birdsgalway: Other Winged Things

Saturday 3 September 2011

Other Winged Things

Out at Anglingham today and very few birds about, this usual means my attention gets drawn toward our other winged friends. Although it is getting late in the year for this activity, there was a surprising amount about. Was surprised to see a Brown Hairstreak at Anglingham and this is only the second time for me to see this species in Galway. The other location was in Rusheen Bay along the path to BirdWatch Galways hide. Very obliging Treecreeper and Goldcrest at Menlo Cemetery.

Brown Hairstreak
Thecla betulae
Stiallach Donn

Meadow brown
Maniola jurtina
Donnóg Fhéir

Brown Hawker
Aeshna grandis
Seabhcaí Ómrach

Ruddy Darter
Sympetrum sanguineum
Sciobaire Cosdubh

Small Tortoiseshell
Aglais urticae
Rruán Beag

Treecreeper
Certhia familiaris
Snag

Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
Cíorbhuí

4 comments:

RD said...: Gorgeous photos of the female Brown Hairstreak.; 5 September 2011 at 19:14
birdsgalway said...: Thank you RD a big surprise to see it in in Anglingham which is a regular location for me.; 6 September 2011 at 00:31
Yoke, said...: beatiful Hairstreak you captured, in those lovely pictures.

I lost my Goldcrests in the past 2 winters.
must be really hard to survive in our current climate, so I'm glad to see you find this one.; 6 September 2011 at 20:14
RD said...: Interesting that you haven't seen them there before. You may have done so already but if not, you should think about reporting the record to www.biodiversityireland.ie.; 7 September 2011 at 21:36