Some pictures I took recently

keps

Lucan Demesne is very desolate these days- today just a Grey Wagtail. a reliable Robin and my good friend 'The Heron'.









Hard to believe but the rock the heron is standing on has been underwater for the last 8 weeks or thereabouts- so I think he was just welcoming it back to the dry-world

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Keps, will you leave that poor wagtail be?

Any more and he'll be looking for commission and appearance money.

keps

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

Keps, will you leave that poor wagtail be?

Any more and he'll be looking for commission and appearance money.

Me and him have an agreement - any money I make is divided 50-50:pac:

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

keps wrote: »

Me and him have an agreement - any money I make is divided 50-50:pac:

He'll be going hungry so! :pac:

gzoladz

Keps, very tempted to go to Lucan Demesne as I have been following your photos and it looks a very nice place.

Is it safe enough to go during the week with camera, binocs, etc, or weekends would be a better option?

keps

gzoladz wrote: »

Keps, very tempted to go to Lucan Demesne as I have been following your photos and it looks a very nice place.

Is it safe enough to go during the week with camera, binocs, etc, or weekends would be a better option?

I will PM you

splish

Found this one Bush Vetch Vicia sepium in flower along the River Barrow today.

tricky D

gzoladz wrote: »

Keps, very tempted to go to Lucan Demesne as I have been following your photos and it looks a very nice place.

Is it safe enough to go during the week with camera, binocs, etc, or weekends would be a better option?

If you are lucky, you might catch a glimpse of the elusive kepsus photographicus. It's well camouflaged and often lurks quietly in bushes and undergrowth (or twitches windows in the more urban setting), with good long-range vision it scans the habitat, waiting for mainly avian prey to pass by before it strikes, often from distance.

dodderangler

^^^ and is usually hanging about for it's favourite prey

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a certain wagtail an heron

Bonedigger

tricky D wrote: »

If you are lucky, you might catch a glimpse of the elusive kepsus photographicus. It's well camouflaged and often lurks quietly in bushes and undergrowth (or twitches windows in the more urban setting), with good long-range vision it scans the habitat, waiting for mainly avian prey to pass by before it strikes, often from distance.

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gzoladz

Cabinteely, today.

Little egret



Black headed gull



Mute swan

gzoladz

tricky D wrote: »

If you are lucky, you might catch a glimpse of the elusive kepsus photographicus. It's well camouflaged and often lurks quietly in bushes and undergrowth (or twitches windows in the more urban setting), with good long-range vision it scans the habitat, waiting for mainly avian prey to pass by before it strikes, often from distance.

I can see a photo of myself posted here in a few days...

keps

Back Garden this afternoon.... I always knew that eventually a use would be found for the clothes-line:D



Taken through windowed door

Capercaille

Iberian ibex

Capercaille

Alpine accentor

Capercaille

Monk parakeet snoozing

chrisb1

Got a camera off the better from Christmas out and about the last few days with it now im no pro but here goes

keps

Decided to get out this morning before the temperature plummets tomorrow
(hate the cold!)

Capercaille

Spot the pair of Bonelli's eagles. Spotted them doing a courtship display at 2 km. Was able to hike up to general location they were. Spotted a 3rd calendar year bonelli's on a cliff. It flew off and the pair landed in same place. Great flight views of a rare and sadly declining species in parts of it's range.

Capercaille

European fan palm. Only one of two native palm species in Europe.

Bonedigger

Now you see me,........



......now you don't!

keps

No escape from the Grey Wagtail I'm afraid:P
Today Lucan


Seems to appreciate that the water levels have dropped by 4/5 feet in the last week.

V Bull

Not a great photo, old pocket camera, but very exciting to see all these Red Kites in one place. We counted approx 28. I think there are 23 in the photo if you look carefully....



Oooops, just counted and circled them, 26 in the photo...

magicbastarder

where was it taken?

hollster2

Only learning how to use my camera so sorry pic isn't that good but theres a lot of birds visiting I think this is a finch im not sure?

OpenYourEyes

hollster2 wrote: »

Only learning how to use my camera so sorry pic isn't that good but theres a lot of birds visiting I think this is a finch im not sure?

Goldfinch!

magicbastarder

V Bull wrote: »

Oooops, just counted and circled them, 26 in the photo...

i make it 27, potentially 28 - there's a small blur down near the treeline, to the right of the lamppost which could be one.

Capercaille

Crag martin

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Capercaille wrote: »

Crag martin

Where are you this week? Spain?

Capercaille

Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

Where are you this week? Spain?

Cataluña north-East Spain. Moustached warbler and goshawk tomorow hopefully.