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VIDEO #11 = Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) Bulgaria April 2026
Took a 10 day trip to Bulgaria with my good buds @woodlander37 ,@rhhy & @Kartomsa
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with Paul organising everything through 'Birding Direct' and our excellent local guide on site 'Dimiter Georgiev', who contributed to this video, with my thanks. Here's the link to our full @Team_eBird trip report with the rest of the photographs. ebird.org/tripreport/499304
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Wexford Day Trip for Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus) and a couple more scarcities
ebird.org/tripreport/537968?…
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Italy Puglia, Sarah's 30th Birthday Celebration and a bit of Wildlife
ebird.org/tripreport/534646?…
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New Lifer To My Collection.
Trumpeter Finch (Bucanetes githagineus) Video Link
Great Saltee Island, County Wexford
Ireland 10-06-2026
Never thought It would stay long enough for myself and others to see it.
It was found while I was away in Puglia Italy with my family in late May
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VIDEO #10 = Middle-spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius) Bulgaria April 2026
Took a 10 day trip to Bulgaria with my good buds @woodlander37,@rhhy & @Kartomsa
with Paul organising everything through 'Birding Direct' and our excellent local guide on site 'Dimiter Georgiev'.
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Here's the link to our full @Team_eBird trip report with the rest of the photographs
ebird.org/tripreport/499304
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For anyone interested, here's my pictorial trip report to Lesvos, Greece in April-May 2025 with @rhhy, which includes a basic rundown on our activities for our 16 day tour.
cloudbirders.com/be4/downloa…
Would totally recommend a visit around the same time of year for any birdwatcher.
ALT Eleonora's Falcon (Falco eleonorae) Lesvos Island, Greece 05-05-2025
ALT Krüper's Nuthatch (Sitta krueperi) Lesvos Island, Greece 26-05-2025
ALT Red-breasted Flycatcher (Ficedula parva) Lesvos Island, Greece 01-05-2025
ALT Rufous-tailed Scrub-Robin (Cercotrichas galactotes) Lesvos Island, Greece 04-05-2025
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VIDEO #9 = Lesser Spotted Woodpecker (Dryobates minor) Bulgaria. April 2026
Took a 10 day trip to Bulgaria with my good buds
@woodlander37 , @rhhy and @Kartomsa,
with Paul organising everything through 'Birding Direct'
and our excellent local guide on site 'Dimiter Georgiev'.
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Here's the link to our full @Team_eBird trip report with the rest of the photographs ebird.org/tripreport/499304
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Not forgetting some of the Birds I picked up on my
Butterfly and Bug walk at Lullymore Co.Kildare
Yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella)
Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus)
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa striata)
Common Whitethroat (Curruca communis)
All In ebird.org/checklist/S3470256…
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Picked up more of the monthly Butterflies and Bugs at Lullymore, Co.Kildare in glorious 29c
Silver Y (Autographa gamma)
Narrow-bordered Bee Hawk-moth (Hemaris tityus)
Marsh Fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia)
Large Cabbage White (Pieris brassicae)@Butterfly_IE @BioDataCentre #insects
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Dingy Skipper (Erynnis tages)
Cryptic Wood White (Leptidea juvernica)
Brown Silver-line (Petrophora chlorosata)
Common Blue (Polyommatus icarus)
Four-spotted (Libellula quadrimaculata) #
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni) #
# Got Photos,But Left Out #
@Butterfly_IE @BioDataCentre
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VIDEO #8 = Grey-headed Woodpecker (Picus canus)
Bulgaria April 2026
Took a 10 day trip to Bulgaria with my good buds @woodlander37, @rhhy and @Kartomsa,
with Paul organising everything through 'Birding Direct' and our excellent local guide on site 'Dimiter Georgiev'.
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Here's the link to our full @Team_eBird trip report with the rest of the photographs ebird.org/tripreport/499304
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Picked up usual monthly Butterflies around Carran Co.Clare
Brimstone (Gonepteryx rhamni)
Pearl-bordered Fritillary (Boloria euphrosyne)
Wood White (Leptidea sinapis)
And a Before & After shot of a . . .
Speckled Wood (Pararge aegeria) see Part 2 . .
@Butterfly_IE @BioDataCentre
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Common Frog (Rana temporaria) & Speckled Wood Butterfly (Pararge aegeria),
The Burren Co.Clare 22-05-2026
Missed a shot of a Dingy Skipper, and no sighting of the Marsh Fritillary. @Butterfly_IE @BioDataCentre
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After visiting my sister, we drove home through Carran, Gort, Loughrea and Ballinasloe before joining the M6.
My wife's bird of the day sightings were 24 Pied Wagtails (Motacilla alba yarrellii) all feeding on the local roads before we joined the motorway.
Nothing Unusual 😊🤩
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VIDEO #7 = Eurasian Green Woodpecker (Picus viridis)
Bulgaria April 2026
Took a 10 day trip to Bulgaria with my good buds
@woodlander37, @rhhy and @Kartomsa, with Paul organising everything through 'Birding Direct' and our excellent local guide on site 'Dimiter Georgiev'.
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Here's the link to our full @Team_eBird trip report with the rest of the photographs ebird.org/tripreport/499304
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