Some pictures I took recently

splish

Tiercel Dave wrote: »

Hello All, looked up what this was but I'll leave it with you for a while. Also interesting is what it was actually doing! Dave Oh, spruce log, by the way.]

Rhyssa persuasoria searching for larvae in the wood to lay her eggs in?

Tiercel Dave

splish wrote: »

Rhyssa persuasoria searching for larvae in the wood to lay her eggs in?

Well done Splish, if I had a prize it would be yours, Dave

tupelopenny

Seen this little guy up on Tonduff today

tupelopenny

and another one

Seen two today on walk, other sighting was on Maulin

Pensivepuca

I have not seen a thrush in years!
This was a young one, the parent was nearby, anyone know what type of thrush? He seemed a bit bigger than a black bird.

martic

A friend found this at the side of the road earlier and brought it out for me to take a picture of, she must have got hit by a car or something after catching her prey , you can see clearly that her leg was broke with the impact but didn't release the prey.

V Bull

Caspian Tern, taken last Friday afternoon, on left of Herring Gull, long distance shot from the other side of Tacumshin Lake...


Buzzard...


Stonechat...

V_Moth

Pensivepuca wrote: »

It is a Mistle Thrush. Mistles are slightly larger than Blackbird, Song Thrush a bit smaller.

vandriver

A few from my holidays.


IMG_7863 by carl cotter, on Flickr


Tenerife Kestrel by carl cotter, on Flickr


IMG_7802 by carl cotter, on Flickr

Anyone who wants to ID the dragonflies is welcome!

splish

vandriver wrote: »

Anyone who wants to ID the dragonflies is welcome!

I think the last dragonfly is a Red-veined dropwing Trithemis arteriosa. The other dragonfly could be the female of the same species.

ShaShaBear

Here's a moth and a caterpillar I've found within weeks of each other getting into my house somehow. Hadn't seen a caterpillar in about 11 years, and was utterly dumbfounded at how unique he looked! (And even more awed by what he turns into).

Tiercel Dave

No idea what these are but they thought they were good at hiding!






Dave

A species of Harvestman, Dicranopalpus ramosus, originally found in Morocco. Began to spread into Europe from the late 1940's, first recorded in Britian in 1957, first Irish record in Wexford, 1995, and has since made it to the sunny climes of East Galway apparently! Dave

splish

Eyed ladybird

22-spot ladybird

manna452121

V Bull

Searched Lough Boora high & low and in the usual places but couldn't find the elusive whyulittle... Found these guys instead...

Grey Partridge... spotted 14 in total today... groups of 4 or 5's...


Pied Wagtails... huge flock, almost 15 of them...


Wheatears... 3 of them...


Late nesting Swallow pair at my club across the road from LB...


Hatched Swallow egg beside 1 cent coin...

Zoo4m8

Thanks to Whyulittle's pics I'm determined to vist Boora before the days get much shorter, up here in N Wicklow by the sea and trying to get through work so I can take a day off with a clear conscience !

And thanks V Bull for your efforts to run him? to ground,

whyulittle

Only fleeting glimpses of me in the wild over the past few months I'm afraid, and probably another couple before I'm let loose around Boora again!

manna452121

Found this behind my mobile home in Kerry.

swifts need our help!

That looks too full to have been used by a bird unless the photo is looking down on the nest and not the box on a fence

manna452121

This was a spare junction box at the rear of the mobile.I was planning to move it to do some painting.When the cover was removed this it what I found.The pictures were taken straight on.A friend in the next mobile had a look and asked me to leave it alone,which I have done.

mikka631

Some Birds of Prey at Birr Castle 01 Sept 2013. All taken with Canon 7D and Canon 70-200mm f4L IS USM.

Eyepatch

Is this a juvenile gull? It was seen in Galway near the Pier.

V_Moth

Eyepatch wrote: »

Is this a juvenile gull? It was seen in Galway near the Pier.

Yes, looks like a juvenile Great Black-backed Gull to me.

Eyepatch

Thanks, VMoth! Yes, it is quite a large bird, compared to the others that were there.

Amalgam

This rather relaxed insect landed on a kitchen window last night. Happily preening himself.

Can someone id it for me please? South county Dublin.







Released this morning without harm.

dodderangler

Grasshopper of some sort

Zoo4m8

Male Oak Bush Cricket, I think!

Amalgam

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

Male Oak Bush Cricket, I think!

Many thanks. A 'relatively' new visitor to parts of Northern Europe it seems, only being spotted in certain areas of the UK in the 2000's.

Just had a second google/browse, would it be the female..?

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/nature-online/species-of-the-day/evolution/meconema-meridionale/

a148pro

West Galway, near Rossaveal recently

dodderangler

a148pro wrote: »

West Galway, near Rossaveal recently

Was just watching wildlife thing on rte1 and the kestrels feeding their young on a main diet of lizards in Connemara.