BC_Gemma

Hawk perched on a STOP sign

Galapagos Hawk, Fernandina #Birds #Galapagos #Ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026

Whimbrel reflected

Hudsonian Whimbrel, Galapagos Islands #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Waders #Galapagos

Very interesting - I know it was once a penal colony, but we weren't told that story! Must check it out.

Small Plover on a sandy beach

Semi-palmated Plover, Punta Cormorant, Floreana, Galapagos Islands #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Absolutely, Helen - highly recommend it!!

Bottlenose Dolphins bowriding our boat - part of an enormous pod of several hundred dolphins that we encountered. #Galapagos

Pelican tossing a crustacean into its beak.

Brown Pelican with a little snack, Espanola, Galapagos Islands. #Birds

Hermit Crab inhabiting an empty sea shell.

Hermit Crab, San Cristobal, Galapagos Islands.

Gull with red eye ring, black head, and pink legs.

Swallow-tailed Gull, Galapagos Islands #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Gulls

Male Magnificent Frigatebird in breeding plumage with its red neck pouch inflated.

Magnificent Frigatebird, Galapagos Islands. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Gannet-like bird on a cliff

Nazca Booby, South Plaza Island, Galapagos Islands. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Red-billed Tropicbird with its characteristic long streamer.

Red-billed Tropicbird, South Plaza Island, Galapagos. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Penguins in flagrante delicta ...

P-p-p-pick up a Penguin #Birds #Galapagos 😉

Yellow-crowned Night Heron on a cliff

Yellow-crowned Night Heron, Isla Fernandina, Galapagos Islands. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Flightless Cormorant in profile against a blue sky, with a begging chick.

Flightless Cormorant with chick, Elizabeth Bay, Galapagos Islands. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Ecuador

Penguin standing on a lava rock, with a Mangrove thicket in the background.

Galapagos Penguin - in a Mangrove forest! #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Blue-footed Booby

Blue-footed Booby, Galapagos #Birds

Galapagos Mockingbird in breeding plumage.

Galapagos Mockingbird, Island Rabida, Galapagos. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

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Lava Gull - distinctive grey body and black head.

Lava Gull, Galapagos Islands. The rarest gull in the world, and a pair land in front of us on our first day! #Gulls #BirdsSeenIn2026

Beautiful hummingbird with a long iridescent tail, perched on a branch.

Violet-tailed Sylph in the rain at Guaycapi Lodge, Pichincha, Ecuador. #Hummingbirds #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Thanks!

Common Redshank reflected in shallow water.

Common Redshank, East Cork #Birds #BitdsSeenIn2026

Thank you, Mark.

Thank you!

Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis

Aurora Borealis / Northern Lights over Ballycotton tonight.

Reed Bunting perched on a branch against a clear blue sky.

Reed Bunting, Ballycotton, 18/01/26. #Birds #IrishBirding #BirdsSeenIn2026

Kingfisher coughing up a pellet (+ repeat in slo-mo). #Birds

Thanks!

At Loughaderra - but I was lucky to arrive and find it perched in plain sight - usually they just flash by.