Cormorant with tiny wings, preening on a rock.
Cormorant with tiny wings, preening on a rock.
Flightless Cormorant preening its vestigial wings - a Galapagos endemic, confined to just a few sites there. (Isabela Feb 2026) #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Pretty Flycatcher perched on a branch.
Galapagos Flycatcher, Santa Cruz 02/26. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Ecuador
The second (blue morph) of the pair of visiting Snow Geese among the Whooper Swans by the River Sullane, Co. Cork 09/03/26 #RareBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026
One of the pair of visiting Snow Geese among the Whooper Swans by the River Sullane, Co. Cork 09/03/26 #RareBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026
A handsome Male Eider off Ballycotton Pier today - an uncommon visitor to this area. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Tanager perched on a branch
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager showing the blue on its wings.
Blue-winged Mountain Tanager, Pichincha, Ecuador #birds #Tanagers #BirdsSeenIn2026
Those would be the posh finches 😉
Small finch-like tanager on a cactus
Small finch-like tanager on a cactus
Small finch-like tanager on a cactus
Common Cactus Finch (one of Darwin's "finches") - on a Cactus, naturally. 😉
#Galapagos #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Ecuador
Thanks Rob!
Gull chick with its beak open, trying to persuade its parent to feed it.
Feed me!
Swallow-tailed Gull and chick, Galapagos Feb '26
#birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Ecuador
Central and South America!
Purple bird with very long legs!
Purple bird with very long legs!
Purple Gallinule- those feet !!
Galapagos Feb 2026 #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Ecuador
Hummingbird on a branch with a feather in its beak
Fawn-breasted Brilliant after a fight with a tell-tale feather in its beak.
Hummingbirds may be pretty, but they are also feisty little birds!
Pichincha, Ecuador Feb 2026
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A resident Rock Pipit (in the background) photobombing the rare visiting Water Pipit at Ballinclamper, Co Waterford - giving a nice comparison of the two species! #Birds #BirdID #BirdsSeenIn2026
Water Pipit - a rare winter visitor to Ireland.
Ballinclamper, Co. Waterford 02/03/2026
#Birds #RareBirds ##phonescoped #BirdsSeenIn2026
Hawfinch, a rare visitor to Ireland, at Curraghchase Forest Park, Co. Limerick today #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Grumpy-looking Barbet with a bright red head.
Looking like an Angry Birds character - Red-headed Barbet, Pichincha, Ecuador. #Birds #AngryBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Long-legged black and white wader, feeding in shallow water.
Black-necked Stilt, Santa Cruz #Galapagos #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
A purplish black bird shining in the sunlight.
Shiny Cowbird - looking very shiny indeed 😉 #Birds #Ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026
Hummingbird hovering by flowers.
Western Emerald, Puembo Birding Garden, Quito, Ecuador. #birds #Hummingbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Side view of the head of a Red-footed Booby.
Red-footed Booby profile (dark morph). #birds #Galapagos #BirdsSeenIn2026
Hummingbird with a speckled breast, perched on a branch.
A very shy Speckled Hummingbird in the Ecuadorian rainforest. #birds #Hummingbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026
A tiny Sandpiper with yellow legs feeding in shallow water.
The diminutive Least Sandpiper, San Cristóbal #Galapagos #Birds #Waders #BirdsSeenIn2026
American Oystercatcher with red beak, red eye-ring, and pink legs, walking on a coral beach.
American Oystercatcher, Isla Fernandina #Galapagos #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Fluffy chick (beginning its 1st moult)on a coral beach with cacti in the background.
Blue-footed Booby chick, Genovesa, Galapagos Islands. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Caracara (bird of prey) perched on a trunk
Yellow-headed Caracara, Rio Napo, Ecuador. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026 #Raptors
Frigatebird with white chest perched on a branch
Great Frigatebird (female) #Galapagos #Birds #Ecuador #BirdsSeenIn2026
Mockingbird on a sandy beach
Española Mockingbird
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Pretty hummingbird with white "leggings" and a long tail with round feathers at the tips.
White-booted Racket-tail, Ecuador. #birds #Hummingbirds
Colourful crab covered in foam.
Sally Lightfoot crab starting to moult - producing foam to help shed its old exoskeleton. #Galapagos
