NEW HOLLAND HONEYEATER (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) The Gap, Sydney Harbour National Park, Watsons Bay, Sydney, NSW, Australia

 

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The New Holland Honeyeater (Phylidonyris novaehollandiae) is of the family Meliphagidae which is in the genus Phylidonyris. It is endemic to Australia and occurs in a band that extends across the southern coast.

This species obtains its carbohydrate requirements by feeding on nectar from a wide variety of flowers as well as flowering shrubs and is the primary pollinator of some of these plants. In addition it preys upon insects and spiders to provide its proteins needs. 

 

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FOUR SPOTTED CHASER DRAGONFLY Libellula quadrimaculata Irish Peatland Conservation Council, Nature Reserve, Lullymore West, Lullymore, Co. Kildare, Ireland,

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EURASIAN CURLEW Numenius arquata North Bull Island, Nature Reserve, Raheny, Co. Dublin, Ireland

 

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In Ireland this species is a common winter visitor from Northern Europe. It is also a very scarce resident in upland areas which has seen a very sharp decline in the Irish breeding population over the last 40 years.