Some pictures I took recently

whyulittle

Today was actually a nice day! (Bar the wind!)

A few more from Lough Boora.....

Skylark




Lapwing (They make the coolest siren noise!)




There are lots and lots of Hares about.




Warbler?




Grey Partridge




Jay?

OpenYourEyes

An adult Blue Tit


Its' 2 chicks


A female Chaffinch


My first time to see a Dipper!


Hooded Crow


Robin

stevensi

Warbler? Yes that's a Willow Warbler. The call is usually the best id method as it is quite distinctive. The other id tip to distinguish it from a Chiffchaff is the leg colouring. Normally the WW has more fleshy leg colour as in this pic whereas the cchaff normally has dark legs.







Jay? That is a Jay alright. The white rump as it fly's away is normally a good indicator. It also often gives a screeching call as it flies from one are to another. Nice Bird

whyulittle

Cheers, first Jay for me so!

Bagmagnet

Some young birds in the garden earlier today:

Starling and parent:


Starling again:


House Sparrow:

V Bull

I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time....:)

whyulittle

So was the fox by the look of things!

Great shot.

Cul a cnoic

Bacon and Cabbage wrote: »

Hares
Fox
Red squirrel
Puffins

Those photos are some of the best ever posted here

Cardynal

Garden Yellowhammer and Buttercups.

Rainbowsend

Gadwall


Greylag and Family


Young Coot

thebishop

Rook.

Jackdaw.

whyulittle

Any idea what this growth is?




Some IDs needed








Redshank?




Swift




Bad quality, taken at 9:30 tonight! Buzzard again?

Cardynal

Peregrine From Carnsore point.

Traonach

whyulittle wrote: »

Any idea what this growth is?
Some IDs needed
Redshank?
Swift
Bad quality, taken at 9:30 tonight! Buzzard again?

First bird from the length of the primary projection, it's a chiffchaff.
Second bird is Coal tit and it's chick.
Third bird meadow pipit.
It is a redshank.
A swift beautifully caught in flight.
It is a buzzard.

The growth on the tree is a lumpy thing:D

whyulittle

Traonach wrote: »

The growth on the tree is a lumpy thing:D

Fair enough, what are the little red things eating the lumpy thing!?

Mothman

whyulittle wrote: »

Fair enough, what are the little red things eating the lumpy thing!?

What kind of tree?

trebor28

im gonna say Beech

whyulittle

Yeah a quick google suggests Beech.

Bagmagnet

I think I saw something like this on a telly a few years ago. It might be caused by a certain species of wasp, but I'm only guessing.

OpenYourEyes

Great Tit





Thrush (Mistle Thrush?)



A fungus that I have yet to identify.........



Otter

Bagmagnet

A sequence of pictures of a fledgling House Sparrow having a nap earlier:

Velvet shank

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

A fungus that I have yet to identify.........

fungus is Dryad's Saddle - Polyporus squamosus

Prowetod

whyulittle

Buzzard






Kestrel






Skylark




Hare X2

trebor28

whyulittle,
as a matter of interest, how far away are you from the Buzzard and Kestrel in the pics above?

whyulittle

I'd say less than 100 yards for the Kestrel, more for the Buzzard - both taken at 400mm.

Buzzard had started to pull away in the shot below, but you get the general idea.

IRISHACEKAVO

good pictures there..:)

torrentum

I think he lives in the tree at the end of the garden.

whyulittle

Got a little closer to the Buzzard today, same spot the Kestrel was in the other day.

cscook

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