RAW BIRDS Nature Photography

Purple Sandpiper "blend in" at Howth Harbour,Fingal,Dublin @Avibase @BirdWatchingMag @Avibase @BWIFingal #TwitterNatureCommunity #birds #birdwatching #ThePhotoHour #NaturePhotography #birdphotography #BirdsSeenIn2022 #ThePhotoHour #NatureRepublic #wildlifephotography

Manually focused! I really surprised myself while shooting with this setup as it was easier than I expected. Equipment was OMD OM1 mkii + meta bones EF-M43 speed booster .7x + Canon ext tube + Canon Lifesize and yes manual focus converter + Sigma 150mm EX HSM SS1/3200 F5 ISO1600

Woodchat Shrike at Ballymacart, Co. Waterford today - it was very nice to get such good views of this rare vagrant. #Birds #RareBirds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Hoopoe at Knockadoon today - an exotic and infrequent visitor to Ireland. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026

Last Saturday dawned at a wet and windy Galway where this Pied Crow gave itself up at Cregal Art. It's been hanging around this area for months now, but annoyingly we couldn't locate it three weeks ago when @LewisStuff and I initially tried to find it.

Great grey shrike in Lincolnshire @BBCRadioLincs @Visit_Lincs @lincstoday @LincsLive @Lincsbirding @LincsWildlife @LincsLife @worldbirds32 @britishbirds @rawbirds @WildlifeTrusts @Nature @UKRare @SLArchive @NaturalEngland @NatGeo @NWF BirdMad.com

The Donegal first-winter drake Harlequin Duck gave us some splendid views over the weekend. Although flighty we seemed to work out its circuit at high tide and were afforded some rather nice flybys; during a much appreciated gap in the weather.

White-billed Diver today at Broughty Ferry. Found last Friday by @Lainymac and still sometimes showing rather nicely but increasingly disappearing for long periods.

Five Short-eared owls in the Heart of England Forest this morning - my highest count this year.

Harequin Duck (Male) “Harley” @ Tra Na gCloch, Co. Donegal on 22nd, December, 2025. Went again for the plumage.

Purple Sandpiper 🟣 One of my favourite winter visitors to try and photograph - the Purple Sandpiper, trying to avoid an incoming wave 🌊 @UlsterWildlife @Irishwildlife @_BTO @Natures_Voice @RSPBNI Co

This Harlequin Duck seen at Curransport, Donegal, Ireland on Monday 1 December is starting to look rather smart now. @BirdWatchIE @BirdGuides @RareBirdAlertUK

Harlequin Duck, Curransport, Donegal. Standing in some rock pools watching this beauty while surrounded by the roar of the Atlantic as it crashed against the wild rocky Donegal shoreline- pretty magical really.

The Slender-billed Curlew - A bird with no story. Thread. 🧵🧵👇 📷 Chris Gomersall

The sun returned yesterday and this lovely #redshank obliged @slimbridge_wild #ThePhotoHour @rawbirds

Our smallest bird in the uk, Beautiful Goldcrest

Golden Crowned Kinglet. Barnegat Light SP, NJ

Isabelline Shrike (Daurian) Adult Male @ Ring Marsh Area, Co. Wexford On 31st, October, 2025 🎃

Cracking Isabelline Shrike found by Padraig Barron near Ring Marsh Co. Wexford this afternoon 👌

Some stunning views of a Merlin on the Shore road marsh, Dundalk Louth today @LouthBirdNews

Rare visitors ✈️ This White Rumped Sandpiper is a rare visitor to our shores all the way from its breeding grounds in the Arctic Tundra of North America 🌎