Irish Wildlife Observations - 2014

[iascnushfish]

A blue tit is building a nest in the nestbox we have in the garden . They will be the first occupiers of said box

[Gabikyla]

My garden is full of blue tits

[Stevieg]

spotted a school of mackeral and herring feeding on the surface yesterday in west Clare, awesome sight..thousands of them

[agardiner22]

the are getting mackeral in west clare already

[chuckaroo]

not seafishing i know..
was pike fishing yesterday from a kayak and upon returning to the shore i seemed to have panicked a coot from its nest
i hope it returned

in case you were wondering.. i only caught 2 jack pike all day. the 2 lads i was with must have had a dozen each though.. and up to 18lb ! think i'll stick to the sea and trout fishing

[corbyeire]

spotted a peregrine flying into the wind only 15 metres from us out in connemara yesterday

[eoghanb]

Check out this mama[img]http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/05/08/ageba5yn.jpg[/img]

[johnwest]

Heard a cuckoo today while out on Lough Erne, sad that it is a noteworthy event these days.

[johnwest]

While down my local river trout fishing yesterday, I was fortunate to have a kingfisher fly past at speed. A short while later there was a pair of jays in the tree above my head, they're usually a very wary and shy bird. A small number of these large yellow flies were hatching and I managed to get one to "pose" for me. The photo doesn't do it justice, to see them in flight with the sun illuminating their wings is something else. I think it is a Yellow May female dun or Heptagenia sulphurea.