Some Nature Pictures I Took Recently - II (Seasonal Photos)

Meteorite58 · 31-12-2020 11:52pm

Goldfinch today in Kerry.

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pottokblue · 01-01-2021 2:11pm

No pics but I saw 2/3 Herons in close proximity along the canal on the last day of 2020. Wishing everyone in this forum a happy nature lovin bird watchin twentytwentyone!

lolie · 04-01-2021 1:14am

One of the many blackbirds that stopped off for some food earlier today.

Mac-Chops · 04-01-2021 10:44am

A pair of ring-necked parakeets dropped by the garden yesterday.

Quite abundant in and around London but unusual to see them here so likely some escapees that have learned the ropes?

Or maybe a few have had their Irish passports come through post-Brexit :pac:

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Odeta · 04-01-2021 10:49am

All these photos are absolutely beautiful!
What cameras would ye recommend for a complete novice with a love of capturing nature moments?

Tiercel Dave · 04-01-2021 2:40pm

Mac-Chops wrote: »

A pair of ring-necked parakeets dropped by the garden yesterday.

Quite abundant in and around London but unusual to see them here so likely some escapees that have learned the ropes?

Or maybe a few have had their Irish passports come through post-Brexit :pac:
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What part of the country are they in 'Chops', rough location if you don't want to be specific?.....

Mac-Chops · 04-01-2021 4:09pm

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

What part of the country are they in 'Chops', rough location if you don't want to be specific?.....

They've been seen in and around Griffith Park in Drumcondra, Dublin over the last couple of years.

gzoladz · 04-01-2021 5:21pm

Odeta wrote: »

All these photos are absolutely beautiful!
What cameras would ye recommend for a complete novice with a love of capturing nature moments?

I use a bridge camera (bridge is a type of camera) as although it will not be deliver the same iq as a DSLR, the quality is still good enough for me, it is lighter, cheaper, more versatile and easier to use.

I do have a DSLR too, but now only use it very sporadically.

pottokblue · 04-01-2021 10:31pm

Lolie, I love your blackbird redberry photo. Is that popcorn leftover from when your Robin comesover to watch netflix in your hand?

lolie · 05-01-2021 2:22pm

pottokblue wrote: »

Lolie, I love your blackbird redberry photo. Is that popcorn leftover from when your Robin comesover to watch netflix in your hand?

Haha.
Thats holly berries, apple and porridge.
He is my Netflix, between the tamer one sneaking past to come in the window and a new pair coming to the rose bush beside his he has his work cut out defending his territory.

NEW WAVE · 05-01-2021 11:09pm

Robin

walshtipp · 06-01-2021 11:23pm

Odeta wrote: »

All these photos are absolutely beautiful!
What cameras would ye recommend for a complete novice with a love of capturing nature moments?

I bought a Nikon D3500 last year and find it very good. I think it's a good entry to the world of photography and DSLR.

pottokblue · 07-01-2021 6:59pm

Lolie/Newwave, i for 1 can never get enough of robin pics, yearround they put a smile to my face!

lolie · 08-01-2021 12:21am

pottokblue wrote: »

Lolie/Newwave, i for 1 can never get enough of robin pics, yearround they put a smile to my face!

Few from earlier today.
Robbie, same fella as the other pics from last week.

Bobby, has been coming in the house daily since early July.

A new pair hanging around, must be mating up as they're the only robins that tolerate each other round here. Not tame at all.

Meteorite58 · 08-01-2021 8:56pm

Little Egret today in Tralee Bay.

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Meteorite58 · 09-01-2021 12:47am

Oystercatcher in Tralee Bay today.

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Meteorite58 · 09-01-2021 1:17am

Brent geese in Tralee Bay

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Meteorite58 · 09-01-2021 1:42am

Great Tit examining an apple today in Kerry, dug into it afterwards

Meteorite58 · 09-01-2021 2:13am

Bar-Tailed Godwit ( I believe but please correct me if I am wrong ) Tralee Bay today.

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Meteorite58 · 09-01-2021 9:12pm

Coal Tit in Kerry yesterday

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Meteorite58 · 09-01-2021 9:44pm

Female House Sparrow Kerry yesterday.

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Meteorite58 · 10-01-2021 12:38am

Bar-Tailed Godwit and Oystercatcher from yesterday.

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Meteorite58 · 10-01-2021 5:00pm

Sanderling and a single Turnstone I think, pic taken over the weekend.

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pottokblue · 10-01-2021 5:00pm

Lolie, thanks for the Bobby and robbie pictures have you named the new pair??

meteorite58 I love the perspective on Your Great tit and giant redapple picture, Did the greattit fallasleep after devouring the apple and is waiting for a Princetit....

Thanks again to all the photo contributers on this thread...

pottokblue · 10-01-2021 5:01pm

Metroite I also like your birds in flight over tralee bay pics, gives a great sense of freedom...

Odeta · 10-01-2021 6:30pm

pottokblue wrote: »

Lolie, thanks for the Bobby and robbie pictures have you named the new pair??

meteorite58 I love the perspective on Your Great tit and giant redapple picture, Did the greattit fallasleep after devouring the apple and is waiting for a Princetit....

Thanks again to all the photo contributers on this thread...

Going to echo this ... this thread is the gift that keeps on giving. Thanks everyone!

Meteorite58 · 11-01-2021 1:35am

Brent Geese in Tralee Bay over the weekend.

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Odeta · 11-01-2021 6:42pm

RTE has launched a wildlife photography competition ... lots of possible winners on this thread!

NEW WAVE · 11-01-2021 9:19pm

Dunnock

pottokblue · 11-01-2021 9:25pm

I had a nice walk today and was lucky to see 4different robins (3hourswalk) whenever I see a robin I always imagine its the soul of my father paying me a quick visit to check in on me! Silly I know but just the way and today 2/4 robins weren't shy.
My regular walk is canalbank and sadly no robins but the grey heron was back (after a few walks of not spotting) the grey heron reminds me of an old Chinese philosopher.

Newwave. Lolie, tercel, Metorite and many more on this thread I hope you're going to enter the RTe competition mentioned by Odeta above...

12-01-2021 1:26am

Might interest you folk https://www.rte.ie/lifestyle/nature/2020/1217/1185047-eye-on-nature-photographic-competition/

Meteorite58 · 12-01-2021 1:27am

Ringed Plover over the weekend.

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mystic86 · 12-01-2021 2:06am

No idea what bird this is, any idea?

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Bsal · 12-01-2021 2:48am

Think it might be a Snipe.

NEW WAVE · 12-01-2021 10:10pm

Whooper Swans in flight

Meteorite58 · 14-01-2021 7:39pm

Rockpipit I believe. Today in Tralee Bay.

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Wagtail

Meteorite58 · 14-01-2021 9:15pm

Redshank today.

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Curlew today.

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Meteorite58 · 14-01-2021 11:16pm

Flock of Bar-Tailed Godwit today.

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Meteorite58 · 14-01-2021 11:29pm

Watching Grey Crows picking up Molluscs and dropping them from a height onto rocks on the shoreline near Ballyheigue today.

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Meteorite58 · 15-01-2021 3:20pm

Ringed Plover from yesterday.

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NEW WAVE · 15-01-2021 10:40pm

Great Tit

This little guy was parked on the house gutter. Shot taken through kitchen window.

Pipmae · 16-01-2021 10:18pm

Nowhere near the quality of some photos on here but I’m learning.

Pipmae · 16-01-2021 10:22pm

Two robins in the first photo - one on the GAA net and the other mid flight.

pottokblue · 17-01-2021 10:46am

Pipmae love your robins at home pictures...

Anybody see the photo in the weekend supplement of Irish times of "Fox and kingfisher" beside the dodder??? and the cloud watching photo. I'm watching the clouds outside my window what is the name of airplane line cloud??

Tiercel Dave · 17-01-2021 11:08am

pottokblue wrote: »

.....what is the name of airplane line cloud??

Condensation Trails, usually shortened to Contrails.....

Meteorite58 · 17-01-2021 8:11pm

Today in the garden here in Kerry.

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NEW WAVE · 17-01-2021 10:48pm

Heron Fishing

Tiercel Dave · 17-01-2021 11:02pm

NEW WAVE wrote: »

Heron Fishing

Did 'he' manage to eat that New Wave?.....

NEW WAVE · 18-01-2021 1:01am

No problem this was the second large trout the heron managed to catch in the space of an hour.

Thud · 19-01-2021 12:09pm

A few from last year i never posted...

Some Nature Pictures I Took Recently - II (Seasonal Photos)

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