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Some pictures I took recently

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    #4412
    OpenYourEyes
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    Woodville56 wrote: »
    Dunno ? Didn't get time yet to research - your thoughts ? Have amended original posting !

    The fact that the beak is pink would make me think it's albino - if you have a picture of the eye, and it's pink, then it's albino.


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    #4413
    splish
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭splish


    7-spot ladybird Coccinella 7 punctata

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    #4414
    KJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,053 ✭✭✭KJ


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    #4415
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Some of you may recall this earlier post from me commenting on how plants survive in strange places.
    keps wrote: »
    Where things grow/survive

    This morning I just noticed this nettle growing on a broken branch of tree which had fallen into the Liffey!


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    Well during the summer and coming into Autumn, I have kept an eye on my ' nettles' when out for a walk along the Liffey.

    In fact a few weeks ago, I was tempted to post this shot to show it still surviving while the water level was rising!

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    Anyway this morning on my walk I glanced over to see how my nettles were doing- and spotted the distinctive 'blue' colour alongside...

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    I unholstered my nikon and zoomed in and did a a bit of subsequent pp work

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    The moral of the story is that it pays to keep an eye on your nettles:):):)


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    #4416
    Bonedigger
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    #4417
    splish
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    Angle Shades Phlogophora meticulosa in the garden yesterday, always nice to see.

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    #4418
    splish
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    Blue Fleabane Erigeron acris.

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    #4419
    keps
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    #4420
    trebor28
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    Just a few photos i have taken over the summer, havent been out as often as i'd have liked.

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    #4421
    keps
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    #4422
    splish
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    Eyebright Euphrasia sp from Ballyteige Burrow.

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    #4423
    keps
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    This morning Lucan Demesne

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    #4424
    Woodville56
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    Whinchat yestetday , Inishbofin


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    #4425
    vistafinder
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    Cuckoo still in West Cork

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    Cuckoo by vistafind, on Flickr

    Might be looking for some snacks before heading off. I think this is a Fox moth caterpillar.

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    Caterpiller by vistafind, on Flickr

    Kestrel
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    Meadow pipit


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    #4426
    OpenYourEyes
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    15314452135_8bdb0edf83_b.jpgGrey Seal by BBurke88, on Flickr


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    #4427
    Bonedigger
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    @ vistafinder,
    I love that cuckoo shot.:)
    Sadly,I've only heard a cuckoo once this year in my neck of the woods.


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    #4428
    splish
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    Common Poppy Papaver rhoeas seed capsule.

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    #4429
    Bonedigger
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    A couple of rather shy birds on the Liffey this weekend :D:
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    Splish Splash
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    #4430
    vistafinder
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    Bonedigger wrote: »
    @ vistafinder,
    I love that cuckoo shot.:)
    Sadly,I've only heard a cuckoo once this year in my neck of the woods.

    I was getting worried earlier in the year too when I couldnt hear them but im glad to say there seems to be very healthy numbers around here. Had missed pics about 6 times during the summer between out of focus and too far away and not fast enough. I was out for a walk during the summer on a hilly boreen and I counted 2 flying 1 cuckooing away on a tree and another making what can only be described as monkey sound. Dont know what the hell was going on but it was Brilliant!


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    #4431
    Bonedigger
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    I'm delighted to hear there are healthy numbers where you are.
    I have to confess,I've never actually seen a cuckoo.I've heard plenty through the years,but have never been lucky enough to see one.I guess I'll have to wait patiently for another year so.


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    #4432
    whyulittle
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    The ones I've watched at Boora - a lot of the time they would drop out of the tree low down and just move further along to the next tree, as opposed to flushing out the top or side of the tree in full view.


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    #4433
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    I am always chuffed by having a Cuckoo in my BTO Garden Birdwatch species list, after one flew in and settled in a tree beside me as I had my coffee in the garden a few years back. 10 feet away.


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    #4434
    Bonedigger
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    Brown Hawker
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    #4435
    OpenYourEyes
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    Going through my Rockabill pics properly now - I'll try and just post the more unusual ones! :D

    Common Terns fighting over food!
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    Common Tern looking like it's at a showdown!
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    Common Tern fledgling begging for food
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    #4436
    splish
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    What I think is a Pieridae butterfly chrysalis

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    #4437
    splish
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    Burnet Rose Rosa spinosissima flower & hip from Ballyteige Burrow.

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    #4438
    ODubhain82
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    Found this huge caterpillar. The coin beside it is a 2 euro. Anyone know what it might be?


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    #4439
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    ODubhain82 wrote: »
    Found this huge caterpillar. The coin beside it is a 2 euro. Anyone know what it might be?

    No picture!


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    #4440
    ODubhain82
    Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭ODubhain82


    Found this huge caterpillar. The coin beside it is a 2 euro. Anyone know what it might be? It was about twice as big as any other caterpillar I've seen before.

    https://m.flickr.com/#/photos/24726559@N07/15327611586/


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    #4441
    maticm18
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    Nice:)


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