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Monday, 31 December 2012
PAPER WASP (European) Polistes dominula Brest District, Belarus
MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus Pinsk District, Belarus
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MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus Pinsk District, Belarus
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MONTAGU'S HARRIER Circus pygargus Pinsk District, Belarus
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WHITE WAGTAIL (Motacilla alba) Lieninski rajon, Brest, Belarus
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Sunday, 30 December 2012
EUROPEAN TURTLE DOVE (Streptopelia turtur) three adults at Belovezhskaya Pushcha National Park, Pruzhany District, Belarus
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The European Turtle Dove (Streptopelia turtur) is a migratory member of the family Columbidae, which includes doves as well as pigeons and is in the genus Streptopelia. It is a summer breeding resident in Europe (including the Canary Islands), parts of the Middle East, as well as western Asia and north Africa. It is absent as a breeding species from Iceland, Ireland (formally bred) and most of Scandinavia but does occur in spring and autumn as
an uncommon/rare overshooting migrant. Over much of its northern range,
there has been a very sharp decline in its population. In the autumn,
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EUROPEAN GREEN TOAD (Bifo viridis) Pinsk District, Belarus
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The European Green Toad (Bufotes viridis) is of the family Bufonidae which is in the genus Bufotes.
LESSER SPOTTED WOODPECKER Dendrocopos minor Brest, Belarus
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Saturday, 29 December 2012
Friday, 28 December 2012
COMMA BUTTERFLY (Polygonia c-aibum) Belarus
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Click external link here to see identification guide to Irish Butterflies The Comma Butterfly (Polygonia c-aibum) is of the family Nymphalidae which is in the genus Polygonia. This common species has a widespread distribution in the temperate regions of Eurasia and North Africa. Formally absent from Ireland, it is only in recent times that it has been
added to the Irish Butterfly List. It was first reliably reported
near Portaferry, Co. Down in August 1997 and again in August 1998. There
were no further reports until 17th August 2000 when there was a fully verified record from the Raven Nature Reserve, Co. Wexford.
Proof of breeding was subsequently confirmed in that area. Over the
last ten years, it has rapidly expanded its range from southeast Co.
Wexford and has now colonised most of southern Leinster as well as
eastern Munster. The larval food plant is mainly Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica)
and the flight season is from late March to late September, split over
two generations. Having overwintered as an adult, it emerges in late
spring and then after mating, lays its eggs on the larval food plant. The 1st record for
Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork on 14th October 2019 (pers. comm. Jim Fitzharris)
might be an indication of fresh immigration from Britain or Continental
Europe. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds |
EUROPEAN TREE FROG (Hyla arborea) Pinsk District, Belarus
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Click here for detailed species information The European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea) is a widespread species which occurs from Iberia eastwards to western Russia and southwards to the Balkans and Turkey. It reproduces from late March to June. when up to 1000 eggs are laid in clumps the size of a walnut. After 10–14 days, the eggs hatch into tadpoles. Then, after three months, metamorphose into frogs. They can live for up to 15 years Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_tree_frog Distribution map: European Tree Frog (Hyla arborea)  |
GREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo) adult in summer plumage at Bray Harbour, Co.Wicklow, Ireland
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Click external link here for detailed species information Click external link here to see distribution map and to hear calls There are a number subspecies recognised including the ground nesting Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) which occurs in Britain and Ireland that breeds on coastal rocky outcrops and on off shore islands. The tree nesting Continental Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) which breeds in Northern Europe extending eastwards to Japan, but has in recent times colonised parts
of southern Britain. This is apparently a rare subspecies in Ireland
with less than 70 records but is in all probably under recorded. |
DUNNOCK (Prunella modularis) Newbridge Demense, Donabate, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The Dunnock (Prunella modularis) which was formally known as Hedge Sparrow or Hedge Accentor is of the family Prunellidae which is in the genus Prunella. The name Dunnock comes from the ancient English word dunnākos, meaning "little brown one". It occurs in the temperate regions of Europe, parts of Western Asia and as an introduced species in New Zealand. |
BLACK LEGGED KITTIWAKE (Rissa tridactyla) Gormanston Beach, Gormanston, Co. Meath, Ireland
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The Black-legged Kittiwake (Rissa tridactyla) is of the gull
family Laridae which is in the genus Rissa. The only other member of the
genus Rissa is the Red-legged Kittiwake (Rissa brevirostris) where
less than 200,000 pairs breed on some of the Bering Sea Islands
between Russia and Alaska,USA. Patrick J. O'Keeffe /Raw Birds |
Thursday, 27 December 2012
EUROPEAN SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis Port Oriel, Clogherhead, Co.Louth, Ireland
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EUROPEAN SHAG Phalacrocorax aristotelis Port Oriel, Clogherhead, Co.Louth, Ireland
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GREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo) at Port Orial, Clogherhead, Co. Louth, Ireland
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Click external link here for detailed species information Click external link here to see distribution map and to hear calls There are a number subspecies recognised including the ground nesting Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) which occurs in Britain and Ireland that breeds on coastal rocky outcrops and on off shore islands. The tree nesting Continental Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) which breeds in Northern Europe extending eastwards to Japan, but has in recent times colonised parts
of southern Britain. This is apparently a rare subspecies in Ireland
with less than 70 records but is in all probably under recorded. |
Wednesday, 26 December 2012
GREAT CORMORANT (Phalacrocorax carbo) adult at Knock Lake, Balrothery, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) is of the family Phalacrocoracidae which is in the genus Phalacrocorax. It has a scattered distribution in parts of North America, Eurasia, Africa and Australasia. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
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There are a number subspecies recognised including the ground nesting Common Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo carbo) which occurs in Britain and Ireland that breeds on coastal rocky outcrops and on off shore islands. The tree nesting Continental Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) which breeds in Northern Europe extending eastwards to Japan, but has in recent times colonised parts
of southern Britain. This is apparently a rare subspecies in Ireland
with less than 70 records but is in all probably under recorded.
Tuesday, 25 December 2012
HERALD Scoliopteryx libatrix Cape Clear Island, Baltimore, Co. Cork, Ireland
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LONG TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Monday, 24 December 2012
SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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