Some pictures I took recently

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Grey wagtail bringing food back to the nest

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song thrush



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orange tip

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I think some of the 'thanks' I got for the the thrush photo were because I got the name right:)

LinF

No, it is for the quality of the pic and to me the thrush is saying "hey, look at me". I like the orange tip as well but this year I am learning about birds. Will keep the bees and butterflies for next year.

savagethegoat

I do despair a bit when I see some of the photos.... I'm still trying and I think I'm improving but have a long long way to go.... at least I've learned how to turn "automatic" off...

Capercaillie

Update from the farm:

Established nettle bed, nettle starting to grow finally (3 weeks behind last year). No corncrake yet but are slow coming in this year as growth has been dire.


One of the new nettle beds planted earlier in year. Nettles starting to emerge. Hopefully enough rain comes with warm weather.


Rolling the seed crop for Twite: kale/mustard/triticale. A two year crop. Triticale will act as a nursery crop to protect mustard/kale from relentless winds.


Electonic scarer to stop hares eating the seed crop.


Plenty of Whimbrel passing through the farm. Feeding on the rich machair.


A late 1st winter Glaucous gull on the farm.


Chough over the farm. Regular during winter and used to breed in old ruined mansion nearby. Will get a nest box made and put up for them.


Second established nettle bed for corncrake. Brown bits are patches that were rotovated and nettle rhizomes added. Aiming for 100% nettles.

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Black Guillemot ('Tystie') by Brian, on Flickr

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Spider under a leaf by niall.hirsch, on Flickr

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Mating Orange-tip Butterflies




Male Orange-tip




Female Orange-tip

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Grasshopper Warbler
Masters of secreting themselves away into the surrounding vegetation, you will often only get fleeting glimpses of them through the foliage:








Sedge Warbler








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Cockchafer ( May Bug ) out in the back garden today here in Kerry.

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[IMG][/img]Untagged Red Kite 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Two Stags meet and greet by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Swallow 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Stonechat 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Sedge Warbler 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Reed Bunting 2 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Pheasant on the Run.... by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Kingfishers late supper by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Brown Slug .... by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

[IMG][/img]Blackcap Male 1 by Rod Wilson, on Flickr

Some of these photos were taken after 8pm on Saturday night so are a bit Grainy ....

Hotei

@ Nightforce

Your Sedge Warbler looks more like a Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler maybe??

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@ nightforce

That Kingfisher photo -hidden behind the reeds but still all to see is just great. A prizewinner
Lovit.

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Hotei wrote: »

@ Nightforce

Your Sedge Warbler looks more like a Chiffchaff or Willow Warbler maybe??

I'm just going by what I was told it was , you could be right but as I had never seen this bird before I took the Name it was given as correct and posted it with that name . After looking up the Willow Warbler it does look like one ok. it didnt sound like a chiffchaff so that is out.... Possibly a Willow Warbler ok.

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keps wrote: »

@ nightforce

That Kingfisher photo -hidden behind the reeds but still all to see is just great. A prizewinner
Lovit.

Thanks Keps. It took a bit of luck to spot him in the reeds and this was at about 8:30pm on Sat Night so was very overcast , I was happy when I saw the Fish in his Beak and Lucky to get the Shot just before he took off.... The photo was taken with a 300mm F2.8 L with a 2X extender , so at F5.6, shutter Speed was 1/125s and ISO Was 6400 the Kingfisher was about 30Feet away, taken with the 7D mk2.

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Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

I'm just going by what I was told it was , you could be right but as I had never seen this bird before I took the Name it was given as correct and posted it with that name . After looking up the Willow Warbler it does look like one ok. it didnt sound like a chiffchaff so that is out.... Possibly a Willow Warbler ok.

It's a willow warbler alright.

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Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

Thanks Keps. It took a bit of luck to spot him in the reeds and this was at about 8:30pm on Sat Night so was very overcast , I was happy when I saw the Fish in his Beak and Lucky to get the Shot just before he took off.... The photo was taken with a 300mm F2.8 L with a 2X extender , so at F5.6, shutter Speed was 1/125s and ISO Was 6400 the Kingfisher was about 30Feet away, taken with the 7D mk2.

I think ones needs a licence from the NPWS, to photograph kingfishers...

Nice shot..You should go back as they usually fish at the same spot...

CardinalJ

Found this guy on the slopes of Lugnaquilla in Wicklow on Saturday.

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pegasus1 wrote: »

I think ones needs a licence from the NPWS, to photograph kingfishers...

Nice shot..You should go back as they usually fish at the same spot...

I think the licence only applies to nesting birds. If not the nwps would have to issue a hell of a lot of individual licences to every wildlife photographer in the country and for a multitude of locations around the country,and gIven that each licence usually requires a visit from the local ranger before approval i think it would be a very impractical use of the rangers time as they are already streched to the limit .
Why do you think a licence is required ?

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Nightforce 65X55 wrote: »

I think the licence only applies to nesting birds. If not the nwps would have to issue a hell of a lot of individual licences to every wildlife photographer in the country and for a multitude of locations around the country,and gIven that each licence usually requires a visit from the local ranger before approval i think it would be a very impractical use of the rangers time as they are already streched to the limit .
Why do you think a licence is required ?

They are not red listed. As long as the birds are not photographed at/near nest, should not be a problem. As per all other species bird should not be photographed so as to disturb the bird.

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Meteorite58

Really stunning shot Keps .

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Meteorite58 wrote: »

Really stunning shot Keps .

thanks- I'm not the best at identifying birds as most here will know- and a year or so ago was out for a walk along the Liffey with a friend who is a bit of a 'birder' when we saw a dunnock.

He said 'probably the most boring looking bird on the planet'.


Ever since that put down - I've got to like them a lot and try to capture them in a way that proves they are not in the least bit 'boring'.

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keps wrote: »

dunnock

WOW !

Great Shot Keps...

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