Some pictures I took recently

Art Deko

Eyepatch

Attempting to make short work of my broccoli - (white) cabbage butterfly larvae i.e caterpillars.



Notice the white "aura" that surrounds the bunch on the cabbage leaf.



These guys are bigger and able to get around faster. One of them seems to be a "runt"! LOL!



Not bad for a day's work! :rolleyes:

V_Moth

Marsh Fritilliaries

MeteoritesEire

male reed bunting taken couple minutes ago in front of house

Dr Turk Turkelton

Saw this little guy earlier in New York

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V Bull

A Kestrel in the centre of London last Wednesday...Bloomsbury Square...

GhostInTheRuins

Nothing exotic or exciting, just a baby bluetit that was in the garden this morning. Full crop you can even see its dandruff

Art Deko

Art Deko

Rainbowsend

Lol. Falling with style!

Eyepatch

Collared Dove in my garden

... and again

splish

Few pics from the Saltees.

valo086

Hi guys, thanks for all the thanks for the Blue Tit pics I posted earlier. It was a pleasure to get some decent pics through my window which I have to constantly clean.
Anyway, I have been infested with fledgelings over the last week or so & I have a few pics to prove it.
First up a haggard looking Blue Tit adult on my very last fat ball showing the kids how to get food without bothering their arse to much. Although saying that, by the look of her, she was probably delighted with the help.



Second are the Great Tits, very skittish even when their in the same spot! Possibly five fledgelings.





Third are the Greenfinches. I believe there are five flegelings. Delighted to see any addittion to the Greenfinch population. Best pic I could get.



Finally, the Goldfinches of which I am generally infested with during winter. My god they never stop bickering with everything, even their own reflections. Its like a family reunion!



There have been other fledgelings but I have missed the oportunity to get a pic of them.

Amalgam

You can hear these three young'uns long before you see them, a loud, 'peep.. peep.. peep..'

Driving the male bullfinch bananas all morning.

Two in the plum tree, watching..





..and one stalking Dad.



Lovely little fellas. I've never payed much attention to fledging bullfinches before.

MeteoritesEire

subdued bee-golden opportunity.It was lashing down here and he was taking cover.I didn't see all the water droplets with the naked eye, no wonder he was hardly moving.Gave him some sugar water and he was gone when I got home

MeteoritesEire

with his tongue in


and orange tongue out, you ever seen a bees tongue?

Eyepatch

Bee in Poppy

Scotty #

Lions Mane Jellyfish (I think) beached at the mouth of the Boyne. About 700mm diameter...

MeteoritesEire

not liking the fact that the poor critters dead but it's an interesting looking splodge--would have snapped it myself

glaswegian

woodland II 055 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

splish

Can anyone help with and ID for this little fella?

trebor28

Spotted fly catcher

trebor28

Scotty # wrote: »

Lions Mane Jellyfish (I think) beached at the mouth of the Boyne. About 700mm diameter...

Freaky looking thing.

if i came across that id be thinking the aliens have finally arrived!!

splish

trebor28 wrote: »

Spotted fly catcher

Thanks trebor28. Noticed him catching insects in flight in the garden during the last week. Great to know what it is finally.

trebor28

splish wrote: »

Thanks trebor28. Noticed him catching insects in flight in the garden during the last week. Great to know what it is finally.

Quite the agile bird too.

watch them hover too, very capable of it.

Hannibal Smith

A sparrowhawk having her dinner in the back garden yesterday

dodderangler

Hannibal Smith wrote: »

A sparrowhawk having her dinner in the back garden yesterday

Lovely birds. Always love seeing them

Hannibal Smith

dodderangler wrote: »

Lovely birds. Always love seeing them

That was only my second time seeing one. I saw her in the garden last week and then yesterday when I took the photo. I live in Dublin City sorwe usually only get magpies, sparrows and pigeons. ..though there's one less pigeon now

spookwoman

Think this is a paper wasp

Art Deko