Some pictures I took recently

Mycroft H

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

A few snaps taken when these Peregrine Chicks were being ringed!

Another ringer. I probably know you or your name somehow like most ringers in Ireland.

V Bull

Stonechat (female)..

Stonechat (male)..

Whitethroat..

Whitethroat flying..

Leucistic Rook in tree..

Reed Bunting..

swifts need our help!

white rooks - amazing!

My mother has a phrase when talking about rude children whos parents think they are angels
"every crow thinks its baby is white"

vandriver

Long-Tailed Tit by carl cotter, on Flickr

whyulittle

Was down along the Shannon again today, and God there was some change from a week or two ago. Thought the ground might be a bit soft from the recent rain, instead it was under feet of water!

Agitated Redshank

mikka631

Some Crab Spiders from Boora

V Bull

swifts need our help! wrote: »

My mother has a phrase when talking about rude children whos parents think they are angels
"every crow thinks its baby is white"

A great saying, I must remember it ...:)

The "terrible twin angels" are still doing well, saw them again yesterday. I've given them names, just for fun....Pinkie & Perkie...

Here's Pinkie..


And Perkie..

swifts need our help!

have you tried throwing bread or .. to pull the adults closer

swifts need our help!

brilliant spider photos

MeteoritesEire

while we're on spiders.Crawling up the wall outside the house,thankfully

GreyEagle

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

while we're on spiders.Crawling up the wall outside the house,thankfully

How big is that spider?
GE

MeteoritesEire

picture is actual size!! scale 1:1

SC Kevin

Woke up one morning in February to find this on the wall in the back garden!

MeteoritesEire

don't think anybody will be fooled by that actually, just havin' a laugh

It wasn't particularly big ,maybe an inch and half including legs , defo seen bigger ones though this one was quite well marked

MeteoritesEire

cracking shots Kevin---sparrowhawk?

SC Kevin

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

cracking shots Kevin---sparrowhawk?

Thanks MeteoritesEire!

I think its a Sparrowhawk alright, but not 100% sure, think its a female as well!

SC Kevin

Also saw these in a forest a few mins drive from where i live..









then i found this, which i haven't seen in years!

SC Kevin

And i cant forget my girls!!







A swarm of bees on an apple tree



for those who don't know, the marked one is the Queen

dodderangler

SC Kevin wrote: »

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

cracking shots Kevin---sparrowhawk?

Thanks MeteoritesEire!

I think its a Sparrowhawk alright, but not 100% sure, think its a female as well!

Yeah spot on its a young sparrowhawk if say first year bird and female aswell is it a regular visitor in your garden

SC Kevin

dodderangler wrote: »

Yeah spot on its a young sparrowhawk if say first year bird and female aswell is it a regular visitor in your garden

Unfortunatly no dodderangler and i haven't seen her since, but my neighbour said that he saw a Sparrowhawk about a week before hand in his garden with a pigeon!

so maybe it was the same one and this is her patch!

MeteoritesEire

same here with the frogspawn Kevin--I hadn't seen it in 20 years or more til I moved to Donegal 2 years ago.Place is coming down with frogs which I love to see--sign of a healthy environment

Half-cocked

Left a trail camera on a friends farm for a week, overlooking a stream. I was hopig to catch the resident otters but only got this lot. The pheasant crossed every day at the same time.

V Bull

I went on the BWI Wicklow & Carlow outing today to the Little Tern Colony. No good news there as we all know. However, we did see 53 different species of birds...The highlight for me was 2 hunting Short-eared Owls spotted by my brother-in-law Stephen, at a huge distance away hence the poor photo quality..

Short-eared Owl..


Manx Shearwater..

SC Kevin

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

same here with the frogspawn Kevin--I hadn't seen it in 20 years or more til I moved to Donegal 2 years ago.Place is coming down with frogs which I love to see--sign of a healthy environment

I know ya! must of been at least 15 years since i saw frog spawn last, i took some home only to be told that its illegal to take it because of the dwindling numbers in frogs! :eek:

I went back a few days later to put it back!

SdoowSirhc

Taken in the garden before my cat's killer instinct took over :P

Spotted this guy, looks more lie a moth than a butterfly. Anybody know what they are called?

OpenYourEyes

SdoowSirhc wrote: »

Spotted this guy, looks more lie a moth than a butterfly. Anybody know what they are called?

Speckled Wood I think!

SdoowSirhc

OpenYourEyes wrote: »

Speckled Wood I think!

Wings look a little rounded but the marking match alright

Lumber Man

Some photos taken at Ross strand this weekend. Not sure about some of the photos.

Pic 30 Tern maybe?
Pic 201 Sand Martin?
Heron and Gannets!

Some great photos posted on this site. Really enjoy looking at them:)!

V Bull

Lumber Man wrote: »

Some photos taken at Ross strand this weekend. Not sure about some of the photos.

Pic 30 Tern maybe?
!

Correct, it's a Sandwich Tern, nice photos, keep them coming...:)

whyulittle

One of about 7 Snipe drumming at Boora today


No sign of Pinkie and Perkie, but I was told they're still about.....

And one for Mark.....Marsh Orchid?!