Some pictures I took recently

bogtreader

Some cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) larvae feasting on ragwort

F.R.

Saw this in the Phoenix Park today, the squirrel really wanted the Mueller Pot

F.R.

Little Grebe

BargainHunter

magicbastarder wrote: »

we found two great diving beetles in the pond yesterday. i see where they get their name, they're huge buggers.

Yeah, they are massive. Found one today in my pond, while clearing duckweed. Looked like something from the tropics.

trebor28

Two young Chiffchaffs i think.


This beetle was on a plum tree, couldnt get a better angle.


Juv Dunnocks i think.


Juv Spotted flycatcher.


Spotted flycatcher.


Linnet

bogtreader

Two pictures i took of a mink a couple of months ago



I think i finally figure out how to resize

OpenYourEyes

Clearpreso

From a recent walk about the UCD Campus

What you looking at?


Butterflies of various types



Swan lake


Thistle


The UCD Campus is really great when you give the outer perimeter a good walk around. pretty sure I caught a glimpse of a sparrowhawk, and there appears to be a nice orchard like place near the creche.

cameramonkey

Boeing 747 and Kite.



female partridge or female pheasant???



dont know what the butterflies or grasshopper are.

Rainbowsend

Clearpreso

Great situation played out in front of me yesterday, right down in Sandycove.

A cormorant had been fishing and came up with a thrashing eel!


Then the seagull started getting a bit jealous


Then he started getting a bit shirty


The cormorant gulped it down and chased the seagull off after a bit of a scuffle


Madness Ted. Madness.

Slogger Jogger

cameramonkey

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

think that couldd be a house martin but not sure.

Slogger Jogger

Probably housemartins alright. I wasn't totally sure. The nest is a great construction for such a little thing.

Slogger Jogger

Came across quite a few frogs whilst doing work in the garden. At one stage there were 4 in close proximity.

Creature

Saw this chap in the park today doing a spot of sunbathing.

Slogger Jogger

Waiting for Mum:-


Here she is:-

cscook

I was in town early this morning and it had stopped raining, so a quick visit to Stephen's Green was in order.





- wish I'd zoomed out on this one, but by the time I did he'd flown back to the island in the middle. He was moving around a LOT.

swifts need our help!

definitely a house martin under the eaves

Mark

Stoner

Creature wrote: »

Saw this chap in the park today doing a spot of sunbathing.

is this a joke, was the Park a Zoo? or are terrapins (if thats a terrapin) now living parks? is the Park, The Phoenix Park?

Creature

Stoner wrote: »

is this a joke, was the Park a Zoo? or are terrapins (if thats a terrapin) now living parks? is the Park, The Phoenix Park?

Er no, it's not a joke. I probably should have specified that it was St. Anne's park in Raheny, the little duck pond by the coast road. I imagine it was a pet someone dumped and has somehow survived.

trebor28

saw this lad in a small stream, he was very well camouflaged, approx 3 inches long.
anyone know what he is? some kinda trout perhaps?

Scotty #

Stoner wrote: »

is this a joke, was the Park a Zoo? or are terrapins (if thats a terrapin) now living parks?

.. and several Dublin canals/rivers too if I'm not mistaken. Weren't there something like 4 varieties found in the Dodder? (so far)

joeKel73

I had a strole down by the Cladagh (Galway City) a few weeks ago, few photos from that evening;

Eyepatch

These are lovely, foto joe! Especially like your swan! Is that an ell being caught in #2? Well captured!



.. a visitor to my garden!

V Bull

Some photos taken over the last few weeks. I'm not sure on ID so please correct me if i am wrong.

Whitethroat..


Robin..


Spotted Flycatcher..




Black Tailed Godwit..




Buzzard..




Kittiwake (juv)..


Sedge Warbler..


Willow Warbler..

paulusdu

Saw this guy and two others feeding just north of Doolin.
I am guessing parents and chick

I'll upload some more later.

Telchak

In Stephen's Green

Mountainsandh

balaineau 009 by mountainsandheather, on Flickr

balaineau 015 by mountainsandheather, on Flickr

More pics on my Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/38994151@N03/

I hope he's dead now for his own sake, very sad to see it.

tricky D

A very tame young Cormorant has been hanging around the anglers at the end of the West Pier in Howth for the last few days. He/she gets a few morsels and barely flinches until people are less than 2 feet away. Speculation is he/she is from some sanctuary type place around Santry/Swords. [Phone pic so quality not great]