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Some pictures I took recently
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Sand Martin
A Sand Martin gathering hay for its nesting burrow from the remains of a hay bale in pasture.
Sedge Warbler
A rather grainy shot of a Sedge Warbler in Pollardstown fen. I've seen quite a few there in the past week and have heard a few Grasshopper Warblers too.
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These little fellas hard very hard to capture
So high ISO - and resultant graininess
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Two sand martins on the Luas Power line - Milltown
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Just as a back-story to the annual arrival of Sand Martins in Milltown
The Nine Arches Bridge in Milltown was completed in 1854 as part of the Harcourt Line
In the 40’s when England threatened to invade Ireland over its stance in WW2- the Government (Irish)decided that in the event of an invasion they would destroy important transport infrastructure- including this bridge
And so, in relation the ‘Nine Arches’ the army were tasked with drilling holes large enough to accept dynamite sticks in the bridge’s supporting columns/abutments. There are loads of these holes spread over the columns.
An example
Nine arches
However, only one of the columns emerges from the river- and I guess is therefore more secure from predators etc
And this is the column(mainly) to which a good-sized colony of Sand Martins returns annually– to nest in the dynamite stick holes.
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A few shots taken on a local bog this afternoon:
Cryptic Wood White
Hairy Dragonfly (m)
Sericomyia lappona Hoverfly
Yellow Dung Fly
Holly Blue (f)
I'm almost half a century old, and bizarrely, this was the first time I've ever seen a Holly Blue butterfly!
Common Whitethroat
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today
song thrush
In spite of the traffic/passers by - you can hear what great singers they are
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The male and female Robins in the images below seemed not best pleased as I walked by a hedgerow flanking the Grand Canal in mid-Kildare earlier this evening. It was obvious they had a brood very close by, so I took a few snaps and promptly moved on.
Grey Wagtail
Crab Apple Blossom
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That's a Wheatear. Intresting location for a Golf ball as well. Wonder what club the golfer used to play it...a tree wood?0 -
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Wildflower eking out an existence on the 400+ year old PackHorse Bridge, Milltown
Surviving
and then those with richer soil on the Dodder bank
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Lesser Black-backed Gulls - a species I didn't have any half-decent shots of before this year, so have been delighted to get a few chances to photograph them already this year. Unlike our other large Gulls, the majority of our Lesser Black-backed Gulls migrate to Spain, Portugal and North Africa for the winter.
Lesser Black-backed Gulls amongst the Bluebells by Brian, on Flickr
Lesser Black-backed Gulls amongst the Bluebells by Brian, on Flickr
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So yesterday I was moving a few bricks that have been in the same spot for over a year. I came on two of the smallest newts I've ever seen, about an inch long. They both appear to be female. Now, I normally find five or six 'dry' newts a year and every one has been a female, I'm reckoning in the region of 50+. I've never found any newts in the ditches hereabouts, the nearest pond where I've found both sexes is about a mile away.....
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few from the dodder recently
2018-05-21_08-28-43 by Alan, on Flickr
2018-05-21_08-27-48 by Alan, on Flickr
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Put the waterfall in Milltown in the background to give a bit of contrast
Thanks to F.R. for the I.D
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