Some pictures I took recently

dodderangler

keps wrote: »

He always hits the buzzer first!:)

Il get him eventually

Woodville56

keps wrote: »

Where were they taken?

They don't look like your 'average' duck

Do you know what type they are?

Pintail and Shoveler duck at Rahasane Turlough, Craughwell , Galway yesterday ! One of the best sites to see good numbers of wintering Pintail . Thought they would be gone by now ! Also loads of wigeon there and a few white fronted geese !

mikka631

A Feral Goat at Glendalough who was very surprised to see me peeping around a rock with the camera,

Art Deko

keps

This morning - Liffey at Lucan Demesne

dodderangler

Kills me seeing that.

OpenYourEyes

dodderangler wrote: »

Kills me seeing that.

Cormorants have no significant impacts on fish stocks, so don't worry too much!

keps

dodderangler wrote: »

Kills me seeing that.

Deleted

dodderangler

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Cormorants have no significant impacts on fish stocks, so don't worry too much!

What about in a river?
They destroyed a lot of decent parts in the dodder and 2 were taken care of

bumper234

In a park in Cheshire last week

OpenYourEyes

dodderangler wrote: »

What about in a river?
They destroyed a lot of decent parts in the dodder and 2 were taken care of

I spent 3 years walking a good long stretch of the Dodder on a regular basis and i'd safely conclude that fishermen were a bigger problem than Cormorants, not to mention habitat issues too.

If you do the math there's 1 or 2 cormorants over several km's, in which there's a huge amount of fish/trout of various sizes - that's why fish lay thousands of eggs, and that's why cormorants space themselves out so much especially on smaller rivers - it's not in the cormorants interest to significantly impact the food source in it's territory!

Feel free to show me a scientific paper or report that has found Cormorants to have a negative impact on fish stocks on a river like the Dodder, but until then it seems that the cormorant is being used as a scapegoat - helped by the fact that its 'ugly' and black.

keps wrote: »

Deleted

Up to you, but I don't think Doodderangler was suggesting it needed to be deleted.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

I assume if these cormorants were "dealt with" that either it was under licence (which would not be granted on the basis of just two birds) or that you reported those who carried out this illegal act.
As you know I fish regularly and I have no problem with Cormorants. Its the non catch and release anglers that are the true problem: in conjunction with deterioration of the environment.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Keps, Put the picture back please. Your photography is exceptional and what was it only a nature shot?

OpenYourEyes

It's up to Keps if he wants the pics here or not. Keps, PM me if you want me to restore it (better to have it in it's original place than reuploading it)

dodderangler

No keps don't take it down. I meant no offence by my comment. Just I hate seeing cormorants on my river. Seen them eat 2-3 fish in space of few hours and on stretch of river I fish they destroyed the fish stocks. It's a great pic and hope you didn't take offence.
Srameen they were legally taken care of by fisheries board as they done a significant amount of damage and as someone who fished the spot almost every day I noticed the decline in figures of trout.
Once they were dealt with it took roughly a year before the trout started to show numbers again.

keps

Hopefully - this is a less controversial one:)

whyulittle

Bloody Treecreepers, wrecking all our trees!! :mad:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Just as an aside here are some of the findings from Tierney,  N.,  Lusby,  J.,  &  Lauder,  A.  (2011) in A  preliminary  assessment  of  the  potential  impacts  of  Cormorant  Phalacrocorax  carbo  predation  on  salmonids
The  findings  of  this  study  indicate  that,  at  a  population  level,  Cormorants  do  not  selectively  target  salmonid  smolts  during  their  seaward  migration,  at  the  sites  studied. ...   where  data  was  available  on  Cormorant  diet  composition,  predation  has  an  insignificant  population  level  impact  on  salmonids....The  findings  also  highlight  the  perceptions  of  fishery  interests  in  relation  to  Cormorants,  who  view  the  species  as  posing  a  significant  threat  that  necessitates  proactive  mitigation  to  rectify.

It's long (150 pages) and I only have a hard copy but I'm sure it's online somewhere.

Apologies for drifting from the photos.:o

keps

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

It's up to Keps if he wants the pics here or not. Keps, PM me if you want me to restore it (better to have it in it's original place than reuploading it)

I tried to send a Pm about 30 mins ago- did I do it correctly?

OpenYourEyes

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

.....some of the findings from Tierney, N., Lusby, J., & Lauder, A. (2011) in A preliminary assessment of the potential impacts of Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo predation on salmonids

........................I'm sure it's online somewhere..........

Here it is

keps wrote: »

I tried to send a Pm about 30 mins ago- did I do it correctly?

Yes, I've just restored your Cormorant pictures on the previous page!

keps

Yesterday while walking-nowhere near no nest:)

Can you hear the silence?

emo72

keps you that guy with the nikon gear? im not stalking you, honestly:pac:

keps

emo72 wrote: »

keps you that guy with the nikon gear? im not stalking you, honestly:pac:

I certainly fit the bill:P

emo72

keps wrote: »

I certainly fit the bill:P

ah sure, I'll say hello next time.

keps

emo72 wrote: »

ah sure, I'll say hello next time.

I'm Brian btw:)

keps

Boards: Nature & Bird Watching- where friendships begin

:pac::pac::pac:

dodderangler

Keps
You that guy sitting outside in the tree looking at my neighbour when she gets home from work

sdevine89

vandriver

Small Tortoiseshell

vandriver

Pair of goldcrests