Colm Philpott

A long tailed tit, a siskin, a heron and a wood pigeon.

Beautiful photo you really captured the plumage, I love seeing chaffinches and I love hearing their song.

Chaffinch on a branch with twigs around it.

Lunchtime walk. Chaffinch.

#birds #photography

Once More, From The Top, Fuck The BBC You know, sometimes I wonder is it finally time to change the name of this blog to “What Did The BBC Do This Time?” It seems to be what I talk about a lot these days. And ten years ago,…

I wrote a blogpost on the Bafta contraversy, is there any end to the BBC's malevolence?
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A robin singing, a mute swan dining on the grass, a male siskin, part of a flock that were dining on the fruits of the trees, and a heron by the river.

A heron, a goldcrest, feral pigeons and wood pigeons and a blackbird.

A goldcrest, a male mallard, a goldcrest and a hooded crow mobbing a buzzard.

I know, something about the fluffed up wings makes this character look like a godzilla-pigeon!🙂

A feral pigeon couple, a starling, a sparrow, and a fluffed up wood pigeon!

A rook, a great tit, a wood pigeon, and a hooded crow in flight.

A long tailed tit, a heron, a robin and a wood pigeon.

A male bullfinch, a long tailed tit, a robin, and a wood pigeon

Long-Tailed Tits Really Are The Sweetest, Loveliest Little Birds This is a long-tailed tit. AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!! Now, I know what you’re thinking, you don’t want to learn any more about this bird, because, surely you will find out that this bird is…

Hi all, I wrote a blogpost about long-tailed tits. Their tails are literally longer than their body, and I wrote about recently learning that long-tailed tit extended families help each other with raising the young.
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A great tit, a robin, a bullfinch and a heron.

A Long tailed tit, a robin, rooks in flight, and a goldcrest.

A trip to Harper's Island today.

I Yearn For The Days Of 2+2=5. Now We’re Into 2+2=Rectangle. I’m going to start with a quote from 1984, even though quoting 1984 when talking about tyranny and political badness is such a cliché. “Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make fo…

Hi all, I've a new blogpost about Trump's threats to Greenland. I have concluded that live in a world where 2+2=Rectangle.
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Interesting characters I met today.

Great day for it today. Here's a pergrine falcon, a goldcrest, a heron and a cormorant.

First bird photos of the year.

Look at this robin!🙂

I thought people would be interested to know that I was interviewed for Cork City Community Radio. I talked about my music, my autism diagnosis, my wildlife fascination and social justice in the context of my music. The episode will be broadcast tomorrow (Saturday) at 5:00pm (Irish time). cr.ie

A wood pigeon!

They have such beautiful plumage I love this photo.🙂

A European goldfinch with a bright red face, black-and-white head, and warm brown body perches on a thin twig against a dark, softly blurred background.

Rob @robcrank68.bsky.social has decided that today's #BirdOfTheDay theme is #DucksOnOneLeg and the Alternative is #Finches. I’m going with Finches as I really love Goldfinches. Here’s one giving me a healthy dose of side eye. #birds #photography #EastCoastKin

Bird photos from Harper's Island today.

This SHOULD Be Obvious, But Fox Hunting Is Evil During the Summer, when the evenings were long, I used to cycle into the countryside, camera and recorder ready, to get some bird photos and record some bird vocalizations. And every so often somet…

Hi all, I wrote a blogpost about fox hunting, why I hate it and, how, hopefully, it will soon be banned in Ireland.
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No, The Titanic Is Not A Monument To Man’s Hubris Every few years or so, I become what I like to call “Titanic Brained”. I start obsessively learning the details of this ship that bumped some ice on its first voyage. And I’ll sta…

Hi all, I wrote a blogpost about the Titanic, where I argue that the sinking wasn't due to hubris as many people think, but rather was down to unforeseeable circumstances.
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Choughs are one of my favourites. If someone told me I could only see ten birds for the rest of my life I think choughs would be one of them. And yes, I don't think I could narrow it down to less than ten.🙂

Had almost no late season migrants last weekend, but a flock of around 8 Chough showed well, in poor light, as they fed without much concern on a sand cliff at Garrettstown.