Wild About Ireland

Irish Wildlife Photography Recording & Celebrating Ireland's Wildlife.
All photos are taken by me. [except retweets]

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@DamianRourke Poplar Hawk Moth Damian -they are massive :)

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At over 20cm long, sun bears have the longest tongues out of all bears. Their tongue is highly muscular, with gripping properties and a prehensile tip used to extract honey from bee nests. #BearsAboutTheHouse #WatchAlong

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Risso's Dolphins off Cape Clear.....

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@BirdWatchIE Hoopoe [spelling?]

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Humpback Whale yesterday giving a shout out to the LGBT community - or to anyone that likes rainbows I suppose.....
#LGBTQ #LGBT #LGBTQIA #humpback #WildAtlanticWay

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#wildaboutIRL got a serious boost from #irishdailymail today. #wildlifephotography #PUFFINS

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I was nowhere near the seafood platter, HONEST! 🤣@wildaboutIRL #FillYourHeartWithIreland

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@stepowerphotos @TourismIreland Thanks @stepowerphotos I'm the photographer 😎📸🐧

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Brown Booby a long way from home in Greystones - first record on the island of Ireland [ not my record - but it is my photo ]

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Oystercatcher on Great Saltee Island....
#SALTEEISLANDS #wildlifephotography #birdphotography

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These are the "out-takes" from the Kingfisher video I posted yesterday. These clips show the Kingfishers using the trail camera as a fishing perch. Current footage from the Lower River Shannon catchment.

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@NewRossEcoGroup @BioDataCentre @InsectNews Four Banded Longhorn Beetle :)

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Surely Ireland's most elusive mammal, the Pine Marten - saviour of our Native Irish Red Squirrel population

#wildlifephotography

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Spring Fox
#FOX #wildlifephotography

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“It is a serious thing just to be alive on this fresh morning in this broken world."
Mary Oliver
#wednesdaymorning @StormHour @ThePhotoHour

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Kingfisher
#KINGFISHER #birdphotography

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Puffins reinforce their bond through ritual billing, its lovely to watch <3
#puffins #wildlifephotography #birdphotography #BirdTwitter

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Common Carder Bee coming in to land...... #pollinators #bees #insects #wildlife

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Just posted a photo https://t.co/Mx7zEZ3Njm

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Common Blue Butterflies mating, Raven Forest Wexford.
#BUTTERFLY #Butterflies #wildlifephotography #WILDABOUTIRL #wildlife