Some pictures I took recently

keps

grey wagtail





grey heron

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splish wrote: »

Forget-me-not Shieldbug Sehirus luctuosus I found in June. First Irish record since 1926


Forget-me-not Shieldbug Sehirus luctuosus by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

Brilliant discovery- congratulations:)

obrano

Capercaillie wrote: »

A white necked jacobin! You are probably in lowland rainforest.

It was cloud forest at approx 1400-1600m, Mindo, Ecuador. Approx 700 species of birds there and around 30 species of hummingbird. I reckon we spotted around 13 species of hummer in total including my fav - the booted racket tail! Extraordinary place! :eek:

gzoladz

A juvenile kestrel decided to collaborate today for a photo shoot, at East Coast Nature Reserve

keps

gzoladz wrote: »

A juvenile kestrel decided to collaborate today for a photo shoot, at East Coast Nature Reserve

Super photo:)

Capercaillie

obrano wrote: »

It was cloud forest at approx 1400-1600m, Mindo, Ecuador. Approx 700 species of birds there and around 30 species of hummingbird. I reckon we spotted around 13 species of hummer in total including my fav - the booted racket tail! Extraordinary place! :eek:

Sounds brillant. Was in Costa Rica before, saw around 10 hummers. The hummingbird feeders are great to get photos. Booted racket tail is a must for me to see one day hopefully.

gzoladz

Also at the East Coast Nature Reserve, juvenile Meadow Pipit

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Lucan Demesne this morning

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Another from Lucan this morning - Grey Wagtail

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I Had to chase this one for a while to get him at rest....

vandriver

Canary Blue Tit (Cyanistes teneriffae) by vandriver, on Flickr

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Mammy does some stretching while the kids have a snooze
Lucan Demesne today

F.R.

Found this Brown Hawker on the Elder 24hrs later it was still there, eventually it left.

vandriver

Tenerife Chiffchaff by Vandriver, on Flickr

Black Crowned Night Heron by Vandriver, on Flickr

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exit

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Nature's Colours

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This Fly is approx 5 mm long



This one is only about 4mm long



The Garden Spider is about 4mm





This fly was on the Windscreen and is less than 4mm long

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splish

Arctophila superbiens, a bumblebee mimic hoverfly

Arctophila superbiens by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

keps

Grey Heron

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Any Idea what this Tiny Beetle is, Found him on a stone wall , he measures less than 1mm as you can see on my finger.....

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Lagre 'blow up' hence a bit grainy

Interslice

keps wrote: »

Nature's Colours

Finally figured out what them purple flowers are the other day. See them everywhere. Annoying me all summer! Willowherb/epilobium is the genus. From the same family as fuschias.

magicbastarder

are these galls?

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magicbastarder wrote: »

are these galls?

Seem to be alright.

keps

In praise of a 35 year old nikon 300m lens bought 2nd hand


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Enlarged

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I Have been playing with Macro for a couple of weeks now and I think I have reached the limit with this photo of a 4mm Garden spider , I would call this Super macro......

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Lambsbread

In Milltown today:

Long live the king by AindriúH, on Flickr

Grey Heron by AindriúH, on Flickr

Capercaillie

A few from the farm.
Main Nettle bed now near 100% nettles.


Harvesting more nettle sods for other nettle bed. At the local dump cut nettles at base with slash hook. Then cut out 400cm2 area for transport to farm. 4 van loads of nettles.


Prepared areas. Rotovate the area and then dig in nettle sods. Spread 10-10-20 onto area to complete. 2nd photo shows nettles that were planted early in Spring.



Some wildflowers from meadows. Not too sure of ID of plants. Splish assistance required.