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Some pictures I took recently

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#5672 23-06-2015 11:14am
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The Bee Orchid is beautiful. Where did you see this splish?

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#5673 23-06-2015 2:31pm
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Bonedigger wrote: »

The Bee Orchid is beautiful. Where did you see this splish?

Seen it at a BSBI field meeting near Ballyhale, Co. Kilkenny.

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#5674 23-06-2015 4:54pm
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#5675 23-06-2015 4:59pm
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#5676 24-06-2015 12:43am
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A Red-necked Footman, Atolmis rubricollis, i think.

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#5677 24-06-2015 10:04am
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Bogbean Menyanthes trifoliata

Marsh Cinquefoil Potentilla palustris

Meadow Thistle Cirsium dissectum

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#5678 24-06-2015 5:59pm
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Got a new lens , A Canon 70-300 IS USM , and gave it a work out today, looking good so far....

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#5679 24-06-2015 6:03pm
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#5680 24-06-2015 7:45pm
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Met this little guy yesterday at Howth Harbour while having my Fish 'n Chips on the pier, and yes they were yummy.......

Photo taken with my phone camera so not great....

A "Long-billed Starling"............:rolleyes: Kinda grumpy lookin'...

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#5681 25-06-2015 11:46am
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Ringlet Aphantopus hyperantus

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#5682 25-06-2015 3:23pm
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I've been trying to get a decent picture of a Kingfisher for years , and today I finally got him , what a spectacular bird....

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#5683 28-06-2015 12:19am
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nice kingfisher there. I only saw one once and it was to dark to get a decent pic...

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#5684 28-06-2015 9:42am
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#5685 28-06-2015 9:43am
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#5686 28-06-2015 11:18am
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I have seen a couple of pictures of robins put up.
Are they the female or a juvenile? Didn't think robins had yellow spots.

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#5687 28-06-2015 11:26am
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Tigerandahalf wrote: »

I have seen a couple of pictures of robins put up.
Are they the female or a juvenile? Didn't think robins had yellow spots.

They are Pictures of a Juvenile Robin , haven't seen the adults around ...

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#5688 28-06-2015 11:59am
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Small Cudweed Filago minima, a plant with a very limited distribution in Ireland.

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#5689 28-06-2015 5:16pm
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Sand Martin

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#5690 28-06-2015 8:56pm
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Dragon Fly

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#5691 28-06-2015 9:13pm
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It's a damselfly keps.
It looks like a male Beautiful Demoiselle.

Edit: Actually looking at the wings, it's possible it's a Banded Demoiselle.

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#5692 28-06-2015 9:16pm
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Thanks Bonedigger

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#5693 29-06-2015 1:50pm
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SandMartin

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#5694 29-06-2015 2:24pm
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Damselfly( I hope)- banks of Liffey this morning

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#5695 29-06-2015 4:23pm
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Yes keps, that's a Banded Demoiselle.

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#5696 29-06-2015 9:14pm
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Was out on the hill last night and got some nice photos of the Sika Deer , It was late and the last photo was taken @ about 22:15 so they are a bit Grainy.

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#5697 29-06-2015 9:19pm
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A Couple of Macro Shots this time... Does anyone Know what the Beetle is ?

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#5698 29-06-2015 9:29pm
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Nightforce 65X55 your flower is Selfheal Prunella vulgaris.

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#5699 29-06-2015 9:37pm
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splish wrote: »

Nightforce 65X55 your flower is Selfheal Prunella vulgaris.

Excellent little plant , I just looked it up , nature provides a cure all in this little plant , thanks Splish, something new learned , every Day...

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#5700 29-06-2015 11:30pm
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Royal Canal near Maynooth
Grey Wagtail

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#5701 30-06-2015 7:55am
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The butterfly is a Speckled Wood.

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