Showing posts with label Broadmeadow Estuary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Broadmeadow Estuary. Show all posts
Sunday 29 September 2013
RUFF (Calidris pugnax) two juveniles, larger male on left with female, Big Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Saturday 14 September 2013
MIGRANT HAWKER DRAGONFLY (Aeshna mixta) Hutchinson's Strand Road, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co Dublin, Ireland
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Saturday 7 September 2013
BLACK BELLIED (GREY) PLOVER (Juvenile plumage) Pluvialis squatarola Broadmeadow Estuary, Corballis, Fingal, Donabate, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Juvenile Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola) also known as Grey Plover in Europe at the high tide roost on the outer part of the Broadmeadow Estuary. |
COMMON GREENSHANK (Tringa nebularia) Broadmeadow Estuary, Corballis, Donabate, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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The Common Greenshank
(Tringa
nebularia) is a medium sized sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa. The breeding range of this wader or shorebird
extends from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. This migratory
species winters in sub Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia. In
addition, small numbers overwinter along the coasts of northwest Africa and northwest Europe including Britain and Ireland. Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) distribution map Breeding Passage Non-breeding-winter Vagrant SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons |
Tuesday 3 September 2013
WHITE RUMPED SANDPIPER (Adult) Calidris fuscicollis (on left) + DUNLIN Seatown Marsh, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Co. Dublin, Ireland
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Sunday 11 August 2013
Sunday 4 August 2013
Tuesday 23 July 2013
Friday 12 July 2013
Sunday 7 July 2013
WILLOW WARBLER (Phylloscopus trochilus) Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co Dublin, Ireland
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The Willow Warbler (Phylloscopus trochilus) is of the family Phylloscopidae which is in the genus Phylloscopus.
This insectivorous leaf warbler is a common and widespread summer
resident from mid April to late September which breeds throughout the northern and temperate regions of
Eurasia. It is strongly migratory, with almost all of the population
wintering in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a bird of open woodlands with a preference
for habitats that include birch,
alder and willow trees as well as ground cover for nesting. |
Sunday 23 June 2013
EUROPEAN GREENFINCH [Male] (Carduelis chloris) Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co Dublin, Ireland
Thursday 6 June 2013
PEACOCK BUTTERFLY (Aglais io) at Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
CLICK ON PHOTO TO SEE HIGHER QUALITY IMAGE Click external link here for detailed species information The Peacock Butterfly (Aglais io) is of the family Nymphalidae which is in the genus Aglais. It overwinters as an adult with its wings closed and the dark cryptic under wing pattern help it avoid detection by predators. |
Sunday 5 May 2013
Wednesday 17 April 2013
Saturday 13 April 2013
SHOREBIRDS or WADERS (Charadriiformes) at Prospect Point, Broadmeadow Estuary, Swords, Fingal, Co. Dublin, Ireland
Sunday 7 April 2013
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