Some pictures I took recently

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Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo wrote: »

Second one is a Juvenile Collared Dove.

Thanks Jazlyn Incalculable Yo-yo...in fact I was on the verge of posting again to say that I think it must be a collared dove as they are the only species on the ground in the garden at the moment

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I took these to be Wood Pigeons...in the field next but one and taken from an upstairs window

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By co-incidence a wood pigeon ( along with a few other birds ) has landed in the garden.

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do you have seed down for them? I daren't do that with our cat....

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savagethegoat wrote: »

do you have seed down for them? I daren't do that with our cat....

Put a bell on 'em. Cruel but kind.

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I was thinking of putting down some food in a very open position where he'd have no chance of creeping up....would that work?

Alun

I have a ground feeder with a cage over the same as this ...

http://www.birdfood.co.uk/ctrl/node:124;product_group:61;/ground_guards#.VlxRR3bhDcs

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savagethegoat wrote: »

do you have seed down for them? I daren't do that with our cat....

I don't put seed on the ground - but some birds, particularly sparrows, just toss loads of seeds they don't like from the feeders onto the ground so they can get at the ones they prefer.... and then other birds eat the seeds on the ground.

Also I have 3 ultrasonic deterrents around the garden which seem to be working well ( no family pets )

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I spy with my little eye...something beginning with S

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Baby it's cold outside
(thanks for the seeds)

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Three efforts this morning. The Redpoll is the first I have spotted on my feeders

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and hre's another I quite like

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Plenty of Sparrows and Starlings about today , also had a visit from the Blackbird Hen and the Goldfinches .....

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These handsome starlings are 4 of the 32 I counted on the tree today:)

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handsome little feller. Male Chaffinch I think

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Spot on. Male chaffinch it is. Nice shot....

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Male Greenfinch

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count them! I'm going to have to cut down the nijer and sunflower seeds and increase the peanuts to give the other birds a look in! An entire feeder of sunflower seeds gone in just over 24 hours...they eat better than I do

Woodville56

savagethegoat wrote: »

I'm going to have to cut down the nijer and sunflower seeds and increase the peanuts to give the other birds a look in! An entire feeder of sunflower seeds gone in just over 24 hours...they eat better than I do

You're certainly laying on a great spread for your birds there ! Costly too, especially if you have flocks of Goldfinches and Greenfinches descending on your garden, but fabulous to watch ! Real bullies when it comes to the feeders though - my house sparrows don't get a look in with the finches !

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A Good selection of Birds today in the Garden given the bad weather , I had the Robin , Blackbird , Starlings , Sparrows , Doves and today , the Most Goldfinches that I have seen in the Garden to date, there was 7 in total. The Sparrows are by far the most numerous bird followed by the Starlings. I will have to see if there is a feeder that the Sparrows cant dump all the food out of, they keep emptying my feeders and there is a pile of seed under them on the ground....

It wasn't a great day for taking Photographs the cloud cover kept it quite dark for the day so High ISO had to be used , which creates grainy photos....

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Woodville56 wrote: »

You're certainly laying on a great spread for your birds there ! Costly too, especially if you have flocks of Goldfinches and Greenfinches descending on your garden, but fabulous to watch ! Real bullies when it comes to the feeders though - my house sparrows don't get a look in with the finches !

Yes I think i'll have to have peanuts only on one stand to try and kept the Goldfinches separate. I hardly get any sparrows and the Tits have to zoom in quick when they get a chance.

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An addition to my list today...albeit two fields over and at extreme range... This is the River Dalau in Kanturk, well over it's banks today!

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Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

This is a lovely shot Nightforce - well done!

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Radula complanata, a leafy liverwort growing on Acer palmatum "Osakazuki".

Radula complanata by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

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A Good Start to the day with even more bird species . No rain and good light made for some better photos than yesterday , and the birds look like they are making up for lost feeding time ....











A Couple more photos to follow...

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Hookeria lucens, a moss with large leaf cells growing along the River Slaney.

Hookeria lucens by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

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Got these of the Buzzard today , he was about 180m away cruising around the Sheds looking for an easy meal...