Thanks Rob!
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
#birds #hummingbirds #BirdsSeenIn2026
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
#Galapagos #birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
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
Small Hummingbird, calling.
Small Hummingbird, perched.
Andean Emerald, Ecuador. #Hummingbirds #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Striking looking Flycatcher with bright red body plumage, perched on a twig.
Vermilion Flycatcher, Ecuador. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Siskin with a seed head in its beak
Hooded Siskin- Puembo, Quito, Ecuador.
#Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Tarantula on the trunk of a banana tree.
Spider with blue "net" ready to throw on its prey.
Tarantula and Net-casting Spider from the Amazon Basin, Ecuador. #Arachnids
Otter eating a fish
Giant River Otter, Sacha Lodge, Ecuador #Otter
Great Frigatebird chick being fed by its father.
Feeding time for the Great Frigatebird chick.
Genovese Island #Galapagos #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Scrub Tanager with a mouthful of banana
Scrub Tanager at Puembo Birding Garden, Quito, Ecuador. #Birds #BirdsSeenIn2026
Head of an alligator-like Caiman just above the water surface.
Spectacled Caiman - Pilchicocha lake, Amazon basin, Ecuador.