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Some pictures I took recently

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#5222 31-03-2015 10:20pm
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Male Chaffinch- Lucan Demesne/ today

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#5223 01-04-2015 2:28pm
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Marmalade hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus

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#5224 01-04-2015 9:39pm
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You are probably all a bit tired of my Reed Bunting photos- but I hadn't seen a female in the garden for a good while.. until this morning

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#5225 01-04-2015 9:47pm
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keep them coming keps lovely birds

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#5226 02-04-2015 11:36am
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Syrphus torvus

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#5227 02-04-2015 10:31pm
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Garden/ Male Chaffinch

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Early Dog-violet Viola reichenbachiana

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#5229 03-04-2015 10:09pm
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New Homes being built in Lucan Demesne

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#5230 04-04-2015 8:33am
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Bronze Shieldbug Troilus luridus from yesterday. The first record for Co. Carlow.

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#5231 04-04-2015 2:58pm
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Lucan Demesne

My first time seeing one of these! A Wood Duck I believe.
That is a branch of a fallen tree and is only a foot or so above the water.
I waited for a while in the hope that it might take to the water... but it seemed quite happy where it was.

Added later -additional photo to show river

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#5233 04-04-2015 6:10pm
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Just trying to find out a little about the Wood Duck.... it seems to be a native of North America?
Anyone got any ideas as to how one would end up sitting on a tree branch along the Liffey?

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#5234 05-04-2015 1:42am
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Small feral population in Dublin according to wiki.

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#5235 05-04-2015 10:23am
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I took this a few years ago now, but here's a photo of what I think is Brachytron pratense, Hairy Dragonfly. Someone more knowledgeable on dragonflies might correct me on the i.d.

E-10 Hairy Dragonfly 13-6-11.JPG

(Not sure how to attach a photo so it appears without having to click on the link.)

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#5236 05-04-2015 4:01pm
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IMG_2551 by zebrano1812, on Flickr

IMG_2571 by zebrano1812, on Flickr

IMG_2576 by zebrano1812, on Flickr

IMG_2581 by zebrano1812, on Flickr

IMG_2627 by zebrano1812, on Flickr

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#5237 05-04-2015 4:13pm
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Jayzesake wrote: »

(Not sure how to attach a photo so it appears without having to click on the link.)

There are step by step instructions here.

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#5239 05-04-2015 6:52pm
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Yellow Archangel Lamiastrum galeobdolon subsp montanum, categorised as vulnerable in Ireland & confined to east coast counties Dublin, Carlow, Wexford & Wicklow.

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#5240 05-04-2015 9:38pm
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Pictures from the farm:
Barnacle geese. The last few left on peninsula before migration.

Golden Plover at beach at end of farm. A few moulting into summer plumage.

https://clyp.it/wrpaptyd
Skylark singing on farm, 30-40 birds present.

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#5241 05-04-2015 9:51pm
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Just two from the Garden this weekend

Male Reed Bunting- dropping in for a few seeds:)

Goldfinch

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#5242 06-04-2015 12:11pm
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A vole checking out my compost heap. (Or maybe just eyeing me up...)

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#5243 06-04-2015 6:35pm
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Minotaur beetle Typhaeus typhoeus

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#5244 06-04-2015 6:56pm
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splish wrote: »

Minotaur beetle Typhaeus typhoeus
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Looks awesome! Never seen one.:(

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#5245 06-04-2015 10:29pm
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#5246 06-04-2015 11:16pm
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Lots of Tadpoles about today...

I think this Raft Spider was eyeing some of them up!

And a chilled out Frog.

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#5247 07-04-2015 12:16am
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Goldcrest

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#5248 07-04-2015 12:00pm
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Taken on Christmas Day last year. I think he had too much turkey

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#5249 07-04-2015 12:22pm
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Green tiger beetle Cicindela campestris

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#5250 07-04-2015 8:58pm
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My first sighting of a butterfly this year - Lucan Demesne

Later saw a female duck with 11 ducklings in tow on the Royal Canal - but didn't have the camera- an early start!!

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#5251 07-04-2015 10:27pm
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Some more of the Raft Spider today

Two things about this pic. The shadow of the surface tension under it 'feet' is cool to see, and the cloudy white patch it has left behind under the blade of grass. I didn't notice it at the time, but I presume it has just spun the silk straight into the water?

I spotted this little Wheatear as I was leaving, my first of the year. Also the most confiding I've ever found.

Meanwhile, back at home the Raven was by again...

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