There's a different look on the lough, with the winter water fowl and duck's away the summer residents have made a show. Back are the Great Crested Grebe, Mallard's and the Mute Swan's. Mute Swans pair up for life and seldom divorce. Courtship takes place in late winter with synchronised head dipping and necks and …
Tag: wildlife
Garden vistors
We get a good range of birds visiting the feeders in the garden, this afternoon I grabbed a few shots from a window in the house. Also been making and putting nesting boxes around the area, with plans to make and install a camera in one for next year. So a couple of photographs off …
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Duvet cover Spotted this Ladybird tuck under it's duvet Thank you for viewing
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Six spot Ladybird Most of the ladybirds have started to disappear for the colder months but a warm day still brings the odd one out. Thank you for visiting
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Cloud walker I think I will have to get away from spiders but around here they are everywhere. Also when short of time they are always hanging around. That a terrible pun, sorry. Thank you for visiting
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Flying Spider Well not really , it is on a web but it disappears against the white background. Thank you for viewing
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Yin Yang What can you say except they where at it everywhere. Slugs mating. Thank you for visiting
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Crane fly This crane fly was holding on tight in a strong wind. He's on a plastic oil tank so resting my lens on the tank I got this shot by putting myself between him and wind. It was not an easy shot had to work for this one. Thank you for viewing
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Mite Gall on Beech leaf. I came across these growing on leaves on a beech tree. After a bit of searching on Google I discovered these are Galls. There are different types ,some are fly or wasp related and some are mite related. Inside the gall lives the young from which ever insect or mite …
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Hover fly Back to the Ragwort plant for this shot of Hover flies feeding. Thank you for visiting.
