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

glaswegian · 17-02-2021 8:30pm

This Hoody was having a right go at the Ducks in Doorly Park.

glaswegian · 17-02-2021 8:34pm

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Pipmae · 17-02-2021 10:25pm

I had a visit from a Red Legged Partridge this morning. The shock when I saw something so stunning waddling around my garden. I got a photo but it's very poor quality - through a window and on a zoomed iPhone lens.

I'm in Co Meath.

cnocbui · 18-02-2021 4:53am

I see your partridge and raise you..

On the topic of shock. Feb 2014. Walk up the road and...

Full disclosure is that I knew he was in the area, having seen him before, and heard him, as he wasn't exactly quiet.

NEW WAVE · 19-02-2021 9:25pm

Egret in flight

pottokblue · 19-02-2021 10:06pm

I've not yet passed a peacock on my 5km rambles last time I saw one was last september fota island.

New wave I love your egret in flight his flash yellow feet make him look like a marvel superhero bird

cnocbui · 20-02-2021 9:21pm

pottokblue wrote: »

I've not yet passed a peacock on my 5km rambles last time I saw one was last september fota island.

New wave I love your egret in flight his flash yellow feet make him look like a marvel superhero bird

It's an absolute mystery how a male peacock ended up wild in rural Tipp. I would desperately like to know the how and the why of it.

I have had a couple of chats with the guy who owns the car in the pic. He said it just turned up in his garden one day as a near chic, many years ago, so he started putting food out and it grew to be something a bit more imposing. It was basically wild wandering the fields and hedges and farm yards in the vicinity. He did feed it regularly.

I might even have a photo somewhere of it standing on a tractor. I would have loved to have been able to get pic of it walking around in snow. It managed to survive 2010 and the beast from the east.

It lived for well over a decade, I would say, but sadly died about a year or so ago.

glaswegian · 23-02-2021 8:14pm

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HoteiMarkii · 23-02-2021 9:12pm

glaswegian wrote: »

Where did you manage to spot this guy, Glaswegian?
Love your images. Keep them coming.

IrishZeus · 23-02-2021 11:41pm

HoteiMarkii wrote: »

Where did you manage to spot this guy, Glaswegian?
Love your images. Keep them coming.

What bird is this?

New Home · 24-02-2021 12:12am

IrishZeus wrote: »

What bird is this?

That's a woodpecker.

glaswegian wrote: »

I absolutely adore this picture. That juvenile robin has gorgeous in-between plumage and the colours around it complement it perfectly, IMO. Plus, look how utterly cute that birdie is!

HoteiMarkii · 24-02-2021 1:43am

IrishZeus wrote: »

What bird is this?

It's a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Known to be breeding in parts of Wicklow in recent years.

glaswegian · 24-02-2021 10:06am

HoteiMarkii wrote: »

Where did you manage to spot this guy, Glaswegian?
Love your images. Keep them coming.

Thanks HotieMarkii, I saw two birds flitting around the woodland in Slish wood, Sligo, I couldn't make out what they were, they were moving so fast, it wasn't until i pinched out the picture in the camera that i could see what they were.

HoteiMarkii · 24-02-2021 12:11pm

glaswegian wrote: »

Thanks HotieMarkii, I saw two birds flitting around the woodland in Slish wood, Sligo, I couldn't make out what they were, they were moving so fast, it wasn't until i pinched out the picture in the camera that i could see what they were.

Wow! They're obviously reaching more western areas of the island now too. That's great. I wonder would it be worth reporting to Birdwatch Ireland? Maybe you've done so already?

glaswegian · 24-02-2021 3:20pm

HoteiMarkii wrote: »

Wow! They're obviously reaching more western areas of the island now too. That's great. I wonder would it be worth reporting to Birdwatch Ireland? Maybe you've done so already?

I wasn't aware they were scarce in the west, i'm not much of a twitcher tbh, but i like photographing birds, I've heard a Woodpecker drumming in the woods twice in the last week in Doorly park which is adjacent to Sligo town.

HoteiMarkii · 24-02-2021 4:10pm

glaswegian wrote: »

I wasn't aware they were scarce in the west, i'm not much of a twitcher tbh, but i like photographing birds, I've heard a Woodpecker drumming in the woods twice in the last week in Doorly park which is adjacent to Sligo town.

Just a cursory look at the Irish Birding website doesn't appear to show any records for Great Spotted Woodpecker sightings in the County of Sligo.

Edit: Just had a closer look at Irish Birding and it would seem there's been four or five recorded sightings since about 2014. Union wood (wherever that may be), seems to be a place where most of the sightings have been.

glaswegian · 24-02-2021 7:31pm

HoteiMarkii wrote: »

Just a cursory look at the Irish Birding website doesn't appear to show any records for Great Spotted Woodpecker sightings in the County of Sligo.

Edit: Just had a closer look at Irish Birding and it would seem there's been four or five recorded sightings since about 2014. Union wood (wherever that may be), seems to be a place where most of the sightings have been.

The sighting for October last was reported by myself, after i had taken the picture i met a chap Bird spotting in Ballisodare bay, i got chatting to him and showed him the pictures, he asked if i would report it to the Irish Birding website, i reported it slightly wrong though, i stated the pic was taken at Dooney rock when it was infact taken in Slish wood, both woodland walks on the shore of Lough Gill, so if i ever meet that chap again i'll have to apologize for sending him to the wrong place,:eek: even though they back on to one and other.

NEW WAVE · 24-02-2021 10:10pm

Blackbird

Tea For Two · 24-02-2021 10:36pm

That’s a stunning photo NEW WAVE

Meteorite58 · 25-02-2021 12:15am

Scarlet Elf Cup in Ballyseedy Woods Tralee recently.

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lolie · 25-02-2021 1:07pm

My sister sent me these pics of common newts (Lissotriton vulgaris) outside her back door. They appear regularly.

Tuesday night

Again last night, brought a few friends with them

Alun · 25-02-2021 1:22pm

lolie wrote: »

My sister sent me these pics of common lizards outside her back door. They appear regularly.

Not an expert by any means but on any photos I've seen (including ones I've taken myself) common lizards have 5 toes on their front feet whereas these appear to have 3. Could they be common/smooth newts rather than common lizards?

pottokblue · 25-02-2021 1:25pm

Glaswegian I agree with New Home your robin close up portrait is adorable from a distance I only see the brown/red/white feathers its nice to see feathers close up!

lolie · 25-02-2021 2:11pm

Alun wrote: »

Not an expert by any means but on any photos I've seen (including ones I've taken myself) common lizards have 5 toes on their front feet whereas these appear to have 3. Could they be common/smooth newts rather than common lizards?

You're correct, its a common/smooth newt. Dont know why i had lizard in my head when writing that.
I might head over tonight and try get a better photo if they're out again.

NEW WAVE · 25-02-2021 5:25pm

Gathering of the clan

pottokblue · 25-02-2021 5:29pm

Mad an amphibian version of see you in Coppers!!!

Alun · 25-02-2021 5:32pm

pottokblue wrote: »

Mad an amphibian version of see you in Coppers!!!

... no social distancing, and not a face mask in sight

cnocbui · 25-02-2021 6:11pm

NEW WAVE wrote: »

Gathering of the clan

Looks lik an orgy to me.

New Home · 26-02-2021 12:34am

I'm shocked and appalled. That should have had a NSFW tag. Won't somebody think of the tadpoles?!

NEW WAVE, these folks would be interested in hearing from you, I could bet on it.

Birdnuts · 26-02-2021 1:13am

cnocbui wrote: »

Looks lik an orgy to me.

Male frogs will hump anything at this time of year - saw a programme on Sky Nature recently were Salamanders in Germany were being "molested" by male Marsh Frogs as they tried to approach a pond

New Home · 26-02-2021 1:28am

"How YOU doin'".

lolie · 26-02-2021 1:41am

Another pic sent to me this morning. The local bedding factory thought there was a cat hiding out in it the past few weeks so they set up a trap. Turned out it was a pine marten.
I heard it was released safely later on.

One from july, wondered what was driving the goldfinches mad near the house until i seen this fella high up in the ash tree.

cnocbui · 26-02-2021 2:04am

NEW WAVE · 26-02-2021 1:00pm

New Home wrote: »

I'm shocked and appalled. That should have had a NSFW tag. Won't somebody think of the tadpoles?!

NEW WAVE, these folks would be interested in hearing from you, I could bet on it.

Form completed and sent. Thanks for the info.

Meteorite58 · 27-02-2021 11:37pm

Was feeling left out with no activity until this morning with the first sing of spawn in or pond and this guy hanging about here in Kerry

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lolie · 28-02-2021 2:16am

Starling from a few days ago

Meteorite58 · 28-02-2021 8:53pm

A couple from the shore today.

Pied Wagtail and Herring Gull

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thecretinhop · 28-02-2021 9:00pm

this lad is back. pics thru window hoping to get him proper 2mrw

Meteorite58 · 28-02-2021 9:12pm

A few from the garden on this fine Spring like day.

Chaffinch

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Goldfinch

House sparrow

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pottokblue · 28-02-2021 9:22pm

Thanks for putting up the names Meteorite58 as I'm not great on identifying birds/flowers/trees or knowing their names. Is your kerry frog a papa frog or a mama frog???

pottokblue · 28-02-2021 9:23pm

thecretinhop wrote: »

this lad is back. pics thru window hoping to get him proper 2mrw

who is this lad??

Meteorite58 · 28-02-2021 9:31pm

pottokblue wrote: »

Thanks for putting up the names Meteorite58 as I'm not great on identifying birds/flowers/trees or knowing their names. Is your kerry frog a papa frog or a mama frog???

Don't know pottokblue, not well up on them. No new spawn today, slow this year here.

HoteiMarkii · 28-02-2021 10:26pm

pottokblue wrote: »

who is this lad??

It's a Common Buzzard.

HoteiMarkii · 28-02-2021 10:27pm

Meteorite58 wrote: »

Was feeling left out with no activity until this morning with the first sing of spawn in or pond and this guy hanging about here in Kerry .

Love this! Super capture.

thecretinhop · 28-02-2021 11:12pm

in other thread manic magpie

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

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