A yellowhammer battling the wind and singing up a storm. #yellowhammer #rahugh #westmeath #birds #ireland @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
June 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
A yellowhammer battling the wind and singing up a storm. #yellowhammer #rahugh #westmeath #birds #ireland @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social
One of a pair of Common Buzzards soaring over the fields in Rahugh, Co. Westmeath last Friday, on one of the hottest days of the year so far. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
July 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
One of a pair of Common Buzzards soaring over the fields in Rahugh, Co. Westmeath last Friday, on one of the hottest days of the year so far. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
A pair of wrens in the meadow successfully raised 4 chicks (probably their second brood). Now comes the tricky part of teaching them to forage for themselves. #wren #dreoilín #troglodytestroglodytes #rahugh #westmeath #ireland @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
July 18, 2026 at 7:24 AM
A pair of wrens in the meadow successfully raised 4 chicks (probably their second brood). Now comes the tricky part of teaching them to forage for themselves. #wren #dreoilín #troglodytestroglodytes #rahugh #westmeath #ireland @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
A juvenile bullfinch wondering when it will be fed next (recorded back in June) #juvenile #fledgling #bullfinch #bird #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A juvenile bullfinch wondering when it will be fed next (recorded back in June) #juvenile #fledgling #bullfinch #bird #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
A new visitor to this perch in the meadow. It can see a faint reflection of itself in the trail cam, hence the bemusement. #trailcam #greycrow #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland
October 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A new visitor to this perch in the meadow. It can see a faint reflection of itself in the trail cam, hence the bemusement. #trailcam #greycrow #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland
Yellowhammers chilling on the 'Pea Perch' in the meadow in Rahugh earlier this winter. #yellowhammer #perch #Rahugh #Westmeath
January 8, 2026 at 8:59 PM
Yellowhammers chilling on the 'Pea Perch' in the meadow in Rahugh earlier this winter. #yellowhammer #perch #Rahugh #Westmeath
I repaired the high perch in the meadow this week after it fell down, and look who came back first. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #BarnOwl #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #trailcam
October 15, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I repaired the high perch in the meadow this week after it fell down, and look who came back first. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #BarnOwl #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #trailcam
A pair of willow warblers in the meadow a couple of weeks ago (video slowed to 50%) #WillowWarbler #bird #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #meadow @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
A pair of willow warblers in the meadow a couple of weeks ago (video slowed to 50%) #WillowWarbler #bird #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #meadow @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
June 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
A yellowhammer singing on a telephone pole this morning in Co. Westmeath, on a glorious early summer morning. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #yellowhammer #Buíóg #Emberizacitrinella #westmeath #rahugh #ireland #nature #wildlife #birds
May 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A yellowhammer singing on a telephone pole this morning in Co. Westmeath, on a glorious early summer morning. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #yellowhammer #Buíóg #Emberizacitrinella #westmeath #rahugh #ireland #nature #wildlife #birds
I see buzzards every week in the midlands - either one the side of the Galway-Dublin motorway or over the fields. Long may it last. #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
July 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I see buzzards every week in the midlands - either one the side of the Galway-Dublin motorway or over the fields. Long may it last. #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
Note how the tail in angled to manouevre as the bird makes a series of slow turns over the meadow #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
July 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Note how the tail in angled to manouevre as the bird makes a series of slow turns over the meadow #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
This row of ash trees in Rahugh survived Storm Éowyn (and all the other storms) unscathed, despite their ivy cladding. They also look to be unaffected by ash dieback. This hedgerow was recorded on the 1837 Ordnance Survey Map as a row of trees (so was already mature back then) #ash #tree #Rahugh
February 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I've a trailcam set up by a wet area in the meadow to record Common snipe but they haven't appeared yet. But it captured a thrush and a fieldfare - a winter migrant from Scandinavia. #fieldfare #thrush #westmeath #ireland #rahugh #wildmeadow
November 30, 2025 at 7:41 PM
I've a trailcam set up by a wet area in the meadow to record Common snipe but they haven't appeared yet. But it captured a thrush and a fieldfare - a winter migrant from Scandinavia. #fieldfare #thrush #westmeath #ireland #rahugh #wildmeadow
First recorded sighting this year of Orange Tailed Mining Bee in Co Westmeath in the Biodiversity Database, in my meadow in Rahugh (feasting on hawthorn pollen). Hopefully a good omen for Westmeath today in the Leinster Final! #wildmeadow #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #OrangeTailedMiningBee
May 17, 2026 at 12:28 PM
First recorded sighting this year of Orange Tailed Mining Bee in Co Westmeath in the Biodiversity Database, in my meadow in Rahugh (feasting on hawthorn pollen). Hopefully a good omen for Westmeath today in the Leinster Final! #wildmeadow #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #OrangeTailedMiningBee
Young bullfinch getting a feed from Dad - recorded on the same perch as the previous clip. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #bullfinch #rahugh #westmeath #ireland #birds #fledged
June 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Young bullfinch getting a feed from Dad - recorded on the same perch as the previous clip. @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #bullfinch #rahugh #westmeath #ireland #birds #fledged
A little bit of the yellowhammer singing (though there are a lot of other birds dinging in the background) @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #yellowhammer #Buíóg #Emberizacitrinella #westmeath #rahugh #ireland #nature #wildlife #birds
May 11, 2025 at 9:11 PM
A little bit of the yellowhammer singing (though there are a lot of other birds dinging in the background) @birdwatchireland.bsky.social #yellowhammer #Buíóg #Emberizacitrinella #westmeath #rahugh #ireland #nature #wildlife #birds
I grew up here and, as a child of the 70s, I never remember seeing a Buzzard. They do seem to have adapted to modern farming practices (they do like 'mopping up' after a field has been cut for silage) #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
July 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
I grew up here and, as a child of the 70s, I never remember seeing a Buzzard. They do seem to have adapted to modern farming practices (they do like 'mopping up' after a field has been cut for silage) #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland #biodiversity #nature #birds
After a bit of an absence, the barn owl has returned to using the high perch in the meadow, and has been hunting from it over the Xmas period. #BarnOwl #Rahugh #Westmeath #wildlife @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
January 4, 2026 at 11:19 PM
After a bit of an absence, the barn owl has returned to using the high perch in the meadow, and has been hunting from it over the Xmas period. #BarnOwl #Rahugh #Westmeath #wildlife @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
Finally, the Common Snipe is back - it's been calling to this flooded part of the meadow at around the same time every night for the last 2 weeks. Those are willow saplings in the background that I planted over the winter. #Rahugh #CommonSnipe @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
February 22, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Finally, the Common Snipe is back - it's been calling to this flooded part of the meadow at around the same time every night for the last 2 weeks. Those are willow saplings in the background that I planted over the winter. #Rahugh #CommonSnipe @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
Someone has finally discovered the perch I built for them (and has used it all week) ! A Common Buzzard surveying the meadow below, on Monday afternoon. #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Someone has finally discovered the perch I built for them (and has used it all week) ! A Common Buzzard surveying the meadow below, on Monday afternoon. #CommonBuzzard #Rahugh #Westmeath @birdwatchireland.bsky.social
I didn't realize that National Tree Week started today, when I set off to plant some trees this morning. I planted 6 apple trees which I got from Irish Seedsavers in Co. Clare (I've been a subscriber for years). #nationaltreeweek #westmeath #ireland #rahugh #appletree
March 9, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I didn't realize that National Tree Week started today, when I set off to plant some trees this morning. I planted 6 apple trees which I got from Irish Seedsavers in Co. Clare (I've been a subscriber for years). #nationaltreeweek #westmeath #ireland #rahugh #appletree
I was wondering when the first frogspawn might appear in the meadow drain, and it looks like it might be a while longer... @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #barnowl #frog #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland
January 28, 2026 at 4:01 PM
I was wondering when the first frogspawn might appear in the meadow drain, and it looks like it might be a while longer... @birdwatchireland.bsky.social @btobirds.bsky.social #barnowl #frog #Rahugh #Westmeath #Ireland