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Some pictures I took recently

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    #7232
    keps
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    Had a Blackcap in the back garden everyday in Jan to mid Feb- used to eat apples like there was no tomorrow- then one day he was gone!

    So delighted to see this fellow down in Lucan Demesne today- maybe it's the same guy

    25924706784_db14b4e3cc_o.jpgblackcap


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    #7233
    sumtings
    Registered Users Posts: 265 ✭✭sumtings


    Lovely trip to work this morning!


    Rue Leaved Saxifrage
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    Summer Snowflake in the Shannon (changed from Snowdrop)

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    Ivy Leaved Toad Flax

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    My first Swallow pic of the year, nice to get after the sandmartins yesterday.

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    Meadow Pipit? I'm Not sure
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    #7234
    splish
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    Nice finds sumtings. Spot on with the saxifrage & toadflax but I think the Snowdrop pic is actually Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum.


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    #7235
    sumtings
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    splish wrote: »
    Nice finds sumtings. Spot on with the saxifrage & toadflax but I think the Snowdrop pic is actually Summer Snowflake Leucojum aestivum.

    If i zoom in they have the green dot so thats what they are then!


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    #7236
    pegasus1
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    Hoverfly taken this morning...Summer is coming..:)
    26545011015_7f726843c0_c.jpgHoverfly by niall.hirsch, on Flickr


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    #7237
    New Home
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    I opened the lid of my composting bin about an hour ago and I found these chaps on top! Does anyone know what they are (well, apart from mushrooms obviously...:p)? Thanks. :)

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    #7238
    sumtings
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    Saw this also on the way to work today.

    Hairy Bittercress I think.

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    #7239
    oleras
    Registered Users Posts: 2,724 ✭✭✭oleras


    The first of many.

    [URL="[url=https://flic.kr/p/GpuPkJ][img]https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1635/26520172516_646d17f3e9_b.jpg[/img][/url][url=https://flic.kr/p/GpuPkJ]wasp[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/141210248@N06/]Ole Rasmussen[/url], on Flickr"][/url]26520172516_646d17f3e9_b.jpgwasp by Ole Rasmussen, on Flickr


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    #7240
    Hotei
    Closed Accounts Posts: 506 ✭✭✭Hotei


    pegasus1 wrote: »
    Hoverfly taken this morning...Summer is coming..:)
    26545011015_7f726843c0_c.jpgHoverfly by niall.hirsch, on Flickr

    This is a great shot Niall.
    Can I ask what lens you used?


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    #7241
    pegasus1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,490 ✭✭✭pegasus1


    Hotei wrote: »
    This is a great shot Niall.
    Can I ask what lens you used?
    Hi Hotei.. Thanks, Canon 60D along with a Tamron 60 macro.. It was one my first macro shots this year, and nope haven't lost the touch..
    Taken Manual focusing at 1:1, handheld


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    #7242
    Hotei
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    pegasus1 wrote: »
    Hi Hotei.. Thanks, Canon 60D along with a Tamron 60 macro.. It was one my first macro shots this year, and nope haven't lost the touch..
    Taken Manual focusing at 1:1, handheld

    You must have one steady hand! :D
    I've a Tamron 90mm. macro myself, and have never been happy with my macros of insects; I use it mainly for flower shots.
    Again, nice work and I look forward to seeing more of the same in the future.


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    #7243
    splish
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    Fertile stem of Field Horsetail Equisetum arvense

    25950767604_8c5d776669_c.jpgField Horsetail Equisetum arvense by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr


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    #7244
    savagethegoat
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    usually my garden is heaving with Siskins, today. none. Instead I have over a dozen Greenfinches, rarely seen so many.

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    #7245
    Keplar240B
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    Smooth newt in pond at bottom of abandoned quarry. (center right), i saw four in there + more in the man-made quarrys supply pits
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    #7246
    New Home
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    I can't see them... :(


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    #7247
    _Tombstone_
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    New Home wrote: »
    I can't see them... :(

    Little long black yoke on a rock just right of centre of the pic


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    #7248
    sumtings
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    _Tombstone_ wrote: »
    Little long black yoke on a rock just right of centre of the pic

    I scoured the picture and didn't see it!


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    #7249
    New Home
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    I think it's more difficult to spot them when they don't wear a hat with a pom-pom and a red and white stripey jumper and round glasses... Anyway that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it. :o

    Thanks Tombstone, I thought that was a shadow on the rock! :)


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    #7250
    keps
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    25960673244_47f1595f39_b.jpgrobin


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    #7251
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    26539810056_c85bd20913_b.jpggoldcrest


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    #7252
    keps
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    Moorhen/chicks

    ( photo taken with 600mm lens and then further cropped. 60/70 feet from nest at other side of the river)



    Mod Edit: Picture removed as per thread rules - no pictures of nests, eggs or chicks without an NPWS license.


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    #7253
    savagethegoat
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    a little excursion out with two passable efforts. Excellent venue with Coot Moorhen Mallard Swan Dunnock Wren Chaffinch Robin Thrush Blackbird all appearing in a few minutes

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    got photobombed too (just for fun)

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    #7254
    Keplar240B
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    Fledgling bird
    about size of robin
    Unknown species
    22-04-2016
    North west Europe
    Earth

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    #7255
    New Home
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    I think that could be a blackbird.


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    #7256
    Keplar240B
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    New Home wrote: »
    I think that could be a blackbird.

    Sorry forgot to add its about size of robin, It has blackbird fledgling colors alright


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    #7257
    New Home
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    Then I think it couldn't possibly be a blackbird.... :D


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    #7258
    splish
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    Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula from local quarry today.

    26580244095_16391f3a85_c.jpgLarge Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr


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    #7259
    Nightforce 65X55
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    Keplar240B wrote: »
    Fledgling bird
    about size of robin
    Unknown species
    22-04-2016
    North west Europe
    Earth

    26486586142_b178a714ba_o.jpg

    Looks like a Robin chick. They have that mottled breast for a couple of months....


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    #7260
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Yes, a definite Juv Robin.


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    #7261
    keps
    Registered Users Posts: 9,324 ✭✭✭keps


    today - Lucan Demesne


    25978566853_c63401ce60_b.jpgwren



    26489163162_8ec9a627e0_b.jpgcock pheasant


    25978810903_be31d10587_b.jpghen pheasant


    25976854874_401e90f7e8_b.jpggrey heron


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