Some pictures I took recently

Bonedigger

Sedge Warbler



Redpoll



Meadow Pipit



Dunnock





Great Tit

keps

Thrush

TopTec

Nice shot Keps.

Am I right in thinking that the arrowhead shaped markings indicate a Mistle Thrush rather than a Song thrush?

TT

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TopTec wrote: »

Nice shot Keps.

Am I right in thinking that the arrowhead shaped markings indicate a Mistle Thrush rather than a Song thrush?

TT

http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/IrelandsBirds/Thrushes/SongThrush/tabid/438/Default.aspx
arrow shaped is a distinguishing mark for Song thrush

Lambsbread

Stalker by AindriúH, on Flickr

Interslice

Some pics of it during the early stages I took during the week.

It has four leaves in a cross shape normally. One has been eaten on this. The red veins are fairly distinct.





A patch of it here. You can see it already out competing the local vegetation. Mainly meadowsweet in this case.


More info here: http://invasivespeciesireland.com/toolkit/invasive-plant-management/terrestrial-plants/himalayan-balsam/

splish

Portevinia maculata, a hoverfly whose larvae develop in the stem bases and bulbs of Ramsons.

Interslice

Some nicer plants . Must bring a proper camera with me on my wanders in future. Was walking about sanddunes in west cork. Seen lovely flowering coastal plants. There's some over lap with woodland and grassland species about as well as specalists.

Scurvy grass


Birds foot trefoil. It was growing along side the very rare sea pea but it wasn't in flower.


Seaside pansy


burnett of some sort ?


??


Sea radish

Alun

A viviparous lizard with the tip of his tail missing in a very boggy bit of the Wicklow Mountains yesterday ...

splish

Silver-ground Carpet Xanthorhoe montanata



Harpocera thoracica (Mirid bug)



Empis tessellata

Bonedigger

My first time to see a Spotted Flycatcher











A mating pair of Green-veined White Butterflies

vistafinder

Kingfisher
untitled-5044.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

keps

A bit cheesy I know

splish

Cow Parsley Anthriscus sylvestris

fryup

cheeky seagull on my car at st.james hospital

Bonedigger

Interslice wrote: »

burnett of some sort ?


??



@Interslice

The moth in the image above is a Cinnabar moth, and you will often see their black and yellow caterpillars on Ragwort. I think the green and black coloured caterpillar may be a Six-spot Burnet larva, but I may be corrected on that. It's certainly in the right place because they generally build their pupae on long, dry stalks of grass.

Interslice

Thanks bonedigger. Seen both in sand dunes behind inchadoney beach. Lovely spot. Caterpillar was on the maram grass.

splish

Yellow Pimpernel Lysimachia nemorum



Pignut Conopodium majus

yellowlabrador

I was down at Sheepscove near Clonakilty today, it was lovely
some photos
Kidney Vetch
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Wild carrot?


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keps

Interslice

yellowlabrador wrote: »

Wild carrot?

Looks like a young thistle flower. Carrots all have that umbrella type flower. Yarrow, hogweed, celery, parsely and the like. Pignut ^^

yellowlabrador

Interslice wrote: »

Looks like a young thistle flower. Carrots all have that umbrella type flower. Yarrow, hogweed, celery, parsely and the like. Pignut ^^

It was on a cliff face and was quite tall here's a better picture

Capercaillie

yellowlabrador wrote: »

It was on a cliff face and was quite tall here's a better picture

Could be alexanders?

yellowlabrador

Capercaillie wrote: »

Could be alexanders?

I don't think so the leaves weren't shiny. I got my Macmillan out and it's pretty battered having survived a fire, but very precious. I'm still leaning towards wild carrot. I didn't touch the plant, because it's such a sensitive ecology, but later in the year, I'll investigate closer.
A nesting seagull. Most gulls had nested in February, but this is maybe a second clutch

Capercaillie

yellowlabrador wrote: »

I don't think so the leaves weren't shiny. I got my Macmillan out and it's pretty battered having survived a fire, but very precious. I'm still leaning towards wild carrot. I didn't touch the plant, because it's such a sensitive ecology, but later in the year, I'll investigate closer.
A nesting seagull. Most gulls had nested in February, but this is maybe a second clutch

A fulmar, they return to their breeding area early in year. Only have one egg and a single clutch.

Interslice

yellowlabrador wrote: »

It was on a cliff face and was quite tall here's a better picture

I still reckon thistle! A member of astericae anyway.
A carduus species maybe, possibly non native. Was it a sea cliff?

The whole aster family is tricky to ID. Dandelions, daisies etc. If your getting to genus your doing well.

Be interesting to see it in a few weeks.

yellowlabrador

I have to make a weekly trip for the next few months, so I'm going to keep on checking. I love that bit of coast and I used to visit it regularly 15 years ago. There's quite a bit of erosion there. There's a little cove with a large seakale but I don't know if I can still reach it due to the path crumbling away. Also a thumbs up to the people who help clear the beach of all the plastic.

josip

Malahide Castle last weekend. Are those cuckoo flowers?

Bonedigger

Redpoll



Pied Wagtail



Meadow Pipit



Male and Female Linnet



Common Wintercress





Common Stork's-bill

keps

Moorhen




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