Some pictures I took recently

splish

Red-headed Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa serraticornis

keps

Caught in the light

Sand Martin- Royal Canal

Bonedigger

Irish Hare

keps

Today - again along Royal Canal - Swallow( as pointed out by Splish)
A bit grainy I know





Edited to correct bird name from SandMartin to Swallow

splish

Thats a Swallow keps.

keps

splish wrote: »

Thats a Swallow keps.

A mistake by moi?:rolleyes:

hahaha


I've corrected it now - thanks Splish

keps

SandMartin

splish

Bird's-nest Orchid Neottia nidus-avis, first Wexford record since 1943.

Bonedigger

splish wrote: »

Bird's-nest Orchid Neottia nidus-avis, first Wexford record since 1943.

A great find splish - well done!:)

splish

Bonedigger wrote: »

A great find splish - well done!:)

Thanks Bonedigger, although can't claim responsibility for find as it was BSBI recorder Paul Green who saw it first.

splish

Wood Avens Geum urbanum



Thyme-leaved Sandwort Arenaria serpyllifolia



Smooth Hawk's-beard Crepis capillaris



Selfheal Prunella vulgaris

Bonedigger

I watched a Fox family (an adult and two cubs) frolic about a grass meadow yesterday afternoon. The youngsters had great fun chasing butterflies. I got rather lucky when one of the cubs came within feet of me.

Adult fox(it looks like a dog fox?):



Fox cub






Common Buzzard




Speckled Wood




Reed Bunting (m)




Hogweed - Heracleum sphondylium

vandriver

One of the Dublin 12 Ravens

Raven by Vandriver, on Flickr

splish

Kidney Vetch Anthyllis vulneraria



Salad Burnet Poterium sanguisorba ssp. sanguisorba

Bonedigger

I was pottering about the garden this morning when my eye was caught by something whizzing about the perennials at lightning speed. I dashed into the house to get the camera, full sure it would be gone by the time I got back, but to my delight it decided to stay for a short time giving me a chance to get the images below. It was feeding on Red Valerian (Centranthus ruber).

Hummingbird Hawk-moth (Macroglossum stellatarum)

keps

They are amazing photos Bonedigger- had to look that moth species up on Wikipedia and then Birwatch Ireland to find out more - very interesting reading:)



PS edit
Here is the Birdwatch Ireland piece

http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Publications/eWings/eWingsIssue10July2010/HummingbirdHawkmoths/tabid/1013/Default.aspx

Bonedigger

keps wrote: »

They are amazing photos Bonedigger- had to look that moth species up on Wikipedia and then Birwatch Ireland to find out more - very interesting reading:)



PS edit
Here is the Birdwatch Ireland piece

http://www.birdwatchireland.ie/Publications/eWings/eWingsIssue10July2010/HummingbirdHawkmoths/tabid/1013/Default.aspx

Thanks keps!
It's always a delight to see one.

Eyepatch

Brilliant pics, Bonedigger. Thanks for the link, Keps! What I find fascinating about this moth is it's tail! It also has very pronunced eyes!

BTW, is there a way of tagging members on this site?

mikka631

Meadow Pipit on Great Saltee Island 14th June 2015

mikka631

Gannets on Great Saltee Island 14th June 2015

TopTec

Wonderful pics Mikka. Well done.

TT

mikka631

Puffins on Great Saltee Island 14th June 2015

V_Moth

mikka631 wrote: »

Meadow Pipit on Great Saltee Island 14th June 2015

Nice pic. Looks like it got a Buff Ermine moth (http://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=2061).

Nightforce 65X55

Nightforce 65X55

Nightforce 65X55

I'm starting to play with the macro on the camera , looking at nature from a different perspective , its a whole different world .....

splish

Aradus depressus, 3rd ever Irish record and 1st record since 1923 from my garden last week

keps

splish wrote: »

Aradus depressus, 3rd ever Irish record and 1st record since 1923 from my garden last week

Absolutely Brilliant Splish - well done:)

keps

SandMartin

splish

Bee Orchid Ophrys apifera



Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina