Some pictures I took recently

Lumber Man

Any ideas of what the 1st picture is please?
2nd and 3rd are a rock pipit and finally the 4th one is a heron!

V Bull

Lumber Man wrote: »

Any ideas of what the 1st picture is please?
2nd and 3rd are a rock pipit and finally the 4th one is a heron!

1st photo is a Wheatear..

Lumber Man

V Bull wrote: »

1st photo is a Wheatear..

Thanks V Bull:)

trebor28

Greenfinch

Greenfinch and young.

Spotted Flycatcher. (from my doorstep)

Swallow

dodderangler

Rainbowsend wrote: »

Where'd u see the kite
I do see a pair out in Wicklow past the bee hive pub

Rainbowsend

The Kite was just outside Avoca village, which is their
home territory, but they will travel further afield there has
been one spotted in Newtownmountkennedy in the past.

Hearvee

Haven't been out with the camera in ages, so pushed myself to get out over the last week.

The first four (Bullfinches, Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit and Robin) are all from Marlay Park.
The last two (Heron and young Starling) are from Malahide.

E39MSport

Rainbowsend wrote: »

The Kite was just outside Avoca village, which is their
home territory, but they will travel further afield there has
been one spotted in Newtownmountkennedy in the past.

I was out there for nearly 4 hours Friday and not a dicky (nice buzzard though - always welcome)

cscook

Cormorant on the Liffey this morning, near Heuston. It's the first time I've noticed the ring on his leg (can't see it in this photo, the ones you can are terribly backlit. (Canon PowerShotSX30. 1/250 seconds, F5, 81mm. ISO200, -2/3EV



Heron in the Botanic Gardens on Saturday (Olympus E3, 1/600 seconds, F4.5,50-200mm lens @200mm, ISO 200, -1/3EV). He was catching some little tiddlers, too.



Crow with deformed beak - Greystones seafront. (Olympus E3, 1/1000 seconds, F6.512-60mm lens @ 60mm, ISO 800 ???? mistake, that!), -.3 EV)

Ellis Dee

I've gotten very fond of this bird and her partner, because I walk past their nest every morning when I walk my dog. The Finnish name of this species is silkkiuikku, which I think means great crested grebe

They've now completed the nest, but she was sitting on it this morning (Monday), so I didn't see whether or not she had laid eggs yet.

We dog-owners got together last year and made sure we kept our pets on their leads near the nest so that they wouldn't dash in and disturb the birds, but one morning it emerged that someone had destroyed the nest by throwing several fist-sized stones into it. Maybe that meteorite that will make humans go the way of the dinosaurs is overdue.:mad:

mikka631

Reed Bunting in early morning sunlight at Lough Boora with beaks full of Damselflies. These were all taken before 6.30am while sun was still very low in the sky hence the warm tones.

mikka631

A Four Spotted Chaser at rest at Lough Boora.

Irish Sport Fishing

Managed to take a few snaps for anyone interested...





























www.IrishSportFishing.com

V Bull

Cuckoo at Coronation Plantation this afternoon..

Mothman

mikka631 wrote: »

Reed Bunting in early morning sunlight at Lough Boora with beaks full of Damselflies. These were all taken before 6.30am while sun was still very low in the sky hence the warm tones.

The last one of your Reed Bunting shots shows 3 damselfly larvae in its beak. It hasn't plucked the larvae out of the water, but is getting them because the larvae crawl up vegetation so that they can turn into adults. Obviously they are vulnerable to predation at this stage.

santasbird

Fr.Collins Park, Dublin.

veetwin

Chaffinch

Starlings

Greenfinch


Just got a new 70-300mm lens from amazon for less than €150 and loving it.

Mothman

This emerged from my pond this morning. Tripod was too tall to get level with beast

telecaster

Great-tit gets bizarrely trapped in feeder. Cat gets very excited about it, but is ultimately disappointed that the photographer broke all artistic rules by interfering with the scene and liberating the bird.

Pie Man

^^^^^^^
Thats a great tit. Maybe you should move the feeder to a place where the cat cant climb up on it, you'll get more birds using it as the cat could be putting them off.

veetwin

Just two more;

Collared dove



Blackbird

OpenYourEyes

Some Peregrines - too far away for my 300mm lens to do them justice!

dodderangler

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Some Peregrines - too far away for my 300mm lens to do them justice!

Where did you see the pere
Some great pics I have a pair of them across the road from me but rarely see them

whyulittle

First ever Grey Wagtail for me!


Herring Gull?


Moorhen Chick


Long-tailed Tit


It wasn't singing, just kind of whistling.....Willow Warbler?

stupidusername

Lovely pictures. the second is a black backed gull, not sure if it's a greater or lesser though.

whyulittle

I've seen some huge gulls on the river lately, but this one didn't look too big compared to the Black-headed Gulls.

stupidusername

hmmm if it's not, then i'm stumped, don't know my gulls well enough. black heads are smaller than herrings, i think, and greater black backed should be slightly bigger than herrings. lesser black backed should be smaller than herrings i think. maybe someone else can explain so.

V Bull

stupidusername wrote: »

Lovely pictures. the second is a black backed gull, not sure if it's a greater or lesser though.

Almost sure its a Lesser Black Backed Gull..

V Bull

A pair of Cuckoo's at Kilbride Camp, Co. Wicklow today being chased by a Meadow Pipit & a Swallow...not a great photo, snap-shot taken from a moving car..



Todate, that makes 9 Cuckoo's seen so far this year (all in different locations mind), my best ever count in a year..:)

whyulittle

These of any use?





The angle isn't great to compare sizes, but it didn't seem that big at the time.