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Thursday, 8 January 2015

2014 Highlights

I'm Back. After a long (6 month) sabbatical from the blog I decided to start back with a quick review of my highlights of 2014 including last years 'lifers' (L) and a few of my other favourite pics. Hope you like them and hopefully normal service has resumed!

Red Kite - Avoca, Wicklow

Buzzard - Carrig, Wexford

Clouded Yellow (croceus) - Tacumshin, Wexford (L)

Snow Bunting - Bull Island, Dublin (L)

Ring-billed Gull - Wexford Town, Wexford

(Azorean) Yellow-legged Gull - Wexford Town,Wexford (L)

White-tailed Eagle - Wexford Wildfowl Reserve, Wexford (L)

Eel - Carrig, Wexford

Wryneck - Great Saltee Island, Wexford

Egyptian Goose - The Cotswolds, U.K. (L)

Water Rail - The Cotswolds, U.K.

Great Bustard - Wiltshire, U.K. (L)

Red Squirrel - Brownsea Island, Poole, U.K.

Clouded Yellow (helice) - R.S.P.B. Otmoor, U.K. (L)

Barn Owl - Oxford, U.K.

Ring-necked Parakeet - Dusseldorf, Germany (L)

Hoopoe - Carrig, Wexford (L)

Hen Harrier - Great Saltee Island, Wexford

Manx Shearwater - Great Saltee Island, Wexford

Ivory Gull - Tacumshin, Wexford

Sparrowhawk - W.W.R., Wexford

Lesser Canada Goose - W.W.R., Wexford (L)

Little Ringed Plover - Tacumshin, Wexford (L)

Red Fox - Tacumshin, Wexford

Marsh Harrier - W.W.R., Wexford

Hen Harrier (m) - Tacumshin, Wexford

Goldcrest - Tacumshin, Wexford

Kingfisher - Naas, Kildare

Short-eared Owl - South Slob, Wexford

Pied Flycatcher - Great Saltee Island, Wexford (L)

Silver-washed Fritillary - Raven Wood, Wexford (L)

Emperor Dragonfly - Raven Wood, Wexford

Red-breasted Flycatcher - Hook Head, Wexford (L)

Cattle Egret - Tacumshin, Wexford

Red-necked Grebe - Dun Laoghaire, Dublin (L)

Common Rosefinch - Great Saltee Island, Wexford (L)

Ross's Gull - Lady's Island, Wexford (L)

Puffin - Great Saltee Island, Wexford

Common Tern - Tacumshin, Wexford

(leucistic) Starling - Tacumshin, Wexford

Solitary Sandpiper - Rathangan, Wexford (L)

Glossy Ibis - South Slob, Wexford

Irish Hare - Tacumshin, Wexford

Turtle Dove - Great Saltee Island, Wexford (L)

Goshawk - Forst of Dean, U.K. (L)

Crossbill - Forest of Dean, U.K. (L)

Red-legged Partridge - Gloucestershire, U.K. (L)

Marsh Tit - Oxford, U.K. (L)

Iceland Gull - Tallaght, Dublin

Yellow Wagtail (Juv.) - Tacumshin, Wexford (L)


Buff-tip - Carrig, Wexford

Swallow-tailed Moth - Carrig, Wexford (L)

Elephant Hawk-moth - Rathangan, Wexford (L)

Magpie Moth - Carrig, Wexford (L)
Great Spotted Woodpecker - R.S.P.B. Otmoor, U.K. (L)

Canary-shouldered Thorn - Carrig, Wexford





Sunday, 22 June 2014

Insects and Animals (Moths coming soon)

More from recent trips

Sloe Bug - Dolycoris baccarum

False Widow - Steatoda Nobilis

Scarab -  Aphodius fossor

Rove Beetle - Necrodes littoralis

Yellow Ophion

Hairy Hawker

Ruddy Darter

Hairy Hawker

Hairy Hawker

Centipede (unsure of species)

Four-spotted Chaser

Hairy Hawker

Rove Beetle - Paederus Littoralis

Snipe Fly

Dock Bug - Coreus marginatus
Risso's Dolphin
Shore Crab
Rudd

Crane-fly - Tipula maxima






Common Rosefinch

Birding has been very slow of late but here's a few pics from recent outings, the best being the Common Rosefinch on Great Saltee Island.

Shag (Saltee)

Bullfinch (Carrig)

Common Sandpiper (Tacumshin)

Brent Goose (Tacumshin)

House Martin (Tacumshin)

Kestrel (Lingstown)

Skylark (Tacumshin)

Sandwich Tern (Tacumshin)

Juv. Robin (Tacumshin)

Goldcrest (Tacumshin)

Common Rosefinch (Saltee)

Sand Martin (Cullenstown)

Sand Martin (Cullenstown)

Yellowhammer (Carrig)

Fulmar (Saltee)

Puffin (Saltee)