Some pictures I took recently

TopTec

Go on Dave, do say..... the skeleton is what? and the fossil is what?

TT

emo72

no idea of the fossil. id hazard a guess at a dolphin type thingy though.

Hotei

Grey Wolf

Junkyard Tom

emo72 wrote: »

no idea of the fossil. id hazard a guess at a dolphin type thingy though.

Looks like a section of fossilized coral.

New Home

No. That's definitely part of the tail of a mermaid.

Hotei

Mallard




Keps spotted a Red Admiral this week, and I saw this one last week just before the first frost:




I took this shot earlier this year. I'm already wishing this winter over!




This image of mating Green-veined Whites was taken in early September:




A female Sparrowhawk sitting on one of the refuse bins in my backyard:

Means Of Escape

The Walking Herd

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Got this false widow spider today , only had the Phone with me . The Markings on its back are striking , a really nice looking spider when you take the time to look.....

Hotei

My nephew, who is a voluntary worker with the Kildare Animal Foundation, invited me over today to see one of their latest inpatients. This Otter kit was found abandoned in Co.Donegal over four weeks ago. It was believed to be approximately six weeks old when it was found. It's presently in a small cage, but will be released into a larger enclosure shortly, so hopefully I'll be able to get better shots then. It's already feeding on fish. When mature enough it will be released close to where it was found originally.

keps

dipper 1

keps

Wish me joy!

I got my first Dodder kingfisher photo today

Light was poor -so taken at 2500 ISO and so a bit 'noisy' - but pleased to have got it


kingfisher

Hotei

keps wrote: »

I got my first Dodder kingfisher photo today

Light was poor -so taken at 2500 ISO and so a bit 'noisy' - but pleased to have got it

Very nice keps! I'd be delighted with that shot myself.

keps

today also



grey wagtail

F.R.

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

Looks like a section of fossilized coral.

Possibly a Horsetail/Calamite stem


http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/22349-calamite/&browse=1

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F.R. wrote: »

Possibly a Horsetail/Calamite stem


http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/image/22349-calamite/&browse=1

Not at all. The picture in question is fanned while horsetail is regularly rectangle in fossils.

Means Of Escape

Snoozing swans in Rosscarbery this morning

Means Of Escape

Three in a row

keps

long tailed tit


long tailed tit

gzoladz

Snipes, at Booterstown

Means Of Escape

"Some table service here please !"

keps

A couple of Grey Heron pics


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heron

thyme

A couple of moths pics that I had on the phone.

Feathered Thorn ( Colotois Pennaria ).



Could not put a name on this one.

Hotei

thyme wrote: »

Could not put a name on this one.

Looks like a Common Marbled Carpet, Dysstroma truncata.

This link suggests it's common and a remarkably variable species:
http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/common-marbled-carpet

keps

Grey Wagtail from a bridge- directly above

Grey Wagtail

New Home

That is one stunning shot, Keps!

keps

New Home wrote: »

That is one stunning shot, Keps!

Well - it's a bit different anyway:D

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gzoladz

Supermoon

keps

A 2 year old photo from Lucan Demesne
I took it in RAW but didn't have the software at the time to process it in RAW.
Going back and re-processing some of those now that I can



kingfisher

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