Some pictures I took recently

Nightforce 65X55

Nightforce 65X55

keps

This morning

Nightforce 65X55

Sorry about the Grainy photos but the light was quite low and the pics were taken at some distance ...

Nightforce 65X55

Was waiting for the Kingfisher this morning and This little guy arrived....

keps

This morning

keps

Think this Grey Wagtail stole some lunch from the spider's web:)

stevensi

Hi All,

Not great on my butterflies so I will let the experts id them

1. Meadow Brown
2. Peacock
3. ???
4. Red Admiral
5. Gatekeeper?
6. Speckled Wood
7. ?????

stevensi

6 and 7 here

dball

took these today as this fella was sitting on the fence in the garden

Anyone tell me what she is?

sorry about the quality but she took off before I could get out a good camera

gzoladz

dball wrote: »

took these today as this fella was sitting on the fence in the garden

Anyone tell me what she is?

sorry about the quality but she took off before I could get out a good camera

Not easy, I go with buzzard due to the shape of tail, white marks, brown color and aparent size.

stevensi

That is a juv Sparrowhawk.

splish

Heather Shieldbug Rhacognathus punctatus

Heather Shieldbug Rhacognathus punctatus by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

Heather Shieldbug Rhacognathus punctatus by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

keps

this morning

splish

Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria

Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

baaba maal

Not great quality- but this is a leveret (young hare at this stage) that appears in our garden every day. He/she has chewed up 260 of my 275 beech saplings planted this spring (but who's counting!). A dwarf apple tree is the latest victim.

keps

keps

Bonedigger

Great shot keps!

keps

Bonedigger wrote: »

Great shot keps!

Thanks Bonedigger

I was watching him- with camera for about 20 minutes. Took a few pics including this one- as I walked away I heard this 'Kersplash' and looked back to see him with a decent sized fish( a small trout I think) in his mouth!

The one that got way:rolleyes:

Bonedigger

keps wrote: »

Thanks Bonedigger

I was watching him- with camera for about 20 minutes. Took a few pics including this one- as I walked away I heard this 'Kersplash' and looked back to see him with a decent sized fish( a small trout I think) in his mouth!

The one that got way:rolleyes:

Tell me about it!:) Chances are you'll get something great tomorrow which will make up for the disappointment.

Bonedigger

Common Lizard Zootoca vivipara



It looks like this juvenile Common Lizard had a lucky escape:






An ovipositing female Brown Hawker Aeshna grandis




Ichneumon wasp possibly Therion circumflexum






White-lipped Snail Cepaea hortensis




Painted Lady Cynthia cardui




Pied Hoverfly Scaeva pyrastri

Nightforce 65X55

Excellent capture on the lizard , i havent seen one in years. Well done.

fryup

dead juvenile minke whale washed up at Liscannor co.clare

Bonedigger

Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

Excellent capture on the lizard , i havent seen one in years. Well done.

Thanks Nightforce!
There's plenty of them on the boardwalk in Pollardstown Fen at the moment. Most people don't know they're there at all. If you tip-toe your way up to them, you can get relatively close before they scarper.

bernard0368

OpenYourEyes

Fledgling Kittiwake, Rockabill Island, Summer 2015

Capercaillie

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Fledgling Kittiwake, Rockabill Island, Summer 2015

Every time I see a juvenile kittiwake in the autumn I always make sure it's not a Sabine's gull I'm looking at.

OpenYourEyes

Capercaillie wrote: »

Every time I see a juvenile kittiwake in the autumn I always make sure it's not a Sabine's gull I'm looking at.

I'd say they're definitely the cause of some minor panic/excitement at the start of the seawatching season before people remember alright!

keps

Kingfisher- Lucan Demesne this morning