Some pictures I took recently

thyme

This Sparrow Hawk was around all morning annoying the Magpies, until these's two decided to join in, and I think they were sorry they did.

Mothman

My garden pond, but spot the one one out!

thyme

Sixth duck from right of pic, just above the lily pads.

Mothman

thyme wrote: »

Sixth duck from right of pic, just above the lily pads.

Indeed, there were 16 Mallard, and a male Wigeon. Been a few years since seeing one

dodderangler

thyme wrote: »

This Sparrow Hawk was around all morning annoying the Magpies, until these's two decided to join in, and I think they were sorry they did.

Great shots
All corvids just don't seem to have any fear of birds of prey
Even my Harris hawk was knocked to the ground by a magpie came out of nowhere

thyme

dodderangler wrote: »

Great shots
All corvids just don't seem to have any fear of birds of prey
Even my Harris hawk was knocked to the ground by a magpie came out of nowhere

Yeah, and most of the time the Bop's will just get out of there, but not this one, this time it was the Sparrow Hawk that was the aggressor, it kept diving on them. It was at it again today, Pigeon's, Jackdaw's,and the Hooded crow's were all scattered in every direction .

dodderangler

thyme wrote: »

Yeah, and most of the time the Bop's will just get out of there, but not this one, this time it was the Sparrow Hawk that was the aggressor, it kept diving on them. It was at it again today, Pigeon's, Jackdaw's,and the Hooded crow's were all scattered in every direction .

The hoodies are dangerous lads
They will mob a bop as large as my Harris and common buzzard and will do damage to young bop that doesn't know better
Sometimes my Harris wouldn't come out of a tree if there is too many around
The bravest of them is magpies
No fear at all

Lumber Man

A nice visitor to the garden! I think it's a member of the thrush family? I'm not sure which one?

OpenYourEyes

Lumber Man wrote: »

A nice visitor to the garden! I think it's a member of the thrush family? I'm not sure which one?

Looks to be a red patch on its side, so I'm guessing its a Redwing - a winter visitor that started arriving here in the last couple of weeks!
Looks a good bit darker than I would have expected though!

V_Moth

Lumber Man wrote: »

A nice visitor to the garden! I think it's a member of the thrush family? I'm not sure which one?

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Looks to be a red patch on its side, so I'm guessing its a Redwing - a winter visitor that started arriving here in the last couple of weeks!
Looks a good bit darker than I would have expected though!

Yep, it's a Redwing.

Eyepatch

Love those cheeky, greedy birds - the starlings on the feeders above!

These redwing visitors seem to have arrived early this year. Is that a sign of a tough winter to come, I wonder. Am looking forward to seeing the fieldfares arrive. I have a cotoneaster hedge in my front garden, and they have come there to devour the berries, for the last couple of years.

bernard0368

Went looking for the red squirral all I got was this lad.

whyulittle

bernard0368 wrote: »

Went looking for the red squirral all I got was this lad.

Gutted I'm sure!

Some of the 90+ Whooper Swans at Boora today. Most I saw last year was 65.




A Kestrel looking for an easy meal.




And a Wren!

trebor28

An unkindness of Ravens.


i counted 25 at one stage.

Would have thought it was quite late for butterfly's??


Kestrel




Bad pic but is this a female Stonechat??

whyulittle

trebor28 wrote: »

Bad pic but is this a female Stonechat??

Looks like one to me.

homeless student

bernard0368 wrote: »

Went looking for the red squirral all I got was this lad.

what is it?

marlin vs

homeless student wrote: »

what is it?

A jay.

bernard0368

whyulittle wrote: »

Gutted I'm sure!

Desperately , I had a whole day planned, got to the spot, to find the Army had been doing exercises which put the squirrels into hiding.

vandriver

Light Bellied Brent Geese

North Wall by carl cotter, on Flickr

Oystercatchers

North Wall by carl cotter, on Flickr

Rock Pipit

North Wall by carl cotter, on Flickr

vandriver

Song Thrush by carl cotter, on Flickr


Stag Phoenix Park by carl cotter, on Flickr

More Oystercatchers!

North Wall by carl cotter, on Flickr

V Bull

Some Waxwings today..

Rainbowsend

Great Waxwing photos VBull, where did you see them?

V Bull

@ Rainbowsend, saw them in the carpark at Liffey Valley Shopping Centre beside the VUE cinema. There were about 15 of them, most people passing bye didn't notice them right over their heads ...

V_Moth

Fantastic photos. Are there enough berries around for them to hang around for a few days?

V Bull

V_Moth wrote: »

Fantastic photos. Are there enough berries around for them to hang around for a few days?

Yes, I would say so, a lot of Rowan Trees dotted about the car park to the front of the VUE cinema..

BTW V Moth, I saw your other post about the Waxwings being ringed in Scotland and to be on the look-out, I tried looking for rings on their legs, very hard to see as their legs seem to be short or tucked up into their bellies .. Dick Coombes of BWI also mentioned the ringing during his excellent talk on Birding last night in Newcastle..

vandriver

The waxwings were definitely there this morning!(Thanks V Bull)

Waxwing by carl cotter, on Flickr


Waxwing by carl cotter, on Flickr

whyulittle

Watching the feeders this evening, mostly Tits about. But I did have this little Goldcrest in the trees above.

MeteoritesEire

I've searched around for a specific insect thread but don't see one.
Can anyone identify this critter? Out of focus shot taken by my cousins missus.She said it was about an inch long and was on the door on the outside of house here in Donegal.I've never seen the likes of it.Maybe dragonfly larva?

Mothman

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

I've searched around for a specific insect thread but don't see one.
Can anyone identify this critter? Out of focus shot taken by my cousins missus.She said it was about an inch long and was on the door on the outside of house here in Donegal.I've never seen the likes of it.Maybe dragonfly larva?

Look up Devil's Coach Horse

MeteoritesEire

looks right Mothman--thank you good sir