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Some pictures I took recently

Nerin · 2008-07-20 13:23:13

all manner of beasties and birdies been around my house lately, or the forest across the way.

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#2552 07-03-2013 10:04am

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basillarkin wrote: »

What kind of camera would you guys recommend for a beginner? budget is an issue also.

Depends on your budget. A second hand DSLR (Canon or Nikon) would be a good start, but be prepared to pay from €300.

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#2553 07-03-2013 10:13am

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To photograph wildlife,you generally need a long lens.I use a 300mm that rarely feels long enough,so I have to crop most shots.The sister site to this www.adverts.ie is a good place to hunt for second hand gear.(I got my 70-300 Canon is there second hand for €275)

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#2554 07-03-2013 11:40am

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vandriver wrote: »

To photograph wildlife,you generally need a long lens.I use a 300mm that rarely feels long enough,so I have to crop most shots.The sister site to this www.adverts.ie is a good place to hunt for second hand gear.(I got my 70-300 Canon is there second hand for €275)

I would strongly agree. This time last year I got a very good 'bridge' camera. It's a halfway house between SLR and compact with 1000mm optical and 2000 mm digital lens. Great for the garden or the hide but hopeless for fast action. So, IMHO, get the best kit your budget will allow and you can carry. You can always upgrade over time.

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#2555 07-03-2013 7:18pm

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21 species in the back garden today including Long-tailed Tits, Siskins, Blackcaps, a single Goldcrest and Brambling and this Redandyellowpoll!

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#2556 08-03-2013 12:16am

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Looks like it has been feeding on catkins

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#2557 08-03-2013 9:44pm

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Yellowhammer today

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#2558 09-03-2013 6:17pm

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My resident Peregrines, quite a distance from there base. approx 13km
Presume thats the female on the left?

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#2559 09-03-2013 6:24pm

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Great shots of the Peres
Yeah I reckon with the size of the two the one on left is female

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#2560 09-03-2013 7:12pm

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#2561 10-03-2013 5:42pm

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In relation to my last post, I finally caught a Cormorant along the river this afternoon. I only had a fixed focal length lens of 50mm on me but I think the image turned out pretty well. It was taken at the Seán O'Casey footbridge.

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#2562 12-03-2013 9:23pm

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Something a little bit different:

A Takahe, taken in Zealandia, a fully enclosed Valley in Wellington surrounded by fencing and completely pest free, designed to allow native species to reassert themselves.
The Takehe is a south island native and only 225 of them remain, the pair in Zealandia are quite old and after many unsuccessful breeding attempts (always infertile eggs) they were moved here to retire and allow the public to be more aware of them.

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#2563 12-03-2013 11:51pm

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Sparrowhawk

Some of 75 Whooper Swans, with some Hares in the background.

Juvenile Peregrine?

Lapwing

Some Golden Plover, going black!

And a Sparrow in the back garden.

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#2564 13-03-2013 1:36pm

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Grey Wagtail by carl cotter, on Flickr

Shelduck by carl cotter, on Flickr

Black Tailed Godwits by carl cotter, on Flickr

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#2565 13-03-2013 9:01pm

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A pair of Long-tailed Tits are daily visitors to the feeders now. In and out regularly during the day.

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#2566 14-03-2013 11:11pm

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Sorry, I've been MIA the last few months; I've just been checking in occasionally to see the photos. Life hit the fast lane.
Is this breeding plumage on the cormorant? I've checked back over my many photos taken down near Heuston, and none of them have that white head, though it was the red mark near the beak that first caught my attention. Sorry, slightly grainy, had to use digital zoom. I saw six of them on the wall that used to be the old Hickey's building one day last week - it's unusual to see more than two.

Taken with my Canon SX30.

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#2567 14-03-2013 11:20pm

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Lot of robins lately...
Robin by carl cotter, on Flickr

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#2568 15-03-2013 10:31am

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#2569 15-03-2013 10:46am

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Lots of birdies here. Are we allowed shots of dinner?

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#2570 15-03-2013 12:55pm

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Not that I have anything against birds - it's just that they're well-covered here. This is my buddy Cyril de Squirrel on my skylight.

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#2571 15-03-2013 11:19pm

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Living it up in Johnstown Castle:

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#2572 16-03-2013 9:10pm

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Red squirrel at Woodstock , Inistioge

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#2573 16-03-2013 11:05pm

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LTT & GT

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#2574 17-03-2013 12:14am

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A Goldfinch with the gold missing.

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#2575 18-03-2013 5:16pm

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oyster catcher yesterday

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#2577 19-03-2013 12:57pm

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And this is Mrs. Beryl de Squirrel, on one of her five-a-day.

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#2578 20-03-2013 9:46pm

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Not the most exciting photo:o
My new nettle patch on the farm (40 m x 4m). Well rotted farmyard dung embedded with chopped up nettle rhizomes. Will provide an early cover patch which will hopefully attract a corncrake. More early cover patches will be planted in the next couple of weeks.

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#2579 21-03-2013 12:34am

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Kind of related - the Big Meadow, part of the Shannon Callows just south of Athlone. I had been there about a month earlier and it was completely under water. You can see the white water line on the bushes.

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#2580 21-03-2013 1:35pm

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Capercaille wrote: »

Not the most exciting photo:o
My new nettle patch on the farm (40 m x 4m). Well rotted farmyard dung embedded with chopped up nettle rhizomes. Will provide an early cover patch which will hopefully attract a corncrake. More early cover patches will be planted in the next couple of weeks.

That's great to see well done on doing this. May be a small patch but if all landowners did the same it would make a big difference. Well done

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#2581 21-03-2013 6:22pm

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Brambling back again!

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