Bird, bug, butterfly and a wild variety of photos from Belarus, Cyprus, Finland, Greece, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Scotland and Spain by Irish wildlife photographer Patrick J. O'Keeffe and invited guests

Sunday 13 January 2013

Saturday 12 January 2013

LONG TAILED TIT Aegithalos caudatus

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BLACK STORK (Ciconia nigra) Pripyat Marshes, Gomel Region, Belarus

 
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The Black Stork (Ciconia nigra) is of the family Ciconiidae which is in the genus Ciconia.

KENTISH GLORY Endromis versicolora

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Tuesday 8 January 2013

WHITE STORK (Ciconia ciconia) Białowieski Park Narodowy, Hajnówka, Belarus

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The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is of the family Ciconiidae which is in the genus Ciconia.

WHITE STORK (Ciconia ciconia) Białowieski Park Narodowy, Hajnówka, Belarus

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The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is of the family Ciconiidae which is in the genus Ciconia.


WHITE STORK (Ciconia ciconia) Białowieski Park Narodowy, Hajnówka, Belarus

 
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The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is of the family Ciconiidae which is in the genus Ciconia.

Sunday 6 January 2013

BLACK TERN Chlidonias niger

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WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybridus

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WHISKERED TERN Chlidonias hybridus

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COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo

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COMMON TERN Sterna hirundo

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SMALL COPPER Lycaena phlaeas

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MAP BUTTERFLY Araschnia levana

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SPOTTED FLYCATCHER Muscicapa striata

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CITRINE WAGTAIL Motacilla citreola

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Saturday 5 January 2013

WESTERN JACKDAW (Corvus monedula). There are several subspecies recognised including the EASTERN JACKDAW (Corvus monedula monedula) Belarus

 
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 The Western Jackdaw (Corvus monedula) or Eurasian Jackdaw is of the crow family Corvidae which is in the genus Corvus.

COMMON CHIFFCHAFF (Phylloscopus collybita subspecies P. c. collybita) Popelevo, Brest Region, Belarus

 
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 The Common Chiffchaff (Phylloscopus collybita) is of the family Phylloscopidae which is in the genus Phylloscopus. This small insectivorous species of leaf warbler is a summer resident from mid March to October which breeds in the northern and temperate regions of Eurasia. In the autumn it migrates south to spend the winter in the Mediterranean Basin, sub Saharan Africa and southwestern Asia. Small numbers also overwinter in northwest Europe.  
There are several subspecies recognised including, Common Chiffchaff (P. c. collybita), Scandinavian Chiffchaff (P. c. abietinus) and Siberian Chiffchaff (P. c. tristis).  
 
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VIOLET OIL BEETLE (Meloe violaceus) Pripyat River, Turov, Homiel Province, Belarus

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  The Violet Oil Beetle (Meloe violaceus) is of the family Meloidae which is in the genus Coleoptera .


Friday 4 January 2013

RUFF (Calidris pugnax) male in breeding plumage with two females, Belarus

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The Ruff (Calidris pugnax) is a medium sized shorebird or wader of the sandpiper family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Calidris.

HAIRY HAWKER DRAGONFLY Brachytron pratense Belarus

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FOUR SPOTTED CHASER DRAGONFLY Libellula quadrimaculata Belarus

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AQUATIC WARBLER (Acrocephalus paludicola) Pinsk District, Belarus

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The Aquatic Warbler
(Acrocephalus paludicola) is of the family Acrocephalidae which is in the genus Acrocephalus. This is a rare summer resident with a very restricted and localised breeding range in Eastern Europe including
Belarus. The autumn migration south to its wintering areas in sub Saharan western Africa begins in early July extending into September.
This species has been in serious decline since the 70's and there are now less than 10,000 breeding pairs. In Britain small numbers occur each autumn but in Ireland it has only been recorded on 13 occasions mainly from Cape Clear Island, Co. Cork and the most recent record is also from there on 26th September 1989.


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Aquatic Warbler (Acrocephalus paludicola) distribution map

  Breeding    Passage     Non-breeding - winter   Possibly  passage    Probably extinct  

SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons




    




CRESTED TIT (Lophophanes cristatus) Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Hajnówka 17-200, Belarus

 
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 The European Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) or simply Crested Tit is a small perching bird of the family Paridae which is in the genus Lophophanes. The genus name Lophophanes is from the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and phaino "to show". Its specific name cristatus is Latin for "crested". It has a widespread distribution in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian Peninsula. In Britain, it is only found in Scotland and even then is confined to the Caledonian forests of Inverness and Strathspey. It is absent from Iceland and Ireland.

Sourcehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_crested_tit

CRESTED TIT (Lophophanes cristatus) Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Hajnówka 17-200, Belarus

 
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 The European Crested Tit (Lophophanes cristatus) or simply Crested Tit is a small perching bird of the family Paridae which is in the genus Lophophanes. The genus name Lophophanes is from the Ancient Greek lophos meaning "crest" and phaino "to show". Its specific name cristatus is Latin for "crested". It has a widespread distribution in coniferous forests throughout central and northern Europe and in deciduous woodland in France and the Iberian Peninsula. In Britain, it is only found in Scotland and even then is confined to the Caledonian forests of Inverness and Strathspey. It is absent from Iceland and Ireland.

Sourcehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_crested_tit

Tuesday 1 January 2013

WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix

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WOOD WARBLER Phylloscopus sibilatrix

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WRYNECK (EURASIAN) Jynx torquilla

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FIELDFARE Turdus pilarus Bialowieza Forest,(Bielaviežskaja Pušča), Belarus

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FIELDFARE Turdus pilarus Bialowieza Forest (Bielaviežskaja Pušča) Belarus

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