Some pictures I took recently

keps · 16-02-2015 2:59pm

vistafinder wrote: »

Nice shot keps! Its a female the underside of her beak is orange male is black.
I started a book about them last week and they start getting more active from end of feburary on. The males will be trying to impress

What's the name of the book?

( and thanks - I've amended the post above as the bird is a female)

vistafinder · 16-02-2015 3:08pm

keps wrote: »

What's the name of the book?

Kingfisher Tales from the Halcyon River by Charlie Hamilton James

The photography is stunning

keps · 16-02-2015 3:18pm

Just bought it now on Amazon 2nd hand( v/g condition) £9.00 + £4.00 postage

vistafinder · 16-02-2015 3:24pm

keps wrote: »

Just bought it now on Amazon 2nd hand( v/g condition) £9.00 + £4.00 postage

:pac: That was fast. You wont be disappointed. Jealous probably like me after seeing some of the shots! Enjoy

Ulmus · 16-02-2015 6:01pm

Hamilton James and Philippa Forrester made a lovely wildlife film called My Halcyon River in 2002 for the BBC Natural World series. Worth watching but don't know where you'd get a copy.

Fruit1985 · 16-02-2015 11:49pm

keps · 17-02-2015 12:14am

Thought the Male Buntings were gonzo- but 4 of them were back in the garden for good spells today

Here is one

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keps · 17-02-2015 12:27am

Fruit1985 wrote: »

That is an amazing photo!
The tower in the background- and the worm in the mouth
- brilliant

splish · 17-02-2015 10:38am

Robin Erithacus rubecula

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Yew Taxus baccata male flowers

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Sea Spurge Euphorbia paralias

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Tree mallow Malva arborea

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Sphagnum capillifolium

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Red Dead Nettle Lamium purpureum

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hollster2 · 17-02-2015 6:41pm

First is a green finch I think its the first Ive seen and there very shy where I am and very quick I couldn't get the camera at there right setting so its very dark!

The rest are from a walk and when it was cold ducks on a frozen pond!

gzoladz · 17-02-2015 10:03pm

Nice photo of the mallards. This is a duck that some times is not appreciated because it is too common, but the orange legs, the yellow bill and the green and blue tones are beautiful.

Same as with the magpies, visitors from mallard free countries love them

And I can tell, because once I was one!

keps · 17-02-2015 10:35pm

Garden
Goldfinch

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keps · 18-02-2015 12:23pm

Three male reed buntings in the garden

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and Female ( thanks to Woodville56 & Srameen for ID)

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Edit..
Added later

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splish · 18-02-2015 1:24pm

Coming home across a bridge over the Slaney and noticed something white in the water. Thought it was some rubbish as I had seen a bucket flowing downstream the day before. Turned out to be 2 Goosander Mergus merganser.

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Blackbird Turdus merula tug of war.

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keps · 18-02-2015 6:37pm

Lucan Demesne this afternoon

Goldcrest

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and I think this must be a thrush?

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Zoo4m8 · 18-02-2015 6:53pm

Terrific Goldcrest pic and your thrush is a Mistle Thrush..

keps · 18-02-2015 7:01pm

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Terrific Goldcrest pic and your thrush is a Mistle Thrush..

thanks for the comment on the goldcrest pic- 40 minutes there watching them and 40 photos - 6 in focus.
I thought the Long tailed tit was a giddy bird - but this one takes the biscuit:)

splish · 19-02-2015 12:47pm

Ruby Tiger Phragmatobia fuliginosa

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Bonedigger · 19-02-2015 1:43pm

Redwing

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hollster2 · 19-02-2015 1:57pm

Can someone tell me what birds these are please?

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Bonedigger · 19-02-2015 2:12pm

Oystercatchers I think? Possibly juveniles or in Winter plumage - I'm not great on waders, so someone else may be of more help?

hollster2 · 19-02-2015 2:14pm

This was taken last year think around summertime just came across pictures today thanks!

Zoo4m8 · 19-02-2015 2:44pm

Oystercatchers indeed..

hollster2 · 19-02-2015 4:49pm

Blue Tit

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A Dunnock!! (Thanks Splish)

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splish · 19-02-2015 5:00pm

hollster2 wrote: »

Female house sparrow??? Not sure?? couldn't get close enough was a good bit away!

Its a Dunnock.

hollster2 · 19-02-2015 5:03pm

Oh great thanks

is it a male or female?

splish · 19-02-2015 5:06pm

hollster2 wrote: »

Oh great thanks is it a male or female?

Sexes are very similiar, male has on average slightly more lead-grey on head and throat than female, but many are alike according to Collins guide.

Cork boy 55 · 19-02-2015 9:15pm

Frogs frogs Frogs ,saw scores of them today must of found a hot spot

Spawn spawn everywhere saw a frog orgy near this pile but they all went underneath before got camera out

This lad sitting in the middle of the forest road like he owns the place a heron was hunting fairly close by, not sure was he sick or what

He put his "arms" up to cover his face for this shot , its blurred i had wrong setting
on the camera.

bad attempt at hiding , Heron fodder

I see you

keps · 19-02-2015 9:55pm

As mentioned - got a few(very) in focus Goldcrest photos yesterday

Here is one - it is very grainy as it is a big enlargment of the original image but it does show its nice 'tailspan' ( if that is a word).

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hollster2 · 19-02-2015 10:02pm

Wow is all I can say keps! brilliant photo.

splish · 20-02-2015 3:42pm

Buzzard Buteo buteo, Oak Forest Park, Co. Carlow today.

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splish · 21-02-2015 11:09am

A bit grubby looking but Lesser Celandine Ficaria verna in flower yesterday at Oak Forest Park, Carlow.

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keps · 21-02-2015 9:19pm

Slightly flukey shot from the garden 2day
A sparrow I think

( oops a male chaffinch- I'm being told!)

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If I was female reed bunting - I think I'd fancy this guy

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This coal tit was having a bad hair day!

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Zoo4m8 · 21-02-2015 9:23pm

That's a male Chaffinch on final approach!

TopTec · 21-02-2015 9:24pm

Keps. That is a brilliant photo. More Chaffinch perhaps, with the white wing flash?

TT

keps · 21-02-2015 9:24pm

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

That's a male Chaffinch on final approach!

He had to circle due to fog:)

gzoladz · 21-02-2015 11:02pm

I believe the coal tit is a great tit? I can see it is not too yellow but the black strip on the chest?

keps · 21-02-2015 11:12pm

gzoladz wrote: »

I believe the coal tit is a great tit? I can see it is not too yellow but the black strip on the chest?

Well 1 outa 3 ain't bad( for me);)

splish · 22-02-2015 11:54am

Dunnock Prunella modularis

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Robin Erithacus rubecula

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Wren Troglodytes troglodytes

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Zoo4m8 · 22-02-2015 1:05pm

It's probably just me but I've always thought that the Wren's Latin name was a very poor fit for such a tiny bird..I reckon it sounds more suitable for a larger more aggressive bird like,say, a hooded crow or a Raven..:)

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 22-02-2015 3:25pm

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

It's probably just me but I've always thought that the Wren's Latin name was a very poor fit for such a tiny bird..I reckon it sounds more suitable for a larger more aggressive bird like,say, a hooded crow or a Raven..:)

I always thought it a very apt name as it comes from the Greek word "troglodytes" (being "trogle" a hole, and "dyein" to creep) giving us "cave-dweller", and refers to the wren's habit of disappearing into crevices and crevices to hunt or roost. For that reason I recall the scientific name for a wren much better than many other birds.

hollster2 · 22-02-2015 4:03pm

I seen a little egret on the way to Dublin today just in a field such a beautiful bird and its a pity I forgot my camera.

keps · 22-02-2015 5:49pm

Garden today

Love is in the air( or maybe on the ground)

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Female Reed bunting

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Blackcap and 2 reed buntings

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chaffinch

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keps · 22-02-2015 8:59pm

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

It's probably just me but I've always thought that the Wren's Latin name was a very poor fit for such a tiny bird..I reckon it sounds more suitable for a larger more aggressive bird like,say, a hooded crow or a Raven..:)

I love the ' Irish' name for a wren

Dreoilín

Zoo4m8 · 22-02-2015 10:42pm

Absolutely ! And while I'm here the only other scientific name I can remember is that for Magpie, 'Pica Pica' and that's because that's what friends in Kinsale named their house because of the large numbers of Magpies in the area..