Some pictures I took recently

Eyepatch

But for you, Kep, it could have ended up very badly for the woman and her dog. It must have been freezing in the water. We don't need any more tragic deaths, this week.

keps

some pics from this morning before any drama unfolded!

splish

Good days birding at Carne Harbour. Black Redstart & good views of Buzzard, Merlin & this Kestrel the highlights.

Capercaille

Baranacle geese grazing fields near the farm. Had a small flock of twite on the farm at the weekend, feeding on wild flower/wild grass seeds.

splish

Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus male



Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus female



Linnets Carduelis cannabina

keps

Friendly fella
This morning Lucan Demesne

splish

Distant views of 4 Goosander near Kildavin, Co. Carlow.

Chisler2

keps wrote: »

Thanks Capercaille for the post and for all the work you are doing!

Your post just made my day:)

What is 18-6-12? I'd like to do what you are doing to encourage diverse birdlife but don't know enough! Wonderful post............thank you.:)

splish

Chisler2 wrote: »

What is 18-6-12? I'd like to do what you are doing to encourage diverse birdlife but don't know enough! Wonderful post............thank you.:)

Fertiliser.

Alun

splish wrote: »

Fertiliser.

Specifically, an NPK fertilizer. The 3 numbers refer to the percentages of Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (p) and Potassium (K).

Capercaille

Chisler2 wrote: »

What is 18-6-12? I'd like to do what you are doing to encourage diverse birdlife but don't know enough! Wonderful post............thank you.:)

The 18-6-12 will encourage a profusion of iris growth in the spring. When the corncrake return from Africa in April/May they seek out strands of early growing plants like nettles/iris/umbellifers. The grass in the meadows is still to short for them at that time of year. When the meadows reach 20cm they move into the grass meadows. One of the main limiting factors for Irish Corncrakes is lack of early cover early in the year, due to over-grazing and farmers getting rid of iris/nettles/umbellifers.

I would not spread 18-6-12 over the whole farm, too much fertilizer would damage the mixed species wildflower/wild grasses on the farm.

keps

This morning Lucan Demesne-

homerhop

Walking the wood earlier today, There seems to be a big crop of pine cones this year.

spooky donkey

Early one morning when driving though Lucan....

Herron in a tree by BarryKelly, on Flickr

keps

spooky donkey wrote: »

Early one morning when driving though Lucan....

I know that bird on first name terms:)
And so I think does Rainbowsend!

DellyBelly

spooky donkey wrote: »

Early one morning when driving though Lucan....

crane in a tree by BarryKelly, on Flickr

Just to let you know it is a heron and not a crane which are much rarer in Ireland and you wouldn't find them up a tree. They are land birds

Zoo4m8

A Heron is quite often referred to as Crane in this country.. Often explained as a lingering reference to a time when Cranes would have been seen regularly..

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Zoo4m8 wrote: »

A Heron is quite often referred to as Crane in this country.. Often explained as a lingering reference to a time when Cranes would have been seen regularly..

It's one of those errors that always gets my goat. :mad:

dodderangler

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

It's one of those errors that always gets my goat. :mad:

Definitely nt a goat

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

dodderangler wrote: »

Definitely nt a goat

As I wrote it I knew someone would go for the obvious response to the term "goat". Congratulations!

Zoo4m8

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

It's one of those errors that always gets my goat. :mad:

Don't let it...life's way to short..it's just an 'Irishism' used by folk who wouldn't be up to speed on bird id. Two more that come to mind that were used by older men I worked with years ago, 'Jay Thrush' was a Mistle Thrush and any little brown bird that wasn't a Robin or a member of the Tit family was a 'Flinch' and I have spelt that as they said it...

Eddie B

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

It's one of those errors that always gets my goat. :mad:

That, and Weasel!

splish

Woodpigeon shot that I never got round to posting.

V Bull

A female Sparrowhawk that I rescued from a very busy Dublin road last Thursday. She was obviously hit by a car or whatever and was lying between the inner and over-taking lanes, just by chance I saw her flapping on the ground and a gap in the traffic allowed me to grab her. After about an hour or so she came around so I drove back to the same area that I found her and let her go, she didn't seem to have any problem flying off, just hope the after shock didn't get her.

Capercaille

V Bull wrote: »

A female Sparrowhawk that I rescued from a very busy Dublin road last Thursday. She was obviously hit by a car or whatever and was lying between the inner and over-taking lanes, just by chance I saw her flapping on the ground and a gap in the traffic allowed me to grab her. After about an hour or so she came around so I drove back to the same area that I found her and let her go, she didn't seem to have any problem flying off, just hope the after shock didn't get her.

Great work!!

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Red Squirrel


untitled-85.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr

Blue Tit


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Great Tit


untitled-73.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr





Chaffinch


untitled-56.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr

Great Tit


untitled-19.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr

Blue Tit


untitled-15.jpg by vistafind, on Flickr

spooky donkey

Shooting some deer and a flock of birds fly by...

deer birds by BarryKelly, on Flickr

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

spooky donkey wrote: »

Shooting some deer and a flock of birds fly by...

I assume by shooting you mean photographing.

splish

Jackdaw Corvus monedula



Starling Sturnus vulgaris

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Goldfinch


Goldfinch by vistafind, on Flickr

Goldfinch


Goldfinch by vistafind, on Flickr

Blue Tit


Blue tit by vistafind, on Flickr

Dunnock


Dunnock by vistafind, on Flickr