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Some pictures I took recently

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  • #62
    boneless
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    It certainly is!! Nice image all the same :)


  • #63
    Kaldorn
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    mukki wrote: »
    found this thing under a massive log on the lawn yesterday, what is it?

    i'm in meath

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    relax he was about 2 inches long


    edit.... oh my god i just spotted the eggs, sad now

    relax those arent newt eggs i have seen them in my garden lots of times..he was probably eating them if anything....


  • #64
    Connacht
    Registered Users Posts: 447 ✭✭Connacht


    Tzetze,
    Would be delighted to know if you saw your Buzzard in Co. Galway. Sightings west of the Shannon extremely rare. Almost all reports of Buzzard here and on Irish Birding are from Leinster, with some from Munster. PM me rough location if you don't mind.


  • #65
    Tzetze
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    In case anyone else is also interested, the Buzzard above was spotted near the Ulster/Leinster border, on the Ulster side.

    Got this fella today...

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  • #66
    Trojan911
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    Farran Wood, Cork.

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  • #67
    gary82
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    Had a very welcome visitor to the garden today....


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    Few more photos here>>


  • #68
    Mycroft H
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    Just spotted this thread lol

    great black back gull - irelands eye


  • #69
    Nerin
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    australia:

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    Tazzy

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    Roos

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    Koala


  • #70
    BFassassin
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    3 buzzards flew over the house today. I know there is only 2 in this photo btw :)
    Wish I had a longer lense for my camera as they were extremely high up. Heard them calling at first and then had to search for them lol.
    Checked the call on the rspb site to confirm what they were.


  • #71
    Tzetze
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  • #72
    BFassassin
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    Love the Kingfisher shots tzetze.
    Were abouts are they taken btw?


  • #73
    Tzetze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,143 ✭✭✭Tzetze


    BFassassin wrote: »
    Love the Kingfisher shots tzetze.
    Were abouts are they taken btw?

    Thanks, they were taken about 10k SE of Galway, in the Clarinbridge/Kilcolgan/Ardrahan area


  • #74
    stick-dan
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  • #75
    pft
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    Saw this little fellow on Killiney beach recently. Would love to know what it is.


  • #76
    Judgement Day
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    Humming Bird Hawkmoth - there is a thread about them on here - sorry I can't post the link. Just type the name into the thread search in Nature & Bird Watching. :)


  • #77
    boneless
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    Lovely pics!!!


  • #78
    ciano6
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    Lilac Breasted Roller


  • #79
    Mollywolly
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    This is my friendly neighbourhood robin. He's got so used to me feeding him that he's normally waiting by the patio door when I get up :)


  • #80
    Jackobyte
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    This is a picture I am very proud of... Took it at the rear of my house last september...! I believe it to be a kestral...! Image is of it feeding on another bird! I walked to within about 8 feet to get the pic...! It had an aura of raw power...! Even though you are much larger than it, you still felt threatened by it...!


  • #81
    Mollywolly
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    Jackobyte wrote: »
    This is a picture I am very proud of... Took it at the rear of my house last september...! I believe it to be a kestral...! Image is of it feeding on another bird! I walked to within about 8 feet to get the pic...! It had an aura of raw power...! Even though you are much larger than it, you still felt threatened by it...!

    Great pic, but I can't help feeling a little bit sorry for the kestrel's lunch :(


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  • #82
    Jackobyte
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    Me too... Took it in Dooradoyle... It was eating for 4 hours...:eek:


  • #83
    stevensi
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    Nice shot but just to let you know that it's a sparrowhawk a female in fact.


  • #84
    Jackobyte
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    I thought that at first but then I looked up sparrowhawk on birdwatchireland and they have a sparrowhawk looking like this http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=395 and a kestral looking like this http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Default.aspx?tabid=397 and it looked alot more like the kestral... Probably is a sparrowhawk though...


  • #85
    stevensi
    Registered Users Posts: 421 ✭✭stevensi


    Hi,

    The Sparrowhawk on the Birdwatch Ireland website is a male. The male has a reddish colour on the breast. The one in your picture is a female hence the brown colouring. The female is also larger then the male.

    http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.asp


  • #86
    Jackobyte
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    stevensi wrote: »
    Hi,

    The Sparrowhawk on the Birdwatch Ireland website is a male. The male has a reddish colour on the breast. The one in your picture is a female hence the brown colouring. The female is also larger then the male.

    http://www.rspb.org.uk/wildlife/birdguide/name/s/sparrowhawk/index.asp
    Cool!


  • #87
    gary82
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  • #88
    googs
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    hope these come out right.. two foxes used to come out at night and take food we left out for them... one morning I was able to get a few piccys of one of them.. :)


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  • #89
    Mothman
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    I had the pleasure of the company of a juvenile Osprey which roosted within long range camera shot (about 300m) of my garden for number of days last week. At one stage I counted 16 magpies in close attendance

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  • #90
    Reisman
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    Butterfly in garden in Waterford taken with phone. Anyone know what it's called?

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  • #91
    Reisman
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    Good old Heron taken with phone at Rathfarnham castle recently. Btw great pics everyone, sparrowhawk, foxes and Osprey shots all excellent to see.

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