Some pictures I took recently

gzoladz

keps wrote: »

juvenile kingfisher preening

Great shot! You two have become best buddies!

fin12

Goganbarra Co.Cork
Collie Dog.
Mizzen Head West Cork.

Unfortunately was quite foggy.

keps

I like this pic a lot.. not too sure why.. maybe it's because GOT is back :P


greyjoy

keps

Same bird- same day


grey heron

Hotei

keps wrote: »

Same bird- same day


grey heron

A cracking shot, keps!

keps

@hotie- thanks
The light just happened to pick him out against a dark water background

GhostInTheRuins

Can anybody help identify this dragonfly that I found dead in the garden? I've never seen dragonflies here before, we get plenty of damselflies but never big monsters like this!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Can anybody help identify this dragonfly that I found dead in the garden? I've never seen dragonflies here before, we get plenty of damselflies but never big monsters like this!

I'm not great with Dragonflies but it could be an Emperor Dragonfly; although the green on the abdomen is throwing me.

magicbastarder

common green darner?
(not based in any way on expertise, but on google image search...)

magicbastarder

scratch that, it's not native to europe.

whyulittle

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

I'm not great with Dragonflies but it could be an Emperor Dragonfly; although the green on the abdomen is throwing me.

Females are more green than blue on the abdomen according to NBDC guide.

GhostInTheRuins

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

I'm not great with Dragonflies but it could be an Emperor Dragonfly; although the green on the abdomen is throwing me.

whyulittle wrote: »

Females are more green than blue on the abdomen according to NBDC guide.

That's it alright!

For some reason the tail looks more green in the pictures I posted earlier. It's definitely as blue as in your post there.

Mystery solved, thanks folks!

New Home

GhostInTheRuins wrote: »

Can anybody help identify this dragonfly that I found dead in the garden? I've never seen dragonflies here before, we get plenty of damselflies but never big monsters like this!

What a stunning creature!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

New Home wrote: »

What a stunning creature!

They are spectacular in flight.

New Home

We have a veritable glut of damselflies around here, this year. It's amazing to see them, it's like watching air ballet.

jimmynokia

Testing a new mobile phone and took these two..

New Home

Those with a mobile phone??? :eek: :cool: Are you sure it's not a high tech camera that also happens to make phone calls??

jimmynokia

New Home wrote: »

Those with a mobile phone??? :eek: :cool: Are you sure it's not a high tech camera that also happens to make phone calls??

LOL Nope its new but not releaseed here yet. Its up on my social networks too check the efix data.. Im actually impressed myself with how good it is..

New Home

jimmynokia wrote: »

LOL Nope its new but not releaseed here yet. Its up on my social networks too check the efix data.. Im actually impressed myself with how good it is..

Hmmm. What brand could it ever be, I wonder... :pac:

keps

On the Dodder

Harry- my local heron:)

harry

gzoladz

Catching up with some holiday pictures while recovering from surgery, what's temporarily keeping me with very limited options for birding.

These are from Galicia, Spain, earlier this month. Not great photos but nice to see some new species.

Rock lizard, Turtle Dove, Cirl Bunting, Serin, Waxbill, Sardinia Warbler, Sistin Cisticola

Hotei

Red Admiral




Meadow Brown




Common Blue (female)






Ringlets




A female Wood White ovipositing on the foliage of Bird's-foot trefoil




Silver-washed Fritillary (male)

gzoladz

Hotei, these are beautiful!

New Home

Is the second last bird in Gzoladz's post a blackcap?

Portlawslim

Grasshopper by George O Mahony, on Flickr

bernard0368

gzoladz

New Home wrote: »

Is the second last bird in Gzoladz's post a blackcap?

Sardinia warbler. I wasn't going to keep that photo (poor quality) until I was told they are quite secretive and difficult to photograph.

And I actually went back to try to get a better shot, but nope...

For the record I also ticked Nightjar (loads) and Scops Owl (one), but both only at night. Their calls are very distinctive so if they are there they are not difficult to find. I tried to find the late evening to at least get a record shot, but again, no luck.

New Home

Cooooool!! It is like a treasure hunt, only better! And scops owls sound to me like the warning house alarms give as you're getting out, 'BOOP! BOOP! BOOP!' (if you hear them from far away, but close up they sound quite different, they're incredible! I've heard them before alright, but I've never seen them).

New Home

Talking about treasure hunts, sometimes you just strike gold without even trying. (Ok, this is gold on a beginners level, but I'm still very happy I got to see it up close).





I know the quality is rubbish, it was taken with my oldish mobile phone. The net curtain underneath doesn't help, either.

Capercaillie

gzoladz wrote: »

Catching up with some holiday pictures while recovering from surgery, what's temporarily keeping me with very limited options for birding.

These are from Galicia, Spain, earlier this month. Not great photos but nice to see some new species.

Rock lizard, Turtle Dove, Cirl Bunting, Siskin, Waxbill, Sardinia Warbler, Sistin Cisticola

The siskin is a serin.