Some pictures I took recently

Cardynal

Traonach wrote: »

Brilliant Green sandpiper. Did you get it at forgotten corner?

Spot on Traonach , Forgotten corner it was shortly after 7 last night , giving some great views.
I find some of the sandpipers can be very trusting at times if you remain still , have got to within a few feet of Green and Common before , and even the Buff-breasted can be very tame after arriving for the first week or so.

whyulittle

A couple from Lough Boora today.

Common Sandpiper?




Ringed Plover?




Whooper?




Snipe doing its brilliant drumming




Curlew?

allthedoyles

I was told that this is the Gadfly - landed on my arm down by the river :

stupidusername

one of the moorhens that i posted last week. seems to be doing well for himself.

thyme

Three Kestrel chicks waiting for there frogs legs.
And need help with second picture.

mgwhelan

thyme wrote: »

Three Kestrel chicks waiting for there frogs legs.
And need help with second picture.

spotted flycatcher, nice one of the kestrels.

thyme

mgwhelan wrote: »

spotted flycatcher, nice one of the kestrels.

Ta mgwhelan, just wasn't to sure tought I was seen things.

whyulittle

So I spend four hours walking around Lough Boora at dawn this morning, and then I get this, literally from my car when I was leaving! :rolleyes:

Grey Partridge

Traonach

whyulittle wrote: »

A couple from Lough Boora today.

Common Sandpiper?



Ringed Plover?



Whooper?


Snipe doing its brilliant drumming



Curlew?

All correct.
The curlew is probably a male judging by bill length. Could be confused with a whimbrel but no dark crown stripes and also you can see the tips of the toes protruding from tail feathers (whimbrel toes don't protrude from tail feathers during flight).

whyulittle

God bless your eyesight! There were about 8-10 of them together, sounded what I presumed Curlew to sound like!

Cardynal

Cracking Partridge shot Whyulittle , well done.

Whispered

whyulittle

I went looking for WTSE Sean today.

I didn't find him.

I did find a squirrel!

magnumlady

This guy is a regular visitor to the garden.

I can see you! by magnum_lady, on Flickr

Foxy by magnum_lady, on Flickr

Creature

Was in St. Annes park this morning and saw this little chap in the part of the pond closest to the coast road. I wanted to get a shot from a better angle but it swam away before I could get to a better position. No idea how it got in there, I assume it's a discarded pet.




Also saw a Grey Heron doing a bit of sun-bathing.

swifts need our help!

there are terrapins in Lough Neagh also.

Great photos all

magnumlady

My foxy friend by magnum_lady, on Flickr

Bagmagnet

Starling having a drink:


Small fly on leaf:


House sparrow:

mikka631

Canon 7D, Canon 70-200mm f4 L IS USM @ 200mm, 1/50", f5.6, iso 200

padi89

Nice Bokeh, finch looks sick though

Clearpreso

Hi Guys,

Here is my first post in my favourite thread of all time!

Mothman

My daughter got to see an owl for first time.
This long-eared Owl landed on bird table 3 metres from the house earlier. I just happened to be passing by the camera when I saw it and although I was quite a distance from window, I put it on full zoom and took a snap before it flew on.


Hopefully it will consider doing same journey in future. We'll keep an eye out for it.

EDIT My daughter, who is 9, said only last week that she really wanted to see an owl (in her demanding...I want it now... voice:cool:) little did I know that while I was explaining the likelihood...that one would turn up to be seen during daylight, only 2nd one I've seen by daylight, as opposed to dusk or later.

Scotty #

I really love checking in on this thread every few days. One of the highlights of my week. The standard is incredible and you never know what gems are going to pop up next! Bravo to all who take the trouble to post.




Mothman - between swans, woodpeckers, owls, etc, etc, all in view from your kitchen window you are one lucky chappy!

Rainbowsend

A couple of my homegrown Blue Tits, they seem to stay together for a couple of weeks but are now solo.

magicbastarder

from an emergency pond evacuation today - liner has sprung a leak, and we've had to lift as much from the pond as possible.
is this a dragonfly larva?

Mothman

magicbastarder wrote: »

from an emergency pond evacuation today - liner has sprung a leak, and we've had to lift as much from the pond as possible.
is this a dragonfly larva?

It's a diving beetle larva, possibly Great Diving Beetle.

magicbastarder

aha - that'd make sense, we pulled out more than a few diving beetles too. and small tadpoles; even though there's been no spawn in the pond in quite a while.

marlin vs

mikka631

Mabel

Saw this little guy on the door today. Large Emerald I think?