Some pictures I took recently

Dr Silly Bollox MD

spookwoman wrote: »

Female Orange tip butterfly

:eek:

Never saw one of them before.

Class pic!

glaswegian

farm april 2013 047 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

wood anemone?

spookwoman

Looks like it. do a google on Wood Anemone and check the leaves if you remember what they look like

glaswegian

farm 12 045 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

mikka631

OpenYourEyes

Woodpigeon bathing


Moorhen not too happy about the Woodpigeon bathing...


Chaffinch


Male House Sparrow




Barn Swallow




...having a scratch...

soupdragon

A few from Galley Head last week. Yellow Wag found by Colin Barton, lovely bird, if a tad skittish.

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OpenYourEyes

Brent Geese


Whimbrel (possibly Curlew but I think not..)


Greylag Geese (captive)


Male Mallard in Flight


A predated Greylag Goose - the head was completely gone, but the body was fully intact!


Crab Claw

Art Deko

OpenYourEyes

(the last post for another while - had a bit of a backlog of pics..)

Male Chaffinch


House Sparrow (on a house no less!)


Blue Tit


Rook eating a Mallard's egg


Wagtail walking on a windy wall...


Starling


Swallow coming up from having a drink

glaswegian

skreen april 13 004 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

mikka631

This one has been ringed at some stage. This is the same bird on an Apple tree and a Cherry tree in my garden. There have been quite a few Siskins and Redpolls in my garden lately and it has been possible to get quite close to them.

Art Deko

Art Deko

glaswegian

skreen 084 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

spookwoman

Crane fly

Ribworth plantain and hoverfly

V Bull

A couple from yesterday, Six Mile Point, Wicklow..

Manx Shearwater.. this guy caught me by complete surprise, came gliding towards me over the surf, had I put my hand out I could have touched it...



A dark phase Arctic Skua heading south towards Wicklow Head... about 100m off shore...

glaswegian

009 by glaswegian58, on Flickr

spookwoman

Willow Warbler

Sleepy Pigeon

Curious Slug

soupdragon

Love the slug, spookwoman!

V Bull

soupdragon wrote: »

Love the slug, spookwoman!

Yeh, he looks like Brian from the "Magic Roundabout", shows my age..:D

V Bull

I was down at the Little Tern Colony at Kilcoole today. The shore line is narrower than last year and some of the waves were reaching the grass line, let’s hope that the weather eases off a bit. Some snaps from the visit...

Little Terns... notice the wet wash from the waves....


Cormorants...


Whimbrel... lots passing overhead all morning...


Skylark gathering nest material...


Dunlin sheltering from the wind...


Kestrel flyover... looking for lunch..

glaswegian

Untitled by glaswegian58, on Flickr

Eyepatch

Hooded Crow (or grey crow, as they are also know as)

MeteoritesEire

dragonfly--from last year-not seen any just yet

Mothman

MeteoritesEire wrote: »

dragonfly--from last year-not seen any just yet

A Four-spotted Chaser

Mothman

spookwoman wrote: »

Female Orange tip butterfly

Great capture. The 'Orange tip' of the fore wing can be seen through the hind wing which means that this is a male.

spookwoman

Thanks mothman

whyulittle

Don't know how people get so close to butterflies!

An Orange-tip from today, just taking off.


Curious Robin.

spookwoman

The orange tip I got was just sitting there on the flower. was alive but not moving much coming back about 30 mins later it was still there. Just got lucky