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Some pictures I took recently

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    #8762
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    This young kingfisher seems to operate largely in the shadows..so photo is a bit grainy as it is a large crop of a 1600 ISO pic.
    Good to see him master his trade



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    #8763
    OpenYourEyes
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    The aforementioned 'Bridled' Common Guillemot - same species, but a different genetic morph - as Capercaillie said they comprise a higher percentage of Guillemot colonies at more northerly lattitudes.

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    'Bridled' Common Guillemot (Thin-billed Murre) by Brian, on Flickr

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    'Bridled' Common Guillemot (Thin-billed Murre) by Brian, on Flickr

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    'Bridled' Common Guillemot (Thin-billed Murre) by Brian, on Flickr


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    #8764
    keps
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    The inaptly named 'Manky Mallard'



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    #8765
    splish
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭splish


    Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera

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    #8766
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


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    #8767
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Dodder this morning-first sighting of an otter for a few months


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    #8768
    HONKEY TONK
    Closed Accounts Posts: 779 ✭✭✭HONKEY TONK


    can someone identify this bird in my back garden

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    #8769
    magicbastarder
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    goldfinch.


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    #8770
    Hotei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Hotei


    HONKEY TONK wrote: »
    can someone identify this bird in my back garden

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    It's a Goldfinch.


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    #8771
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,714 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    http://www.garden-birds.co.uk/birds/goldfinch.htm


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    #8772
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Dodder/Milltown this morning

    35324762570_2fd70bb846_b.jpgjuvenile kingfisher


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    #8773
    splish
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭splish


    Rosebay Willowherb Chamerion angustifolium

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    #8774
    RebelButtMunch
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    I've got a lovely tall variety of this growing out my back garden. Easily 2 meters tall. Bees love it, and it comes back every hear. Dare I say it... weed-like :)


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    #8775
    allthedoyles
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    #8776
    morana
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    Took this on the way to work I assume it's a young black guillemot


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    #8777
    pegasus1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭pegasus1


    Discovered a wasp nest when out hanging the washing....not just a regular wasp nest..Digger wasp Ectemnius sp..
    Poor pics but will take better ones later...You will notice in one shot the wasp carrying back to the nest a fly


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    #8778
    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    80mm equivalent isnt quite enough to get close to these little fellers.

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    Rabbit not hare, correct?


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    #8779
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    Correct


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    #8780
    gzoladz
    Registered Users Posts: 2,196 ✭✭✭gzoladz


    Nice small 2 days break in Lough Boora, Mountshannon and Slieve Bloom Mountains

    White-tailed Eagle, Grey Partridge, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Wagtail and Songthrush.

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    #8781
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    35045533354_4b13930fe7_b.jpgpermission to land


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    #8782
    keps
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    Stopped to talk to a friend of mine along the Dodder today - when this little fella landed on the wall nearby.. I took a couple of quick snaps and said 'it's a dunnock'.

    He demurred and said it was a 'young robin'

    Looking at the pic now- I think he was right?



    35045803664_68f4b8b230_b.jpgmilltown bird


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    #8783
    whyulittle
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    Saw a record of a Marsh Harrier at Boora on Tuesday, so went over on Wednesday for a look.

    A bit far away but first one to see there in ages. As per the record on Irish Birding, it's tagged too. Good ol' Hen Harrier there as well.
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    Sounded like Curlew, and looked like Curlew, but there was about 50 of them there. Seems very high for time of the year?
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    Small Heath?
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    #8784
    Zoo4m8
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    Young Robin Keps..


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    #8785
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    Dodder at Milltown today

    Juvenile Kingfisher
    Stretching its wings


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    #8786
    keps
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    Today on the Dodder


    35510865450_5d8f7bf3d4_b.jpgheron


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    #8787
    bernard0368
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    @ gzoladz, I was fishing out of Mount-shannon a couple of weeks ago and that Eagle was hovering above us for a little. She is one impressive bird isn't she??


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    #8788
    Keplar240B
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    Collite eucalyptus plantation about two years old, like walking thru some alien planet or something, really fast growing I posted on here about them when they where planted about two years. The leaves are untouched by wildlife

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    #8789
    Keplar240B
    Registered Users Posts: 883 ✭✭✭Keplar240B


    cinnabar caterpillar eating ragwort , tons of these about now

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    #8790
    gzoladz
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    bernard0368 wrote: »
    @ gzoladz, I was fishing out of Mount-shannon a couple of weeks ago and that Eagle was hovering above us for a little. She is one impressive bird isn't she??

    It is indeed! I didn't get to see her flying, but got great views oh her perching. Her size is unreal!


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    #8791
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    35554030140_1af4c8e9ba_b.jpgjuvenile kingfisher preening


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