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Some pictures I took recently

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#872 06-05-2011 9:53pm
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John mac wrote: »

owl ?

My guess would be it's not an owl because no visible bones. Owl pellets contain bones but hawks, falcons etc can digest bones so none found it their pellets. Try dissecting it if you brought it home with you.

Probably a Sparrowhawk or Kestrel pellet.

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#873 07-05-2011 12:51am
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Curlew? or some such thing.....

Cormorant

Tern

complete with lunch.....

He went for it (I think).....

but missed.....

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#874 07-05-2011 7:57pm
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Under the weather by magnum_lady, on Flickr

Bluebells after the rain.

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#875 07-05-2011 10:00pm
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whyulittle wrote: »

Curlew? or some such thing.....

Cormorant

Tern

complete with lunch.....

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First bird is whimbrel. Note shortish bill and less decurved compared to adult curlew. Also dark eyestripe and dark crown stripes which eliminate juvenile curlew which have a whimbrel like bill.

third bird is a common tern. Note short tail streamers compared to similar artic and roseate tern. You can see black tip to bill. Also broad diffuse black edge to outer primaries unlike more distinct black edging of artic tern.

The two gull are black headed gull and herring gull

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#876 07-05-2011 10:14pm
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Some photos from during the week:D
Ptarmigan:

Black grouse taken through fog at a distance of 300 metres at 5.00 am.

Got a photo of a capercaille but can't make anything out from photo:(

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#877 07-05-2011 10:18pm
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Busy by magnum_lady, on Flickr

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#878 08-05-2011 7:00pm
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Blessington St Basin has become one of my favourite places to go. always something happening. Ive more pictures, but on a different card, so will upload them another time. This is just what I got today:

I left him alone after that, he was watching me

dunno what this little guy is

swans in the basin, flying towards me. they got to the end, near the wall, just barely managed to stop in time

Another mystery duck

Two ducklings in a ball, sleeping. Think they may be mandarin ducklings, possibly the mother there beside them.

These three together, mystery duck again, with what i'm guessing is two males/females of the same type.

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#879 09-05-2011 8:53am
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stupidusername wrote: »

Blessington St Basin has become one of my favourite places to go. always something happening. Ive more pictures, but on a different card, so will upload them another time. This is just what I got today:

Another mystery duck

Hey there. How unbelievably wierd... I was up at the basin yesterday too, and I spotted the same duck... Googled it when I got home and this is what I found...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smew

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#880 09-05-2011 11:12am
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92cooper wrote: »

Hey there. How unbelievably wierd... I was up at the basin yesterday too, and I spotted the same duck... Googled it when I got home and this is what I found...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smew

Ooh that is weird.smew what an odd name.

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#881 09-05-2011 2:07pm
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Just snapped this female Great Spotted Woodpecker from my kitchen

Cross posted with the GSW thread

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#882 09-05-2011 2:08pm
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wow. thats deadly mothman.

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#883 09-05-2011 3:41pm
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Mothman wrote: »

Just snapped this female Great Spotted Woodpecker from my kitchen

Cross posted with the GSW thread

right, put the kettle on..... im on the way

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#884 09-05-2011 5:36pm
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Office bound desk jockey for the last while, suffering from cabin fever.....just had to get out and about...

Kilcoole this morning..Please help to ID some of these..

Ringed Plover..

Little Tern..

Swallow..nesting in old tank..

Gannet..quite a few, all heading south along the beach..

Sand Martins..

Linnet & Reed Bunting..

Hoping it's a warbler of some kind

Unknown..might be a female sparrow..

Pipit maybe....

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#885 09-05-2011 6:44pm
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Drone or Hover fly pair i think.

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#886 09-05-2011 7:44pm
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V Bull wrote: »

Office bound desk jockey for the last while, suffering from cabin fever.....just had to get out and about...

Kilcoole this morning..Please help to ID some of these..

Hoping it's a warbler of some kind
Unknown..might be a female sparrow..
Pipit maybe....

1st bird sedge warbler
2nd bird is the humble female house sparrow
3rd bird is meadow pipit or in irish, Banaltra na cuaiche. This translates as the cuckoo nurse. A superior name considering the meadow pipit is the main bird which the cuckoo parasitizes in Ireland. There are often cuckoos around Kilcoole so this little fellow better watch his/her nest:D

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#887 09-05-2011 7:57pm
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stupidusername wrote: »

These three together, mystery duck again, with what i'm guessing is two males/females of the same type.

White cheeked pintail
The domestic forms are often white (the bird on left). They are a south american species. These birds are not wild are most likely released domestic birds.

The smew (adult male) in the other photo is also a domestic bird. A real wild smew will never be that tame.

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#888 09-05-2011 8:29pm
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First time to see Blackcap and Redpole around here, now the Blackcaps are all around here. The Kestrel was bringing food back to I'ts mate, they had a nest not far from the house.

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#889 10-05-2011 1:11am
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Great pics, is the third one not a Linnet?

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#890 10-05-2011 12:36pm
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doctor evil wrote: »

Great pics, is the third one not a Linnet?

It's a lesser redpoll.

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#891 10-05-2011 4:21pm
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Some birds in the garden today:
Male House Sparrow:

Starling:

Collared Dove:

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#892 10-05-2011 4:37pm
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Spotted Flycatcher

any ideas?

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#893 10-05-2011 6:41pm
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I hope the little terns are in a reserve of some sort where dogs are not allowed?

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#894 10-05-2011 6:46pm
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I hope the little terns are in a reserve of some sort where dogs are not allowed?

Website for Little Tern colony at Kilcoole

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#895 10-05-2011 6:50pm
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trebor28 wrote: »

any ideas?

Possibly Snipe Fly

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#896 10-05-2011 6:59pm
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just googled it, and it looks like you could be right.

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#897 10-05-2011 7:05pm
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Spotted this little fella in killarney on Sunday. Ran off when heard the click of the camera.

Doe a deer. by fionbharra, on Flickr

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#898 10-05-2011 8:39pm
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That starling above is mad looking - great shot.

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#899 10-05-2011 10:13pm
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The Sand Martins are busy at work, cleaning out old nest holes and some excavating new ones, it was a hive of activity!

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#900 10-05-2011 10:15pm
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thebishop wrote: »

Spotted this little fella in killarney on Sunday. Ran off when heard the click of the camera.

Doe a deer. by fionbharra, on Flickr

Thats a beautiful picture, like a fairytale scene!

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#901 10-05-2011 11:02pm
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Rainbowsend wrote: »

Thats a beautiful picture, like a fairytale scene!

Thanks. Bambi.

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