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Some pictures I took recently

Nerin

all manner of beasties and birdies been around my house lately, or the forest across the way.

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bogtreader

A couple of Tern chicks they are four days old also they still have the
tooth for breaking the shell

The bottom picture the chicks are four weeks old so fairly active

Cardynal

A couple from Tacumshin Today.

doctor evil

Did you see it outside of Ireland Rainbowsend?

Mothman

magicbastarder wrote: »

malahide beach was swarming with these fellas earlier - five spot burnets, according to my collins guide.

Count the spots...the Collins guide is wrong.

Rainbowsend

doctor evil wrote: »

Did you see it outside of Ireland Rainbowsend?

Sorry whats this in reference to?

Cardynal

Out and about early this morning.
1 Sedge Warbler.
2 Juvenile Sedge Warbler
3 Whitethroat with Breakfast
4 Reed bunting with Breakfast.

Rainbowsend

Maybe the Mum or Dad of Bogtreader's baby terns?

thyme

Kestrel bringing home some frogs legs home for lunch.

doctor evil

Rainbowsend wrote: »

Sorry whats this in reference to?

I meant the Dipper:)

Rainbowsend

doctor evil wrote: »

I meant the Dipper:)

Yes it was taken at the Meeting of the Waters in Wicklow, near to Avoca.
Thats yes it was taken in Ireland!

Cardynal

Thrushes and Blackbirds out in force today on the freshly cut lawn.

thyme

While I was watching the Kestrel bringing food back to the nest, looking around to see what direction i'ts going to come from I spotted this little guy having a nap in the three top beside me. Stayed there for nearly 30 minutes.

whyulittle

Do you live in a different, magical Westmeath than I do thyme?! You get some really great stuff.

thyme

Ta whyulittle, and yes I do, maybe you know this.

stupidusername

I'm wondering could we maybe attach pictures of a more disturbing nature rather than embed them? and have a little warning then too?

Connacht

fair point. i removed it altogether

cscook

I had a fascinating time watching this coot (not a moorhen as my fingers disconnected with my brain earlier) in Phoenix Park this morning. When I first saw her she seemed to be *tidying* her nest, pulling leaves already on it about. Then she started going out foraging for more leaves, diving down to nip them off near the base, and towing them back.
What was even funnier was to see her two chicks making their contributions - one of them bringing a little stick along, and one trying to push one of the leaves around.
Would she be making it bigger to have more space for the chicks as they get older? Or do they lay two clutches? The way the chicks were clambering around there can't have been any eggs in it, but the chicks are a fair size now.
Trying to upload a video, but I couldn't do it earlier on while I needed the bandwidth for something else.

stupidusername

cscook wrote: »

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awh!

but that's a coot, isn't it??

cscook

stupidusername wrote: »

awh! but that's a coot, isn't it??

I was just coming back to edit and say yes, I know it's a coot. I know the difference, sometimes I just call them the wrong thing :rolleyes:.

Cardynal

Stonechat from Carnsore , a bird i seldom see now , scarce the past year or two.

swifts need our help!

very nice!

Mark

OpenYourEyes

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Can anyone identify what species this guy is?

Mothman

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Can anyone identify what species this guy is?

Poplar Hawk-moth

thyme

Meet the bunting family (Reed) -1 it was hiding in the undergrowth.

stupidusername

Cormorant in the basin again today

scared a mallard off the hay, and took it over to clean...

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and then I was in St Stephens Green and saw this baby moorhen

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and again...
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he was squeaking the whole time but i stayed with him for a while, and when someone started feeding them (bread!) the mother ran out from the bush to nab it, along with another youngling

they all went off in to the bush then and she came out to get it and feed it to them. it was a great sight

leonvdn

In order, wren, blackbird, little grebe, grey heron, mallard

E39MSport

Ducklings at the office

Nice spider

Cardynal

A few from Tacumshin last evening.
1 Green Sandpiper.
2 Little Grebe.

Traonach

Cardynal wrote: »

A few from Tacumshin last evening.
1 Green Sandpiper.
2 Little Grebe.

Brilliant Green sandpiper. Did you get it at forgotten corner?

cscook

The robin that had no tail (it's grown again) is still trying to muscle in on the territory of an established pair in the garden. But he's too cautious to come too close to the house, whereas the established pair, and especially the one I am assuming is male because he has battle-scars, are not so shy at all.

Doesn't mention robins in the list of birds on that seed tub

, and it actually wasn't the mealworms he was going for.
I just have to be careful if I've been out in the garden - I once startled one into the back room and had to help it out again.