Some canus Common Gulls from the Cork Lough today.
27.02.2026 21:40 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Some canus Common Gulls from the Cork Lough today.
27.02.2026 21:40 β π 18 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Quick check of the Cork Lough after work today. No sign of the recently reported Glaucous Gull, or the long-staying Ring-billed, but this 1st cycle Mediterranean Gull showed quite well for a while before disappearing.
27.02.2026 19:05 β π 23 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Played by Greg Davies?
27.02.2026 17:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I have a cup every morning after my porridge.
27.02.2026 17:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Praising with faint damn... π
26.02.2026 15:14 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Looks great!
26.02.2026 14:11 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I got it in one once. It'll never happen again. I've peaked.
25.02.2026 22:50 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Black-headed Heron
Black Kite
Verreaux's Eagle Owl
Goliath Heron
Non-passerines from Senegal.
25.02.2026 22:48 β π 22 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Golden-tailed Woodpecker
Yellow-crowned Gonolek
Senegal Coucal
Olive-naped Weavers
Yet more bird photos from Senegal.
25.02.2026 22:47 β π 18 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Whatever about Benni, I wonder if her Benny (Fogle) saw this episode...?
25.02.2026 17:32 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Long-tailed Glossy Starling
Palm-nut Vulture
African Cuckoo Hawk
Adamawa and European Turtle Doves
Some more bird photos from my recent trip to Senegal.
24.02.2026 22:01 β π 24 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Western Red Colobus
Guinea Baboons
Guinea Baboons
Banded Mongoose
Some mammals from Senegal.
24.02.2026 21:58 β π 8 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I lost a tenner each way on him at Cheltenham.
24.02.2026 17:45 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0'Now I KNOW you're mad...'
23.02.2026 15:07 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thanks, Jon.
21.02.2026 21:48 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Guinea Turaco
Yellow-billed Shrike
Scissor-tailed Kites
Grasshopper Buzzard
Yet more photos from Senegal.
21.02.2026 21:42 β π 29 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I don't know if they have a national bird, but you make a strong case for this species if not.
20.02.2026 12:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Subliminal advertising, only not so subliminal.
20.02.2026 11:48 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0adult African Fish Eagle
Little Bee-eater
Collared Pratincole
Patas Monkey
More photos from Senegal. If I ever sort out my ongoing Photoshop issues, I'll hopefully edit more than five or six photos a day!
19.02.2026 21:59 β π 30 π 2 π¬ 2 π 0It wasn't a hit on this side of the Atlantic, though.
19.02.2026 20:52 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Red-throated Bee-eater
Grey-headed Kingfisher
Hamerkop
adult Shikra
Birds tended to show very well when we were on the river at Wassadou, drifting and the engine shut off, so there were opportunities for nice photos.
18.02.2026 19:47 β π 33 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
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It's Britain. It's ALWAYS too cold for shorts.
18.02.2026 10:18 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0White-crowned Tiger Heron
Egyptian Plover
Martial Eagle
Golden Nightjar
Some photos from two weeks in Senegal recently.
17.02.2026 22:42 β π 22 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0The Doctor circa Season 18 is a mood I often feel in middle age. Some days, I even feel more like the Doctor during Episode 3 of The Leisure Hive...
16.02.2026 20:51 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Is that the version where she pretends to be the good one to get her mitts on the Key to Time before her bluff being called?
27.01.2026 16:31 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0PFAS are linked to cancer and contaminate our water and food - yet chemical giants are lobbying to weaken protections to our health. Europe can still act. I just signed. Will you? action.wemove.eu/sign/2026-01...
27.01.2026 10:58 β π 4 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0Hopefully. Not that I blame Mink, any creature is only going to do its best to survive.
26.01.2026 17:53 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I saw a very brief distant candidate in Co. Tipperary once but couldn't exclude Mink on what I saw.
26.01.2026 17:37 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0