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Nature on your farm.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,226 ✭✭✭vincenzolorenzo


    I came across this little guy today and have no idea what he is, only that he appears to be from Kilkenny.
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    Roughly what length was he? I hope your camera is very zoomed in :eek::D


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,101 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    Roughly what length was he? I hope your camera is very zoomed in :eek::D

    Those brown bits are knocked pine trees.


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    I came across this little guy today and have no idea what he is, only that he appears to be from Kilkenny.

    Could it be a dethroned Wasp Queen - which is larger than a normal sized wasp.

    Attachment not found.

    I think this is the one you're probably looking for ;)

    https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/facebook/000/956/772/9ae.jpg


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Roughly what length was he? I hope your camera is very zoomed in :eek::D

    :D

    Yeah, very zoomed in, about 20mm in length.


  • Registered Users Posts: 13,101 ✭✭✭✭Danzy


    :D

    Yeah, very zoomed in, about 20mm in length.

    The dots on the back mark her out as a Queen.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    https://irelandswildlife.com/common-wasp-vespula-vulgaris/
    and from the comments section from the above site.

    Conor Kelly says
    July 22, 2012 at 15:39
    I think the photo actually shows a Vespula germanica (German, or European, wasp), rather than a Vespula vulgaris(Common wasp). But there isn’t much difference between them, I suppose.

    alvin Jones says
    August 21, 2013 at 12:22
    Just looked at the photo again Conor and I think you may well be right… off out with the camera to try and get a shot of V. vulgaris to replace it.
    Oops!

    and this from a NZ website.

    https://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/science/plants-animals-fungi/animals/invertebrates/invasive-invertebrates/wasps/identification/key-differences


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Unusual fungi on our laneway. I'll see what they taste like.

    Not.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    Mushroom Type
    Common Names Common Puffball, Devils Snuffbox, Wolf Farts


    https://www.wildfooduk.com/mushroom-guide/common-puffball/


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    Edible, no less. Nearly murdered the entire family when I was a youngfella by cooking them breakfast with mushrooms I had picked in the fields. I tend to shy away from them ever since:pac:


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


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    Have an impressing ring of these growing
    Anyone tempted to name them?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 10,940 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    ganmo wrote: »
    Have an impressing ring of these growing
    Anyone tempted to name them?

    Phil, Jonjo, Caroline, Rupert and Alan.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,579 ✭✭✭Lime Tree Farm


    ganmo wrote: »
    Have an impressing ring of these growing
    Anyone tempted to name them?

    Very Nice picture.

    The nearest match, found in the Collins wild guide - Mushrooms & Toadstools, is "Roman Shield", though that species fruit in Spring.

    Your pic has a slight convex at the centre, an upturned edge with white gills. Does the stem have a ring (ragged near the top) or a volvo (bulbous at the base).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    A surprise blast of colour this morning, a rose, I think, in an overgrown patch of briars by my parents old house.
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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,585 Mod ✭✭✭✭blue5000


    Phil, Jonjo, Caroline, Rupert and Alan.

    I think I know who you are now;)

    If the seat's wet, sit on yer hat, a cool head is better than a wet ar5e.



  • Registered Users Posts: 10,940 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    blue5000 wrote: »
    I think I know who you are now;)

    It's Mr.Murdoch to you sir..


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,748 ✭✭✭ganmo


    It's Mr.Murdoch to you sir..

    Who's hannibal?
    Reggie is BA :P


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,940 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    ganmo wrote: »
    Who's hannibal?
    Reggie is BA :P

    Ah sure it'd have to be Buford.
    He keeps the whole show together.

    Apologies blue and other mods. ;)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,633 ✭✭✭✭Buford T. Justice XIX


    Ah sure it'd have to be Buford.
    He keeps the whole show together.

    Apologies blue and other mods. ;)

    I thought I was Faceman:(


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    A surprise blast of colour this morning, a rose, I think, in an overgrown patch of briars by my parents old house.
    R4FrYBg.jpg

    A December Rose ....


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    A very early admiral. The mild weather must have brought her out.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,603 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    A very early admiral. The mild weather must have brought her out.

    IMG-20200101-113129.jpg

    Great Pic lad but its actually a Small Tortoishell - it is indeed significant the amount of Spring signs out there atm, I even saw a good few bats on the wing only last week!! Winter though is far from done with us yet and I expect a pay back at some stage between now and early summer


  • Registered Users Posts: 1,395 ✭✭✭have2flushtwice


    Is it too late to plant daffodils?


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,940 ✭✭✭✭Say my name


    Is it too late to plant daffodils?

    If you have them plant them. Otherwise they'll dry out and be dead anyway.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,067 Mod ✭✭✭✭OpenYourEyes


    The 8th International Swan Census is coming up this week, focusing on our migratory swans - Whooper and Bewicks' Swans. Their preferred feeding habitat is agricultural grassland, so if anyone comes across any in the next week or so please give me a shout with a count, location, day/time!

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/swan-census-part-of-european-research-into-warming-threat-1.4131025?mode=amp


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    Anyone know what this paw print belongs to. Thanks


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


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  • Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Anyone know what this paw print belongs to. Thanks

    Size of print?

    Somewhat similar to that - the tracks from Badgers usually have five toe prints. However claw marks would normally also be seen. Also toes seem very close together for badger, otter etc tbh.

    A little Big Foot maybe? :D


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,830 ✭✭✭tabby aspreme


    gozunda wrote: »
    Size of print?

    Somewhat similar to that - the tracks from Badgers usually have five toe prints. However claw marks would normally also be seen. Also toes seem very close together for badger, otter etc tbh.

    A little Big Foot maybe? :D

    40-50mm wide, if I remember correctly, I took it last spring, plenty of badgers around, but as you say, no claws on this print


  • Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    Birdnuts wrote: »
    Great Pic lad but its actually a Small Tortoishell - it is indeed significant the amount of Spring signs out there atm, I even saw a good few bats on the wing only last week!! Winter though is far from done with us yet and I expect a pay back at some stage between now and early summer

    Question for Birdnuts. Do you have any good links for Irish wildbird calls?

    I have heard a repeated bird call from an adjacent wet and rushy area during the day which I cant identify. From the call - it's not a small bird. Also checked and its definitely not a bird of prey, a bittern or a corncrake. It is also calling from the ground and not whilst flying. Any possible ideas?


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  • Registered Users Posts: 9,603 ✭✭✭Birdnuts


    gozunda wrote: »
    Question for Birdnuts. Do you have any good links for Irish wildbird calls?

    I have heard a repeated bird call from an adjacent wet and rushy area during the day which I cant identify. From the call - it's not a small bird. Also checked and its definitely not a bird of prey, a bittern or a corncrake. It is also calling from the ground and not whilst flying. Any possible ideas?

    Could be a water rail or moorhen - they both have a wide variety of calls depending on their mood.

    Some good APs on the link below

    https://www.birdspot.co.uk/bird-watching-iphone-apps

    I personally got to know many bird calls over the years from simply listening to them in the days before such tech


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