit. Surprise Sedge first for the island . With Alan IrishMidlandsRinging for DCCParksBiodiversity

Recce/Ring reading trip to Ireland's Eye yesterday.Nesting season in full swing, couple of Puffins seen, first Shag chicks hatched etc.Sadly, all of the seabirds nesting on the island are on steady decrease.Worst situation with Great Black Backs-less then 50% comparing to 2022

Back in Ireland from holidays in Czech Republic,deligted that Montagu's was still around Portmore Lough this morning and summer Spotted Red in Swords-plumage tick. Nothing important missed when abroad😁

Beside the cool boat selfies we also manged to catch some birds on Ireland's Eye today.Highlights were Alan's first Oik and Graham's first Ringed Plover. We also ringed some large gulls for RAS projects including two retraps.All under BTO & NPWS licences

Always wanted to catch an adult Lesser 💛

...and some nice views over South Dublin & Dublin Bay from UCD rooftops too

Ringing the best bird species in the world! 19 Little Terns nesting in Kilcoole recieved their new colour rings today.All under BTO and NPWS licences, with Brian Burke

Arctic Tern Just the animal with the longest annual migration in the world!

Sorting out some photos and videos from Portrane Little Tern ring reading camera today.This snap of A9H ad IZ8 probably going to be my favourite one of 2023

Probably last two Ringed Plover chicks ringed in Portrane this summer.First at 35 grams big enough for colour,second one nearly half size 18 grams,but they are always hanging together,behaving like siblings and following the same adult🤔

Two great waders caught and ringed over last 2 nights.Woodcock was always one of my most favourite and wanted birds,and I never even thought about ringing Grey Plover!

Literally first bird of BirdWatch Ireland garden survey this year. Net up just to dry it out in the breeze.Caught and ringed under licence

First cr ringed Moorhen for Aurora #LicencedBirdRinger in Dublin this afternoon.Nice big adult male C80 from Corkagh Park

Walcreeper wintering site,Pálava,Czech Republic. Only 1-3 birds winters in the country each year. It was my bogey bird for ages,dipped several times some 14 years ago and never came back to try again.Until yesterday. Now big fat lifer ✅️

Southern Bohemia today,rather crazy idea of trying to find Red-breasted Geese in flock of few thousands White-fronts and Greylags just with the bins,but scored again🤪

A nice illustration of how colonies are connected via this bird and thanks to Jan Rod official . It was born at Portrane (co. Dublin) in 2021, caught as a nesting adult at Baltray (co. Louth) in 2023 and this year has been caught again at Kilcoole (co. Wicklow)!