Friday, 18 October 2024

18-10-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - TYPICAL GREEN LACEWING (Chrysopa formosa)

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Chrysopa is a genus of green lacewings in the neuropteran family Chrysopidae. Members of this genus and the genus Chrysoperla are common in ...

2-8-2021 SPACE MUSEUM, CUENCA - ORION CECROPIAN BUTTERFLY (Historis odius}

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Historis odius, the orion cecropian, is a species of crescents, checkerspots, anglewings, etc. in the butterfly family Nymphalidae. This spe...
Thursday, 17 October 2024

8-10-2024 BLENNERVILLE, IRELAND - EURASIAN OYSTERCATCHER (Haematopus ostralegus)

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The Eurasian oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) also known as the common pied oystercatcher, or (in Europe) just oystercatcher, is a wade...

16-10-2024 CREU DE LONGA, VALENCIA - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)

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Raising a nest full of baby herons is hard work! During the breeding season, some Gray Herons spend up to 23 hours per day foraging and some...

16-10-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - WAVE MOTH (Idaea cervantaria)

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1.4 to 2.2 cm wingspan. Straw-coloured, with yellowish wings with scattered dark, brown or greyish scales. On each wing it has a wavy line w...

16-10-2024 RACO DE OLLA, VALENCIA - LARGE MARSH HORSEFLY (Tabanus autumnalis)

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Tabanus autumnalis, the large marsh horsefly, is a medium-sized species of biting horse-fly. It is somewhat scarce compared to T. bromius an...

16-10-2024 SUECA, VALENCIA - WESTERN CATTLE EGRET (Bubulcus ibis ssp. ibis)

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The western cattle egret (Bubulcus ibis) is a species of heron (family Ardeidae) found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. ...
Wednesday, 16 October 2024

16-10-2024 EL SALER, VALENCIA - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)

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  Population size 790,000-3.7Mln Life Span 15-20 years Top speed 64 km/h mph km/h mph  Weight 1-2 kg lbs kg lbs  Height 84-102 cm inch cm in...
Tuesday, 15 October 2024

15-10-2024 MONTE CORONA, VALENCIA - INDIAN MEAL MOTH CATERPILLAR (Plodia interpunctella)

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The Indianmeal moth (Plodia interpunctella), also spelled Indian meal moth and Indian-meal moth, is a pyraloid moth of the family Pyralidae....
Sunday, 13 October 2024

8-10-2024 BLENNERVILLE, IRELAND - EURASIAN CURLEW (Numenius arquata)

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The Eurasian curlew or common curlew (Numenius arquata ) is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the most widespread of th...

12-10-2024 MERCHANTS KEY WATERFORD, IRELAND - BLACK HEADED GULL (Chroicocephalus ridibundus)

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The Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) is a small and one of the most abundant gulls in much of Europe and Asia, and also in eas...

8-10-2024 BLENNERVILLE, IRELAND - LITTLE EGRET (Egretta garzetta)

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The Little Egret is a small white heron with attractive white plumes on crest, back and chest, black legs and bill and yellow feet. It first...

13-10-2024 KILLMEADEN, COUNTY WATERFORD - COMMON BUZZARD (Buteo buteo),

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  The Common buzzard (Buteo buteo) is a medium-to-large bird of prey which has a large range. It is an opportunistic predator that can take ...

13-10-2024 BALLIN LOUGH, COUNTY WATERFORD - WHOOPER SWAN (Cygnus cygnus)

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The Whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) is a large northern hemisphere swan. It is the Eurasian counterpart of the North American trumpeter swan. I...

13-10-2024 BALLIN LOUGH, COUNTY WATERFORD - GREY HERON (Ardea cinerea)

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The grey heron (Ardea cinerea) is a long-legged wading bird of the heron family, Ardeidae, native throughout temperate Europe and Asia, and ...

13-10-2024 BALLIN LOUGH, COUNTY WATERFORD - 13-10-2024 BALLIN LOUGH, COUNTY WATERFORD - MUTE SWAN

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The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a r...

12-10-2024 WATERFORD, IRELAND - ROOK (Corvus frugilegus)

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The rook (Corvus frugilegus) is a member of the family Corvidae in the passerine order of birds. It is found in the Palearctic, its range ex...

13-10-2024 FENOR BOG, COUNTY WATERFORD - WESTERN GORSE (Ulex gallii)

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Ulex gallii, the western gorse or dwarf furze is an evergreen shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae), native to the Atlantic coasts of western E...
Saturday, 12 October 2024

12-10-2024 TRAMORE BANK, COUNTY WATERFORD - COMMON MALLOW (Malva sylvestris)

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Malva sylvestris is a species of the mallow genus Malva in the family of Malvaceae and is considered to be the type species for the genus. K...

12-10-2024 TRAMORE BANK, COUNTY WATERFORD - EUROPEAN STONECHAT (MALE) (Saxicola rubicola)

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The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola ) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Lon...

12-10-2024 TRAMORE BANK, COUNTY WATERFORD - EUROPEAN ROBIN (Erithacus rubecula)

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The European robin (Erithacus rubecula) is a small insectivorous passerine bird. The term robin is also applied to some birds in other famil...

12-10-2024 TRAMORE BANK, COUNTY WATERFORD - COMMON REDSHANK (Tringa totanus)

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The common redshank or simply redshank (Tringa totanus ) is a Eurasian wader in the large family Scolopacidae. Common redshanks in breeding ...

12-10-2024 MERCHANTS KEY WATERFORD, IRELAND - MUTE SWAN (Cygnus olor)

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The mute swan (Cygnus olor) is a species of swan and a member of the waterfowl family Anatidae. It is native to much of Eurasia, and (as a r...

12-10-2024 TRAMORE BANK, COUNTY WATERFORD - REED BUNTING (FEMALE)

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The common reed bunting (Emberiza schoeniclus ) is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern ...

(11-10-2024 TINTERN ABBEY, WEXFORD - ORANGE CONEFLOWER (Rudbeckia fulgida)

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Rudbeckia fulgida, the orange coneflower[1] or perennial coneflower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to eas...
Friday, 11 October 2024

8-10-2024 BLENNERVILLE, IRELAND - EUROPEAN STARLING (Sturnus vulgaris),

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Population size 150-310 Mlnlnn Life Span 2-23 years Top speed 77 km/h mph km/h mph  Weight 58-101 g oz g oz  Length 19-23 cm inch cm inch  W...