Some pictures I took recently

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Little Grebe.
Lucan Demesne 2day

vistafinder

Dancing Deer


Red Deer by vistafind, on Flickr


Red Deer by vistafind, on Flickr


Young Red Deer by vistafind, on Flickr


Red Deer by vistafind, on Flickr


Stag early morning by vistafind, on Flickr


Young Stag by vistafind, on Flickr

Otters playing

Otters playing by vistafind, on Flickr

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Today also

Grey Wagtail

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Rogerstown 2/11












grrhh :mad: I always overexpose these Little Egrets

Rainbowsend

Godwits by Jenny dot com, on Flickr

Rainbowsend

I know what you mean Keps!
Little Egret by Jenny dot com, on Flickr

Rainbowsend

Week 44 Kestrel by Jenny dot com, on Flickr

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Little Grebe take-off.
Lucan Demesne 5/11

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Today also


Look left and right:)

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little grebe( about to land)

JosDel

Few shots from this morning at sutton and bull wall

Stonechat by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Robin Redbreast by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Reed Bunting by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr
Robin by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Stonechat by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Cork boy 55

what are these birds?
Cannot find it in my book.
this is quite high up 600 meters, I think i see these a lot in heather

Burruchaga

Wheater, great capture

DellyBelly

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

what are these birds?
Cannot find it in my book.
this is quite high up 600 meters, I think i see these a lot in heather

A wheatear indeed. I presume this picture was taken earlier during the summer as most wheatears if not all would have left the country by now.

keps

A few 'late-leavers' this year- these were taken 20/10/2014 in Newcastle co Wicklow( near the sea-front).

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Back Garden this morning

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Brents arriving at Rogerstown this morning

Cork boy 55

keps wrote: »

Back Garden this morning

...cut imgs....

That's a pied wagtail right?

Do they enter your garden?

They are very common in my area see them daily in fields around house
but they won't enter garden never?

OpenYourEyes

Cork boy 55 wrote: »

That's a pied wagtail right?

Do they enter your garden?

They are very common in my area see them daily in fields around house
but they won't enter garden never?

I get them in the garden outside the breeding season - as with Keps's photo they use the roof a lot, but do come down looking for food on the paths and grass

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@ Cork boy 55


They seem to prefer roofs/ concrete roads/paths to gardens.

Strangely enough was just putting the camera in the boot of the car this morning on my way to Rogerstown when I saw this wagtail on the roof of the house.

He was obviously tracking some insect.







And then he pounced- unfortunately I still had the camera at its last shutter speed of 1/160sec so he looks a bit blurred!
The shadow looks better!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Wagtails often feed on concrete, tarmac, and rooves, as they take tiny morsels not targeted by other birds.

whyulittle

Hen Harrier






Merlin




Grey Partridge

Lambsbread

Cormorant by AindriúH, on Flickr

First time in a while that I've seen a cormorant in Milltown.

dodderangler

Lambsbread wrote: »

Cormorant by AindriúH, on Flickr

First time in a while that I've seen a cormorant in Milltown.

They've always been there.
They usually best at the top of the old laundry tower

OpenYourEyes

dodderangler wrote: »

They've always been there.
They usually best at the top of the old laundry tower

When I lived there I only saw Cormorants actually on the Dodder two or three times out of a lot of walks along the river over the course of two years - I'd see them on the old laundry tower moreso though - I suspect they fly elsewhere to fish a lot of the time.

OpenYourEyes

Actually, now that I look at it, that Cormorant is ringed!

dodderangler

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

When I lived there I only saw Cormorants actually on the Dodder two or three times out of a lot of walks along the river over the course of two years - I'd see them on the old laundry tower moreso though - I suspect they fly elsewhere to fish a lot of the time.

I use to see them quite regularly. Patricks day they be out after fish were stocked and they weren't exactly a welcome sight.
There was also a pair of them down at the red iron bridge at the firhouse falls.
There was also one on its own at the templogue bridge but he left and now the otters are there now
Those were the only places I used to see them.

JosDel

Bull Wall

Stonechat by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Curlew by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Reed Bunting by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr

Brent Goose by Joe-Delaney, on Flickr