Some pictures I took recently

GreyEagle

That looks like a very decent otter pic to me. Well done.

Mech1

[IMG][/img]DSC_0856 by pat, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]DSC_0860 by pat, on Flickr

keps

chiffchaff

chiffchaff1

keps

This guy landed a long distance away - and in the shadows- so both me and my camera were unprepared( it was a very bright morning and settings were on that basis}

So I'm posting it in a smaller size than usual so you won't see the defects:)


Kingfisher

Mech1

DSC_0929-2 by pat, on Flickr

Mech1

Identify?

Mech1

Full picture
DSC_0929-4 by pat, on Flickr

Mech1

DSC_1221 by pat, on Flickr

Mech1

DSC_1312 by pat, on Flickr

Mech1

Im lovin this Argos €303 bargain alert!!!

Mech1

My Tank.

DSC_1331 by pat, on Flickr

gzoladz

Crab, Collared Dove and Kingfisher, in the Dodder

the_syco

Between two sets of planes at the Toronto airshow, this landed in front of me.

keps

Probably will be disliked.. but a concept I've had as I pass this guy on my way to the Dropping Well for a few pints( or maybe on the way back heehe)

The Old Dublin Laundry Chimney- Milltown.




cormorant

Hotei

Sunset on the Curragh






Common Blue




Plateumaris sericea resting on a Branched Bur-Reed seed head




Teneral Large Red Damselfly




Narrow-bordered 5-Spot Burnet Moth




Green-veined White




Episyrphus balteatus Marmalade Hoverfly

keps

@Hotie - what a fantastic selection of photos:)

Must say that the first 'Sunset on thew Curragh' pic is a real winner for me... that's one you can imagine in a frame in your favourite room.

keps

Today- Dodder.. saw this guy perched.. and as always as I raised the camera- he flew off. Not too disappointed with result



kingfisher

Hotei

keps wrote: »

@Hotie - what a fantastic selection of photos:)

Must say that the first 'Sunset on thew Curragh' pic is a real winner for me... that's one you can imagine in a frame in your favourite room.

Thanks a million, keps.
I only recently had some of my favourite images put on canvas, and yeah, the sunset image you mentioned might look well on the wall too. The Curragh is a wonderful place to watch the sun go down in the evenings - I'm lucky to have it on my doorstep.

Del.Monte

Beautiful day just north of Enniscorthy today...without even looking for them, I had a pair of Buzzards overhead, then Ravens, large quantities of Martins and Swallows, but this is all that I photographed on my ancient Nokia phone.



I have never taken a serious interest in Butterflies and I didn't even know that Red Admirals were migrants until today. Interesting synopsis here: https://www.irelandswildlife.com/red-admiral-vanessa-atalanta/

Cabbage Whites - they are another matter entirely - and when I used to grow my own vegetables what their caterpillars didn't eat the Wood Pigeons got.

keps

cormorant

keps

I was a long way away( lens is at 550mm) when I noticed this guy pounce on something in the water… so I took a shot –

original size


This is the version of the same photo enlarged in photoshop


heron with trout

I took another photo a second or two later and the trout was gone.. it either wriggled its way off or the heron somehow got it off. Certainly did not get to eat it!

Bsal

Spot the Sparrowhawk

New Home

Wow! I thought they'd be much bigger! Gorgeous, though!

TedR

Male spars are amazingly small, considering the fact they have to tussle with live prey every day, great birds.

keps

Dipper

One of the three distinct subspecies of breeding birds in Ireland( Coal Tit and Jay being the other two)

The Dippers are pretty particular about the quality of the water they live/breed in so it's good to see a few on the Dodder


Irish Dipper

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admiral


Long Tailed Tit



I think this is a parent Moorhen and chick even though it's late in the year( today)- I remember when taking pics of the Liffey in Lucan a local told me he was sure that that year( 2015) the Moorhens had 4 broods and that was Sept.

Moorhen


cormorant

gzoladz

Vixen fox, Peregrine Falcon, Small Tortoiseshell butterfly and Speckled Wood butterfly.

keps

On the roof of the apartment block I live in

The heron continues to try to force the cormorant( young ) to start fishing- as it sees itself as a beneficiary( I've posted about the benefit of this to the heron before with pics)




Heron and Cormorant


wings



Out on his own- Heron at Packhorse Bridge - Milltown

Packhorse Bridge Milltown

fryup

red admiral amongst the laurel

bernard0368