Some pictures I took recently

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Gannet
untitled-7219.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

untitled-7186.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

untitled-7017.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Razorbill
untitled-6994.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Oystercatcher
untitled-6971.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Herring Gull
untitled-6706.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Puffin
untitled-6614.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

untitled-6602.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

ThunderCat

I got my first camera a couple of days ago and these are a few shots I took today as I try and get used to it. The settings are automatic as I don't know how to use it properly yet

Nightforce 65X55

Anyone Know that the last Bird is ? The one with the beak full of insects......

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TopTec

Lovely pics Nightforce.

The plant is a Crocosmia. Lots of varieties, possibly a Lucifer, but probably Montbretia.

TT

Nightforce 65X55

Thanks top tec. Yes i think it is lucifer. Have the same one in my garden. Thanks.

splish

Freshly emerged 7-spot ladybird

keps

Took this photo a few days ago and didn't realise until I enlarged the image at home what it was.

And I was taken aback and a bit sad when I saw it.

But I'm a bit of a softie.

It's nature and life goes on.

Some might prefer to avoid it-- as it is a sandmartin having to rid the 'nest' of a dead chick.


So there is a good gap to the photo




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Bonedigger

I could be wrong keps, but it looks like a faecal sac and not a dead chick?

keps

Bonedigger wrote: »

I could be wrong keps, but it looks like a faecal sac and not a dead chick?

I would say there is a 100% chance that you are right and I ( once again ) am wrong.

But delighted to be:)

Bonedigger

There's obviously some well-fed chicks in there somewhere!:)

keps

Bonedigger wrote: »

There's obviously some well-fed chicks in there somewhere!:)

You would want to see the effort the parents put into collecting food in flight and delivering it into the nest
- just does your heart good.

Gaspode

Closeup of a woodlouses head


Tiny beetle of some sort (also a closeup, about 4-5mm long). sorry it's fuzzy, hard to hold the camera steady when zooming in.


Ant not impressed with me following it


some critters getting it on...

Bonedigger

Gaspode wrote: »

Tiny beetle of some sort (also a closeup, about 4-5mm long). sorry it's fuzzy, hard to hold the camera steady when zooming in.

This looks like a Green Shieldbug in late instar stage.

splish

Scaeva pyrastri (hoverfly)



Nematus pavidus (sawfly larva)



Ruby-tailed wasp

keps

This morning, Lucan Demesne

High wire act

Interslice

Took these last november so not that recent...
A tiny stonefly nymph on a blade of grass



and a freshwater fish louse.

Bonedigger

Four-spotted Chaser (Libellula quadrimaculata)






Marsh Woundwort (Stachys palustris)




Slender St. John's-wort (Hypericum pulchrum)






A Marmalade Hoverfly feeding on Slender St. John's-wort

keps

Meteorite58

Ballygamboon Wood near Castlemaine Co Kerry today.

Heath Spotted-orchid I think



Meadow Brown

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Capercaillie

Sign for the farm!

keps

Capercaillie wrote: »

Sign for the farm!

Go hiontach ar fad!

Gaspode

Can anyone name these 2 plants? I suspect the salmon/pink flower might be a campion, but I'm not sure.

Bonedigger

The plant with the red-coloured flowers is a Scarlet Pimpernel, and the plant with the lime-green bracts looks like a Sun Spurge (Euphorbia sp.), but I may be corrected on that one?!

keps

This morning Lucan Demesne
Grey Heron

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Was out looking for the Kingfisher earlier when I spotted something in the water moving against the flow. I moved position and got these photos. Clearly someone released this Terrapin and he seems to be thriving in an Irish River . He is about 15 to 20 cm long and looks very healthy.....

Interslice

Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

Was out looking for the Kingfisher earlier when I spotted something in the water moving against the flow. I moved position and got these photos. Clearly someone released this Terrapin and he seems to be thriving in an Irish River . He is about 15 to 20 cm long and looks very healthy.....

That's a yellow belly slider turtle, an invasive species here. Hopefully they won't become a major problem.

http://www.google.ie/url?sa=t&source=web&cd=14&ved=0CFMQFjANahUKEwi4x4Ca-93GAhWCINsKHRWrAkg&url=http%3A%2F%2Finvasivespeciesireland.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2011%2F03%2FTrachemys_scripta__Species_Alert.pdf&rct=j&q=yellow%20belly%20slider&ei=ysCmVbi6F4LB7AaV1orABA&usg=AFQjCNFxh0jppcGC0oozM-gfqqglrp5NpQ&sig2=sldwagH5DvcXGRvFQZmXeA