Fionn Moore

Wildlife enthusiast & conservationist. Particularly interested in things with wings, especially the birds! A bit of botany etc. too. Arsenal F.C fan

[Fionn Moore @fionnmoore]

In a nice setting too, overlooking Dursey Island as the sun went down

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Delighted to find this smart male #WesternSubalpineWarbler at Ballinacarraige, West Beara (Cork) y'day evening - before I'd parked the car too! It showed very well at times, busily feeding out in the open fields (& along fences). Glad to have managed at least some footage of him

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@peediepuss Glaucous-winged influence did cross my mind for a minute, and it's only just down the peninsula from where I found a near-adult GW Gull in January 2016 😉

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A weird Herring Gull, a very dark, hefty (including bill) Iceland Gull, a Kumlien's or a hybrid, at Cahermore, Cork yesterday?? I'm honestly at a loss.. opinions welcome..
I will post some flight shots too, that I'm only just getting round to processing now..

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@CarraRonan Ah thanks for the heads-up but, no, I'm not on Facebook. It would be interesting to know what those in North America make of it alright, cheers!

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@peediepuss Weird indeed! You're not the first to suggest a Glauc X Herring hybrid so maybe it is one. Perhaps it'll stick around or return again next winter, with a new set of feathers...
Good to get your thoughts on it, cheers 👍🏻

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@mathew_meehan Yes, I'm with you on that. Initially when it flew in I thought I was onto a nice, albeit pretty dark, Iceland but structurally it doesn't fit the bill. I'll have to keep an eye on it, if it stays. Cheers for your thoughts on it 👍🏻

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@DerekCh95709555 Cheers Derek. Interesting to hear your thoughts on it. I've seen a few juvenile argentatus down this way this winter but none quite as pale as this. A nice looking gull, whatever it is...

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One of three Alpine Swifts in Kenmare this morning @KerryBirdNews

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@parkbirdslondon @KerryBirdNews @BirdGuides Thanks, Tony. I would usually be very happy with a Wheatear or a Sand Martin by Paddy's Day!

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4 Alpine Swifts feeding together over the Finnihy river/stone circle area just west of Kenmare town since 16:30!!

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Short video of the fab 4 #AlpineSwifts at Holy Cross church, Kenmare today. At least 2 were seen going to roost in the slatted area on the west/town side of church at 7 PM, for anyone who might be there at first light...

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@KerryBirdNews @BirdGuides

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Male Black Redstart feeding along the beach near the suspension bridge in Kenmare at 5 pm this afternoon @KerryBirdNews

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A newly fledged Isabelline Wheatear with its still growing, stumpy tail doing its best wagtail impersonation...

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@Mshorten @Team_eBird @cork_birder Great stuff! They're great birds to watch. That elongated look, big bill, big, pale wing panel 👌 Found them nesting just a stones throw from my parents house, in the lower branches of this mulberry

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🔊🎵 The songs of two territorial male Olive-tree Warblers laying claim to their slices of heaven (in this case mirabelle plums, rather than olive trees). SE Bulgaria, 13th May 2022 #phoneskope #birding #hippolais

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@cork_birder @Johnq_zak @IRSBG1 You would be in your element here at the mo I think. A sudden arrival 4-5 days ago. I've never seen and heard so many

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So exotic and characterful. I could watch them all day! #hoopoe #birding #phoneskope