Some pictures I took recently

Capercaillie · 16-08-2016 1:10pm

dodderangler wrote: »

Tayto park yesterday and what a day for it.
Amur leopard. Absolutely gorgeous animal and you can feel the power just looking at him

No offence (I know you have a great appeciation of wildlife), but photos of big cats in cages depress me:(

dodderangler · 16-08-2016 2:51pm

Capercaillie wrote: »

No offence (I know you have a great appeciation of wildlife), but photos of big cats in cages depress me:(

Oh I definitely agree with you on that. Rather see a rare Amur leopard here than on somebody's wall. But just the way he say in the sun. Pure royalty look about him. And you can tell how much power he has. If he got a hold of ya you're fcuked. But yes I do agree with you.

keps · 16-08-2016 8:36pm

Some of you may remember the photo of the ringed Black-headed gull I posted last week.
As a reminder – here’s another shot (-;

ringed

Just got confirmation from Polring that this Gull was ringed in RADYCZYNY,TUREK, WIELKOPOLSKIE, POLAND on the 16th June this year.
Sex and age listed as unknown other than ‘after 2nd calendar year’.

The flight from the location where it was ringed to Bushy Park is detailed as 845 km.

OpenYourEyes · 16-08-2016 11:00pm

keps wrote: »

Some of you may remember the photo of the ringed Black-headed gull I posted last week.
As a reminder – here’s another shot (-;

Just got confirmation from Polring that this Gull was ringed in RADYCZYNY,TUREK, WIELKOPOLSKIE, POLAND on the 16th June this year.
Sex and age listed as unknown other than ‘after 2nd calendar year’.

The flight from the location where it was ringed to Bushy Park is detailed as 845 km.

That's excellent Keps! I've had a couple of BHGull resightings from the UK, but never from as far away as Poland! I suspect if you keep an eye out at Bushy Park every winter you'll see that bird returning year after year.

For anyone interested, there's a blog about Black-headed Gulls in Northern Ireland - both resightings of birds from far away in NI and vice versa:
http://bhgullsni.blogspot.ie/

It also goes to show that it's well worth keeping your eyes peeled, even amongst somewhat common birds that we often take for granted such as Black-headed Gulls in parks in winter - a lot of them have fascinating backstories to be learned!

Hotei · 18-08-2016 9:09pm

Emerald Damselfly tandem

Male Emerald Damselfly

.............having lunch:

Female Emerald Damselfly

Common Hawker

Common Darter tandem

Black Darter tandem (the females are yellow in colour)

vistafinder · 19-08-2016 4:31pm

Gatekeeper

untitled-8584.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

Common blue

untitled-8569.jpg by Damien, on Flickr

savagethegoat · 20-08-2016 4:21pm

shocking pic due to reflections but this feller was in my roses earlier, not sure what he is.

Capercaillie · 20-08-2016 4:35pm

savagethegoat wrote: »

shocking pic due to reflections but this feller was in my roses earlier, not sure what he is.

Juvenile willow warbler. Has long primary projection which rule out chiffchaff.

savagethegoat · 20-08-2016 5:00pm

That's a first then!

I was actually trying to photo a mother greenfinch feeding her four chicks in the rosebed, with out success.

keps · 20-08-2016 9:32pm

moorhen

splish · 21-08-2016 12:45pm

Orange ladybird Halyzia 16-guttata

Orange ladybird Halyzia 16-guttata by Ciarán Byrne, on Flickr

keps · 21-08-2016 1:45pm

After all the rain - the Dodder is running high today

heron

heron1

heron2

Nightforce 65X55 · 23-08-2016 12:03am

Went to the National BOP Centre in Russborough House in Blessington yesterday , had a great day , well worth a visit ....

whyulittle · 24-08-2016 6:10pm

After a long long time, I finally got some good views of some lizards! I normally just see them scurrying into the undergrowth, but the boardwalk at Clara Bog was covered with them today.

Also, first time to see any of the Fritillaries, a Silver-Washed I think?

Hotei · 24-08-2016 7:35pm

Nice to see the Brimstone. I got my first shot of a Brimstone today.

keps · 24-08-2016 7:49pm

In its element
Cormorant - Spanish Point today

cormorant

On the edge of Ireland

bbg

guessing this is a meadow pipet?

pipet

Hotei · 24-08-2016 9:10pm

Common Green Grasshopper

Field Grasshopper (male)

Brimstone (male)

Migrant Hawker (female)

Sicus ferrugineus Conopid fly

Hotei · 24-08-2016 10:01pm

keps wrote: »

guessing this is a meadow pipet?

pipet

That looks like a Northern Wheatear, keps.

keps · 24-08-2016 10:44pm

Thanks Hotei

I could not get at all close to these birds..quelle suprise

You can see from this ...as close as I got ( with a 600mm lens)

1

I've blown that photo up as far as feasible to give this one

bird

keps · 24-08-2016 10:58pm

Loving this guy

Hotei wrote: »

Hotei · 24-08-2016 11:51pm

keps wrote: »

Loving this guy

Thanks keps.
There's a healthy population of these little fellas in a woodland close to me.
It's always difficult to get a clear, sharp shot through the foliage, and the shade of the canopy doesn't help either.

keps · 25-08-2016 4:59pm

OK - fingers crossed... meadow pipet?
Near Doolin today

keps · 25-08-2016 7:25pm

Another 2 small birds spotted on the Doolin Walk today.

Was thinking they might be stonechats?

keps · 25-08-2016 9:31pm

Should have posted these in one set but just going through them now( while having a well deserved pint- well you see there is no wi-fi in the room so I was forced to the bar:p)

.. isn’t nice to see the old west of Ireland walls with their mossy lichen( if there is such a thing!)

wall

wall

And this guy got his lunch!

lunch b