Some pictures I took recently

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Lucan today

DSC_2691 by keps.kepler, on Flickr

whyulittle

Having some fun with a Great Diving Beetle!

splish

Knot Grass Acronicta rumicis larva.

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Long distance photo - Curlew (on Dunmoran Strand)






Thanks to OpenYourEyes and V Moth for ID

splish

Devil's-Bit Scabious Succisa pratensis

MeteoritesEire

anybody know what this metamorphs into?



goldcrest (regulus regulus) flew into my window earlier, I couldn't resist picking it up , very gently , to see if it was injured.Must have been stunned as it flew off after recovering--video over on video upload thread

OpenYourEyes

Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar I think?

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karanexpert wrote: »

but the camera quality is low

In which photo? The last few are excellent quality wildlife shots.

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larger

http://pix.ie/keps/3663485/size/1600

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Back garden this morning

Waited for a while for the owner to arrive- but no show!

Bonedigger

A melanistic wild rabbit?


Red Squirrel


Sorry to lower the tone guys,but I spotted these two critters within a couple of hundred metres of each other while out driving today.I had to get out and take a closer look(apologies about the poor images,but they were taken with my ancient mobile phone).The rabbit looks like it's a melanisitic wild rabbit,but I'm not sure?Seeing the red squirrel was a surprise because I was wholly unaware that they were present in my local area.The bizarre and rather sad thing was that I had seen four dead mammals within a one kilometre stretch of road - these two,a young fox and another rabbit.

OpenYourEyes

Bonedigger wrote: »

A melanistic wild rabbit?

Red Squirrel

Worth logging the sightings on http://records.biodiversityireland.ie/submit_records.php?fk=MammalsStandard&caching=cache !

Bonedigger

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Worth logging the sightings on http://records.biodiversityireland.ie/submit_records.php?fk=MammalsStandard&caching=cache !

Prior to posting,I submitted the sighting records to the Biodiversity Data Centre.

Rainbowsend

Aw that's a real shame, hope they were not poisoned? The black bunny is quite common in my neck of the woods (Wicklow) I have a couple that visit the garden regularly.

Bonedigger

Both were hit by cars I'm afraid.

Bonedigger

Collared Dove


Juvenile Stonechat


Robin

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Moorhens with chicks- Liffey today

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curlew

Cork boy 55

Rowan Trees with berries in Kerry hills

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Sanderlings!

Fruit1985

All taken down Blackrock/Booterstown area today:

Robin Red Breast

Robin Red Breast II

Redshank

Red-Necked Grebe

I've been trying the Canon 2x extender but results are fairly crap. Here's some taken with them in Bull Island yesterday:

Little Egret with fish

Curlew by

Dragonfly

OpenYourEyes

@Fruit1985, that's a Little Grebe - Red-Necked Grebes are much rarer, Little Grebes are quite widespread.

spookwoman

Mother and young by Spookwoman, on Flickr

Bonedigger

This is an image I took of the recent Harvest Moon(known as a 'supermoon' phenomenon).A supermoon occurs when a full moon or new moon makes its closest approach to the earth on its elliptical orbit.The Harvest Moon is the full moon that falls closest to the Northern Hemisphere's autumnal equinox on the 22nd. September.Okay,one can argue that it's not strictly a nature image,but I've always wondered what effect the lunar cycles have on our wildlife.Here's an interesting article from the BBC's Wildlife Magazine about some research carried out in relation to the lunar cycle's influence on the lives of a badger family:
http://www.discoverwildlife.com/british-wildlife/badger-and-moon

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This morning -Lucan Demesne

splish

Pale Butterwort Pinguicula lusitanica, a tiny, easily overlooked insectivorous plant.

Woodville56

Found this Albino/Leucistic ? curlew this morning -- Co Clare beach !

DellyBelly

That curlew has been around the area for a while now. Once you see it first you atart thinking what have I found here...pretty cool all the same...

OpenYourEyes

Is it leucistic or albino?

Woodville56

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Is it leucistic or albino?

Dunno ? Didn't get time yet to research - your thoughts ? Have amended original posting !