Some pictures I took recently

keps

Some months ago - feeding back garden

Bonedigger

Hooded Crow



Swan



Heron



Black-headed Gull(first Winter)





Blackbird

Eyepatch

Great pics, Bonedigger. I love the hooded crow. They come into my garden to feed from feeders.

Bonedigger

Eyepatch wrote: »

Great pics, Bonedigger. I love the hooded crow. They come into my garden to feed from feeders.

Thanks Eyepatch.I hadn't been out and about with the camera for ages.
I love hoodies,but know they're not everyone's cup of tea!

cameramonkey

From earlier this year.

I know one photo is a red squirrel and one is of two just fledged merlins.
What is the bird on the top of the tree and what is the scat from with 20C for sizing?
Dont know the spider either.
All taken in wicklow.

Pie Man

cameramonkey wrote: »

What is the bird on the top of the tree

Two buzzards?

cameramonkey wrote: »

and what is the scat from with 20C for sizing?

Pine marten scat.

Love your photos. Thanks for sharing them with us.

EganTheMan

That's a gorgeous shot of the stag. Excuse my stupidity, are they dangerous? I mean are they like bulls?

EganTheMan

BTW Thanks to all for sharing the photos - they are brilliant. I love nature and wildlife.

Bonedigger

The spider is a Cross Orbweaver(Araneus diadematus),commonly known as a European Garden spider.

keps

Just trying to learn the real benefits of RAW/Photoshop - re-doing some photos from Sept.
This was taken at 2000 ISO - so still a bit grainy!





Oops - meant to put in the original basic RAw shot

cameramonkey

Pie Man wrote: »

Two buzzards?

Pine marten scat.

I meant the one singing on the tree with leaves. The two on the bare branches are juvenile merlin.

Are you sure it is pinemarten? I have never seen one.

Bonedigger

cameramonkey wrote: »

I meant the one singing on the tree with leaves. The two on the bare branches are juvenile merlin.

Are you sure it is pinemarten? I have never seen one.

The bird singing in the tree looks like a Robin.

OpenYourEyes

Bonedigger wrote: »

The bird singing in the tree looks like a Robin.

It could be a trick of the light but it looks to have a black head to me - looks not unlike a Whinchat, but I'd like to see another pic to be confident.

Bonedigger

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

It could be a trick of the light but it looks to have a black head to me - looks not unlike a Whinchat, but I'd like to see another pic to be confident.

Funny enough,I thought it was a toss up between a Robin or a Stonechat.As you say,we need to see another photo to be sure.
The underbelly and below the reddish-coloured breast is rather bright,so that's why I plumped for Robin.But you could be right.

DellyBelly

It's a Whinchat. I presume these were taken in Wicklow?

splish

Very foggy in Oak Park, Co. Carlow yesterday but still nice to see group of 7 Whooper swans. This little robin wasn't happy with the lack of attention so was very obliging for a photo.

Pie Man

cameramonkey wrote: »

Are you sure it is pinemarten? I have never seen one.

Pretty sure. I farm beside the Slieve Blooms and only seen them a hand full of times, there very common around here chances of seen one are very slim.
Also there scat doesn't necessary have to be in a wooded area, I've found some on rocks in the middle of a river/stream and on fence strainers in the corner of fields.

TopTec

cameramonkey wrote: »

Are you sure it is pinemarten? I have never seen one.

One way to be more sure is to open it and if its full of seeds then probably a Marten. Round here, North Mayo, fox scat is the same colour. I always attributed it to Pine Martens until I got some video of a fox have a squat on a rock and I found it's deposit to be the same colour, but smoother in texture.

Pine Martens up here come out of the forestry following streams and then cut back across the bog land.

TT

Eddie B

TopTec wrote: »

One way to be more sure is to open it and if its full of seeds then probably a Marten. Round here, North Mayo, fox scat is the same colour. I always attributed it to Pine Martens until I got some video of a fox have a squat on a rock and I found it's deposit to be the same colour, but smoother in texture.

Pine Martens up here come out of the forestry following streams and then cut back across the bog land.

TT

This time of year Marten diet is more meat based than in the Summer/ Autumn!

May not be much sign of berries/ seeds in scat this time of year!

cameramonkey

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

It could be a trick of the light but it looks to have a black head to me - looks not unlike a Whinchat, but I'd like to see another pic to be confident.

sorry about quality.

cameramonkey

DellyBelly wrote: »

It's a Whinchat. I presume these were taken in Wicklow?

yes, an area that is known to have them.

Capercaille

DellyBelly wrote: »

It's a Whinchat. I presume these were taken in Wicklow?

Coronation Plantation I would guess.

Bonedigger

cameramonkey wrote: »

sorry about quality.

Ah Yeah,that image really nails it - how could I doubt OYE - it's a whinchat alright!

Lambsbread

On the River Dodder this morning near Rathfarnham

Catch of the Day by AindriúH, on Flickr

Bonedigger

A few shots from Pollardstown Fen earlier today:

Goldcrest





Female Reed Bunting



Robin



Blue Tit



A Blackbird by the Liffey last weekend

vistafinder

EganTheMan wrote: »

That's a gorgeous shot of the stag. Excuse my stupidity, are they dangerous? I mean are they like bulls?

They are fairly aggressive with each other during the rutting season and deserve respect and space. They have attacked but not in Ireland that I know of. I read a book by a guy that studied them and he said a stag during the rut is not to be trusted.

It would be the persons fault if it did happen.

Any other time of the year they usually leg it when they see people.

Not like bulls at all.

TopTec

Leaving aside the stupid gender comments this might be of interest.

http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/358270/Horror-as-woman-speared-through-the-neck-by-stag-on-Scottish-holiday

This was a couple of years ago. She made a full recovery and said that she thought the stag may have felt it was penned in by the hedges and was making a dash for freedom.

Any wild animal, especially one full of testosterone, should be given plenty of space.

TT

Bonedigger

vistafinder wrote: »

They are fairly aggressive with each other during the rutting season and deserve respect and space.

They have attacked but not in Ireland that I know of

. I read a book by a guy that studied them and he said a stag during the rut is not to be trusted.

It would be the persons fault if it did happen.

Any other time of the year they usually leg it when they see people.

Not like bulls at all.

I do recall hearing about a stag attack in the north several years ago and think the following link relates to that very incident: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/8304593.stm

piuswal

Nov 20th Botanic Gardens and Tolka River