Some pictures I took recently

whyulittle

Grey Partridge @ Lough Boora today.




Some of 40 Whooper Swans




Mistle Thrush

swifts need our help!

Fabulous photos Why

Billy Mays

vandriver wrote: »

A couple from Blessington Basin

Smew,Wood Duck by carl cotter, on Flickr
White-Cheeked Pintail (Leucistic) by carl cotter, on Flickr

Are these ducks wild? I've seen a smew in Blessington Basin before. If they are how do they end up in what is basically a pond right in the middle of Dublin city?

V_Moth

The majority of the ducks in Blessington Basin are either escapes or deliberately released from wildfowl collections.

whyulittle

Long-tailed Tit, this time in the garden.

mikka631

Reed Buntings at Lough Boora today

Geezer1000

Some pics from a trailcam I have set up inthe woods accross the road from my house:

Fruit1985

Not the best weather for taking pictures this weekend but managed to get a few of birds on Bull Island:

1. Oystercatcher
2. Little Stint
3. Brent Goose
4. Whimbrel in Clontarf

This is an old one (and I have a set somewhere) but it's an amazing shot of a seagull eating a crab in Clontarf.

V_Moth

Fruit1985 wrote: »

Not the best weather for taking pictures this weekend but managed to get a few of birds on Bull Island:

1. Oystercatcher
2. Little Stint
3. Brent Goose
4. Whimbrel in Clontarf

This is an old one (and I have a set somewhere) but it's an amazing shot of a seagull eating a crab in Clontarf.

Some very nice pictures there Fruit 1985. Just a slight correction: the bird in pic#2 is a Sanderling and the one in pic#4 is a Curlew.

Fruit1985

Whoops. I need a better bird identifying book. Thanks.

KJ

Here is the chaffinch that has been to the garden pretty much every day since Christmas Day. Always calling out.









This bird came the other day but I don't know what it is.

vandriver

Hi KJ,the second bird is a goldfinch.If you want to attract more of these,leave out nyger seed.They love it!

solas111

vandriver wrote: »

Hi KJ,the second bird is a goldfinch.If you want to attract more of these,leave out nyger seed.They love it!

They will also go for peanuts but make sure that you use a peanut feeder, otherwise the full nuts may choke them.

Sunflower seed is something they all go for and can't get enough of it.

I have niger seed out too but they will usually ignore it in favour of Sunflower Hearts.

mr.wiggle

Came home this evening at 16.45 to see both sides of my roof alive in Wagtails.
Counted over 50, went to get video of them but off they flew.
Was a great sight to see.
Usually my two resident wagtails would be chasing all others off.
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OpenYourEyes

A Robin giving a little wave at Rogerstown last week!

V_Moth

mr.wiggle wrote: »

Came home this evening at 16.45 to see both sides of my roof alive in Wagtails.
Counted over 50, went to get video of them but off they flew.
Was a great sight to see.
Usually my two resident wagtails would be chasing all others off.
DSC00518.jpg

During the winter, Pied Wagtails roost in groups of 10 to 200 birds in trees in sheltered areas. They will gather at pre-roost sites before flying off to the actual roost site. If you see this gathering again, you could probably follow them to the actual roost site.

vandriver

Some more Winter ducks !!


Wigeon(male) by carl cotter, on Flickr


Shoveler by carl cotter, on Flickr

V_Moth

Two lovely photographs there vandriver. The first one shows an adult male Wigeon and not a Pochard though. As they usually occur in flocks, it is really nice to see a picture of one on its own like that.

Hermy

Is the bird on the left a siskin?

V Bull

Hermy wrote: »

Is the bird on the left a siskin?

Yes, 2 Siskins, nice...

V Bull

2 Meds at Bray Harbour this morning..

Adult Mediterranean Gull..



2nd winter juvenile Mediterranean Gull..

KJ

solas111 wrote: »

They will also go for peanuts but make sure that you use a peanut feeder, otherwise the full nuts may choke them.

Sunflower seed is something they all go for and can't get enough of it.

I have niger seed out too but they will usually ignore it in favour of Sunflower Hearts.

Today I picked up a bag of niger seeds and a bag of sunflower seeds so hopefully they will attract more.

whyulittle

Brambling back in the garden today.

Fruit1985

Brambling
Female Sparrow 2
Robin Red Breast (not my sharpest photo but this guy is a tough fecker to catch)

(all taken in Cork ciy)

tororosso

Fruit1985 wrote: »

Female Sparrow 1
Female Sparrow 2
Robin Red Breast (not my sharpest photo but this guy is a tough fecker to catch)

(all taken in Cork ciy)

Hi Fruit, is that first one not a brambling? Not 100% on the markings!

swifts need our help!

I used to feed peanuts, Nyger and various feeders with single types of seed.

I stopped all in favour of sunflower hearts that I chop in a food blender. The birds didnt notice the change.

Daily I have around 40 Goldfinches and around 20 Chaffinches. Theres also a few Siskins, House sparrows, Greenfinches and tits.

whyulittle

tororosso wrote: »

Hi Fruit, is that first one not a brambling? Not 100% on the markings!

Male Chaffinch I would have thought.

Fruit1985

I have no idea.

Which are more common in Cork?

Kat1170

swifts need our help! wrote: »

I used to feed peanuts, Nyger and various feeders with single types of seed.

I stopped all in favour of sunflower hearts that I chop in a food blender. The birds didnt notice the change.

Daily I have around 40 Goldfinches and around 20 Chaffinches. Theres also a few Siskins, House sparrows, Greenfinches and tits.

Where do you buy these. Cheers

Fruit1985

Male Tufted Duck in The Lough, Cork