Some pictures I took recently

keps · 21-01-2016 11:32pm

And another Redpoll!

Caught in the early( not too early though) morning light

Hotei · 21-01-2016 11:52pm

Little Grebe

Jay

Collared Earthstar

Nightforce 65X55 · 22-01-2016 6:17pm

Can't understand people , there are signs posted around the phoenix park telling people not to Feed the Wild Deer, but this still goes on ....

Fallow Doe taking the Carrot by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Fallow Buck taking a carrot by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Bucks in line Waitring for a Carrot by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Fallow Buck by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Zebrano · 22-01-2016 8:24pm

Yea that goes on constantly.
Whats even worse are the people who let their kids feed them.

keps · 23-01-2016 2:38pm

My ‘friendly’ Sparrowhawk paid another ‘flying’ visit to the back garden today
Unfortunately he kept his back to me!

TedR · 23-01-2016 2:49pm

Lovely spar, great pics. The adult males really have rich colouring when you get a chance to see them up close. This lad certainly has your garden on his regular beat. The local sparrowhawks where I live also do a regular round of the local bird feeders, garden to garden. Think of it as 'secondary' feeding from your hanging peanut and niger stations :-)

keps · 23-01-2016 3:50pm

siskin

keps · 23-01-2016 10:10pm

I've been watching this little fella for the last 3 weeks or so- a tough little nut I can tell you.
Just as territorial as the Robin, I think - another male blackcap came into the garden today to about 40 ft away and your man chased him away within a split second.

He would eat apples all day long - and I'm glad to say he seems( to me) to have put on a few ounces in the last few weeks

Hope Lidl keep down the price of their bags of Fun-sized apple

Nightforce 65X55 · 24-01-2016 12:59am

The Sparrowhawk was on the prowl today , I was watching the Goldfinches on the feeders when all of a sudden they all took off , every bird in sight left , even the pigeons on the roof behind my house and the Magpies. I went out into the garden to have a look to see what frightened them off , and in the distance , about 400yds away I saw him . The photos have been cropped to the last to get decent sized images , but the L Lenses really captured the image well.....

I have 3 more images but cant load them to boards , keep getting Server Error , I will try again tomorrow....

ok here they are from my Flickr A/C

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Sparrowhawk 5 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Sparrowhawk 4 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Sparrowhawk 3 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Sparrowhawk 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

savagethegoat · 24-01-2016 12:15pm

I've had an influx of Greenfinch today, possibly nearly a dozen where I got few before.

Only half decent pic I got so far

splish · 24-01-2016 12:17pm

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium in flower during the week.

Opposite-leaved Golden-saxifrage Chrysosplenium oppositifolium by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

savagethegoat · 24-01-2016 1:30pm

Greenfinch

LinF · 24-01-2016 1:35pm

I'm still learning - could you guys give the names please? The pictures are fantastic.

yellowlabrador · 24-01-2016 3:19pm

the first celandines

keps · 24-01-2016 10:13pm

goldfinch

savagethegoat · 24-01-2016 10:46pm

more Nijer seed sprinkling?

Nightforce 65X55 · 25-01-2016 12:13am

The Light wasn't great today for photos on the Hill but got a shot of the Raven at around 08:30 or 09:00 this morning and a couple of the Robin Singing its heart out and a few others ....

There seems to be an issue with uploading photos , I keep getting Server Errors , the File appears on the post but no photo is connected to it , has anyone else had similar problems or are the Mods aware of the issue ?

I could only get this one photo to load , Will try again tomorrow to load the rest....

savagethegoat · 25-01-2016 2:52pm

I relented and put Nijer out again.....a Great Tit found it within 2 minutes and was closely followed by any number of Gold finch. Pictures later!

savagethegoat · 25-01-2016 2:54pm

Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

There seems to be an issue with uploading photos , I keep getting Server Errors , the File appears on the post but no photo is connected to it , has anyone else had similar problems or are the Mods aware of the issue ?

I could only get this one photo to load , Will try again tomorrow to load the rest....

I'm finding Boards very slow and it keeps double loading posts, no doubt a result of the recent problems. I'm sure it will improve.

Nightforce 65X55 · 25-01-2016 3:31pm

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Goldcrest by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Raven 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Redpoll by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Robin 4 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Still unable to load photos via Manage Attachments....

keps · 25-01-2016 9:58pm

long-tailed tit

long tailed tit

keps · 25-01-2016 10:20pm

Can't see the top of its head- but hoping this is a Goldcrest?

keps · 25-01-2016 10:47pm

One last one ... thought this was an interesting scene from the 'flooded field' in St Catherine's Park in Lucan today... a couple of herons, a few ducks, a moorhen and a Highland cow(in the background & caught in the harsh midday sunshine).

savagethegoat · 26-01-2016 10:46am

feeder relocated to a slightly more sheltered position, still blowing as you can see but the Goldfinch are hanging on in there. May have to bring it in later if it gets any windier.

stevensi · 26-01-2016 12:40pm

keps wrote: »

Can't see the top of its head- but hoping this is a Goldcrest?

Yep that is a goldcrest alright...seeing lots about this year...

savagethegoat · 26-01-2016 1:04pm

not great pics due to rain on the glass I think but....

savagethegoat · 26-01-2016 1:35pm

keps · 26-01-2016 2:25pm

Redpoll in the rain( I feel a song coming on:))

redpoll

savagethegoat · 26-01-2016 2:41pm

He looks fed up

keps · 26-01-2016 5:31pm

another visit today... just a short while ago again kinda hiding among the branches making him very difficult to photograph
- he kept looking up,down and around. He then took off at speed almost vertically
- I think in pursuit of a bird I just caught a glimpse of- but then went out of my line of view-- over the doorjamb in the kitchen:mad:

sparrowhawk

whyulittle · 26-01-2016 6:02pm

That Sparrowhawk is really working its charms on you keps.

keps · 26-01-2016 7:10pm

whyulittle wrote: »

That Sparrowhawk is really working its charms on you keps.

I'm not sure whether it's the milder weather or the sparrowhawk - but I notice that there are not as many birds feeding in the last few days as there were earlier in the month and also that they seem a lot more 'spooked' ( ie take off suddenly/very often)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 26-01-2016 7:13pm

A regular visit from the Sparrowhawk will deter birds. But then he'll move on and they'll come back. Balance, balance balance.

keps · 26-01-2016 8:11pm

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

A regular visit from the Sparrowhawk will deter birds. But then he'll move on and they'll come back. Balance, balance balance.

Thanks- I notice that the Reed Bunting who was a daily visitor( a few times a day) up to a week ago had not appeared at all since the Sparrowhawk started making more 'regular' forays . I hope he wasn't a victim!

Tiercel Dave · 27-01-2016 12:13am

This might just about qualify!

Mech1 · 27-01-2016 12:14am

quote "This might just about qualify!"

Are you sprinkling Niger seed on that stump?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 27-01-2016 10:29am

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

This might just about qualify!

Saw that in the Times the other day. What a great idea. Lovely piece.

keps · 27-01-2016 11:50am

siskin

tricky D · 27-01-2016 2:52pm

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

Saw that in the Times the other day. What a great idea. Lovely piece.

And it's not yet finished with more to be done this spring I think. It's made by some fella who comes over from the UK and the carving is all done with chainsaws.

Nightforce 65X55 · 28-01-2016 8:16pm

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Yellow Hammer in the Rain by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Yellow Hammer 3 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Yellow Hammer 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

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Yellow Hammer 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

And a Redwing......

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Redwing by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

keps · 28-01-2016 9:57pm

bluetit

savagethegoat · 29-01-2016 12:56pm

Spotted this morning. Blackwater valley west of Mallow. I think they're Curlew. Photo is into the sun and they were a fair way away.

savagethegoat · 29-01-2016 12:59pm

also spotted , this Heron acroos the field where the field had been flooded recently. He obligingly flew off across the road.

savagethegoat · 29-01-2016 1:02pm

Finally through the undergrowth I glimpsed these

I was actually hunting for Egret and Shag reported in the area, no luck

stevensi · 29-01-2016 3:42pm

I was actually hunting for Egret and Shag reported in the area, no luck[/QUOTE]

You won't get Shag in Mallow (sounds rude I know). It's far too inland and they are true sea birds. It would probably be Cormorants that you would pick up there.

savagethegoat · 29-01-2016 5:04pm

stevensi wrote: »

I was actually hunting for Egret and Shag reported in the area, no luck

You won't get Shag in Mallow (sounds rude I know). It's far too inland and they are true sea birds. It would probably be Cormorants that you would pick up there.[/QUOTE]

I don.t know the difference but the reported sightings were at Roskeen just west of the bridge upsteam of the Awbeg. I actually spotted one tonight driving by, swimming and diving. The Curlew (or were they Whmbrel?) are just opposite the turnn for Longueville house and still there tonight, up to 30 of them

keps · 29-01-2016 11:43pm

One last garden photo - before hopefully the weather gets a bit better and we can get out and about.
This Blackcap's antics are a treat to watch as he scurries around the place - and even chirping out the odd melodious note! I'm getting to like him a lot

LinF · 30-01-2016 11:41am

Another new bird for me. I find their expressions almost human - the first one says to me "wow, where to star?" and the second one says "now think.........."

dodderangler · 30-01-2016 12:35pm

Out hunting this morning and my big female is back. Havint seen her for a while. Thought the bad weather may have moved her to lower ground.

vistafinder · 30-01-2016 7:11pm

Bank Vole

untitled-4212.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Some pictures I took recently

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