great northern diver (gavia immer), ireland
great shearwaters (ardenna gravis), sooty shearwaters (ardenna grisea), european herring gulls (larus argentatus) and great black-backed gulls (larus marinus) scavenging from a trawler, ireland
#procellariiformes#procellariidae#ardenna#great shearwater#sooty shearwater#charadriiformes#laridae#larus#herring gull#european herring gull#great black backed gull#seabirds#tubenose#gulls#birds#birdwatching#bird photography#display flight#BOOO TRAWLERS but there were SO MANY BIRDS#this video barely shows half of it tbh#splashes are dolphins btw
eurasian jay (garrulus garrulus), ireland
great shearwaters (ardenna gravis) and sooty shearwaters (ardenna grisea), ireland
#procellariiformes#procellariidae#ardenna#great shearwater#sooty shearwater#seabirds#tubenose#birds#birdwatching#bird photography#display flight#got my first land-based photos/videos of great shearwaters today!!#they were the closest to land i've ever seen them at this spot#there was very thick drizzle so that might've pushed them in
common kestrel (falco tinnunculus), hovering, ireland
eurasian treecreeper (certhia familiaris), foraging on a tree, ireland
grey heron (ardea cinerea), ireland
european herring gull (larus argentatus), ireland
eurasian curlew (numenius arquata), ireland
light-bellied brent goose (branta bernicla hrota), ireland
whooper swans (cygnus cygnus) having an argument with a mute swan (cygnus olor), ireland
#anseriformes#anatidae#cygnus#mute swan#whooper swan#swans#waterfowl#birds#birdwatching#bird photography#display flight#every single winter the whoopers come to this lake and every single winter the mutes are so cranky about it#swan drama is so fun they're so dramatic about it#volume up for some whooper honks
barnacle geese (branta leucopsis), in flight before landing in a field, ireland
common buzzard (buteo buteo), ireland