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Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The entrance to the Great Palm House in the Botanic Gardens, Dublin. My daughter is the little imp in the foreground.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and Leica Summarit 35mm f2.5 lens on Japan Camera Hunter (JCH) Streetpan black and white film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
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A lone luncher in the Iveagh Gardens. COVID-19, Level 3, July 2021.
Taken with a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens on a Leica M4-P camera body, using Ilford HP5 (400 ASA) black and white film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
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The LUAS Green Line heading from south to north across Dublin City centre. This is the junction between St. Stephen's Green and Dawson Street.
Taken with a Leica Summarit-M 35mm f2.5 lens on a Leica M4-P camera body, using Fujicolour C200 film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
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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. Long considered a member of the thrush family Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. It is slightly smaller than the European Robin. Both sexes have distinctively short wings. The summer male has black upperparts, a black head, an orange throat and breast, and a white belly and vent. It also has white half-collar on the sides of its neck, a small white scapular patch on the wings, and a very small white patch on the rump often streaked with black. European Stonechats breed in heathland, coastal dunes and rough grassland with scattered small shrubs and bramble, open gorse, tussocks or heather. They are short-distance migrants or non-migratory. The male's song is high and twittering like a Dunnock. Both sexes have a clicking call like stones knocking together. Saxicola rubicola hibernans occurs in northwestern Europe in Atlantic coastal areas, in southwestern Norway, Great Britain, Ireland and northwestern France. (wikipedia)
A female perched along the Ballycotton cliff walk, Co. Cork, carrying some food for its young. The moth looks like a Ruby Tiger.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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Construction on Tara Street, Dublin.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens lens on Santa Rae 125 film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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Frank Flood Bridge and the Tolka River, Drumcondra, Dublin 9.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and a Carl Zeiss Planar T* lens on Ilford HP5 B&W film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Eurasian Teal or Common Teal (Anas crecca) is a common and widespread duck which breeds in temperate Eurasia and migrates south in winter. The Eurasian Teal is often called simply the Teal due to being the only one of these small dabbling ducks in much of its range. The bird gives its name to the blue-green colour teal.
It is a highly gregarious duck outside the breeding season and can form large flocks. It is commonly found in sheltered wetlands and feeds on seeds and aquatic invertebrates. The North American Green-winged Teal (A. carolinensis) was formerly (and sometimes is still) considered a subspecies of A. crecca.
The Eurasian Teal is the smallest dabbling duck alive. The Eurasian Teal breeds across northern Eurasia and mostly winters well south of its breeding range. However, in the milder climate of temperate Europe, the summer and winter ranges overlap. For example, in the United Kingdom a small summer population breeds, but far greater numbers of Siberian birds arrive in winter. In the Caucasus region, western Asia Minor, along the northern shores of the Black Sea, and even on the south coast of Iceland and on the Vestmannaeyjar, the species can be encountered all year, too. (wikipedia)
In winter, Teal can be found feeding on the detritus that comes off a water treatment facility in Dublin Bay, near the Poolbeg Power Station. As the winter goes on, the birds become used to people walking along the Great Wall, and a normally shy and elusive species becomes more relaxed, allowing for excellent views, even in the horrible grey and lowlight of an Irish winter's morning.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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There were some nice vistas at Portrane Beach while waiting for Ireland's 1st Least Tern to show itself. Cracking day. COVID-19, Level 3, June 2021.
Taken with a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens on a Leica M4-P camera body, using Kodak C200 (200 ASA) colour film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
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Audouin's gull (Ichthyaetus audouinii) is a large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa and the Iberian Peninsula.
In the late 1960s, this was one of the world's rarest gulls, with a population of only 1,000 pairs. It has established new colonies, but remains rare with a population of about 10,000 pairs.
This species, unlike many large gulls, rarely scavenges, but is a specialist fish eater, and is therefore strictly coastal and pelagic. This bird will feed at night, often well out to sea, but also slowly patrols close into beaches, occasionally dangling its legs to increase drag.
The adult basically resembles a small European herring gull, the most noticeable differences being the short stubby red bill and "string of pearls" white wing primary tips, rather than the large "mirrors" of some other species. The legs are grey-green. It takes four years to reach adult plumage.
This species shows little tendency to wander from its breeding areas, but there were single records in the Netherlands and England in May 2003, and one spent from December 2016 to April 2017 in Trinidad.
It is listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. (wikipedia)
I was fortunate to bump into a small flock of Audouin's Gull on a morning walk in Portugal in the early summer of 2023. One of the nicest looking of the gull species.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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This fabulous building houses the Irish Government's Department of Finance and was designed by the world famous Irish architects Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, co-founders of Grafton Architects.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and a Carl Zeiss Planar T* f2 50mm lens on Santa Rae 125 black and white film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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This refurb and development has been taking a few years now. Charlemont Bridge, Dublin, Ireland.
Taken with a Canon A1 and Canon FD 28mm f1.8 lens on Santa Rae 125 black and white film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
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This refurb and development has been taking a few years now. Charlemont Bridge, Dublin, Ireland.
Taken with a Canon A1 and Canon FD 50mm f1.8 lens on Fuji Superia 400 colour film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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Bang Bang, Phibsborough, Dublin.
Taken with a Leica M4-P camera with a Carl Zeiss Planar T* 50mm f2 lens on Kodak Gold 200 film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
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One of the best Burritos in town. COVID-19, Level 3, June 2021.
Taken with a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens on a Leica M4-P camera body, using FujiFilm PRO 400H (400 ASA) colour film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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The Common Starling (Sturnus vulgaris), also known as the European Starling, or in Ireland and the British Isles as just the Starling, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature.
The common starling has about a dozen subspecies breeding in open habitats across its native range in temperate Europe and western Asia, and it has been introduced to Australia, New Zealand, Canada, United States, Mexico, Peru, Argentina, the Falkland Islands, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, South Africa and Fiji. This bird is resident in southern and western Europe and southwestern Asia, while northeastern populations migrate south and west in winter within the breeding range and also further south to Iberia and North Africa.
The species has declined in numbers in parts of northern and western Europe since the 1980s due to fewer grassland invertebrates being available as food for growing chicks. Despite this, its huge global population is not thought to be declining significantly, so the common starling is classified as being of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The common starling is a highly gregarious species, especially in autumn and winter. Although flock size is highly variable, huge, noisy flocks - murmurations - may form near roosts. These dense concentrations of birds are thought to be a defence against attacks by birds of prey such as peregrine falcons or Eurasian sparrowhawks. (wikipedia)
This murmuration was taken recently in Co. Laois, when I was coming back to Dublin from a necessary journey outside my 5km. The murmuration must have included 20-40,000 birds and it was the biggest one I have ever seen. It was mesmerising and I (and the car) got covered in Starling sh*t. Well worth it though.
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One of the resident barges on the Grand Canal along Mespil Road, Dublin 2.
Taken with an Leica M4-P camera, with a Leitz Elmar f2.8 50mm lens, and on native ISO 400 Ilford HP5 film pushed to iSO 800. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
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Maser is an Irish artist who began painting graffiti on the streets of Dublin, and was strongly influenced by typography, letterforms and sign painting.
His large scale mural work and his collaborations with artists such as musician Damien Dempsey, TED prize winner – JR, Conor Harrington, and Fintan Magee have won him notoriety not only in the graffiti world, but also have helped establish him in the contemporary art world.
Aches has been painting for the last 10 years, and is known for his handstyle based letters with a style that is constantly evolving.
'U Are Alive' is a collaboration between both artists, and changes style occasionally. This is just off Camden Street, Dublin.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and Voigtlander Nokton Classic 40mm f1.4 lens on Kodak Ultramax 400 colour film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
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The Eurasian Collared Dove (Streptopelia decaocto), most often simply called the Collared Dove, also sometimes hyphenated as Eurasian Collared-dove, is a species of dove native to Asia and Europe, and also recently introduced in North America.
The Collared Dove is not migratory, but is strongly dispersive. Over the last century, it has been one of the great colonisers of the bird world. Its original range at the end of the 19th century was warm temperate and subtropical Asia from Turkey east to southern China and south through India to Sri Lanka. In 1838 it was reported in Bulgaria, but not until the 20th century did it expand across Europe, appearing in parts of the Balkans between 1900–1920, and then spreading rapidly northwest, reaching Germany in 1945, Great Britain by 1953 (breeding for the first time in 1956), Ireland in 1959, and the Faroe Islands in the early 1970s. Subsequent spread was 'sideways' from this fast northwest spread, reaching northeast to north of the Arctic Circle in Norway and east to the Ural Mountains in Russia, and southwest to the Canary Islands and northern Africa from Morocco to Egypt, by the end of the 20th century. In the east of its range, it has also spread northeast to most of central and northern China, and locally (probably introduced) in Japan. It has also reached Iceland as a vagrant (41 records up to 2006), but has not colonised successfully there.
They are almost always seen in pairs and, like many birds, remain loyal to their mates. (wikipedia)
This is an adult bird feeding along the low tideline at the base of the east pier, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin.
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A new mural by Joe Caslin appeared on Montague Lane in Dublin 2 during the summer 2020 to encourage mental health therapy, particularly among Irish men. Only three in 10 Irish men say they would go to counselling or psychotherapy. This is compared to two in five women who say they would 'very likely' attend if they were struggling with their mental health.
The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy survey coincides with the launch of their latest campaign “Look After Yourself”.
The mural was unveiled to encourage people to seek support.
Taken with a Canon A1 and a Yashica 5cm f2 lens on Lomography Lady Grey film.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide with Jim Wilson.
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All Hallows College Chapel, Drumcondra, Dublin.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens lens on Santa Rae 125 film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
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The Greater Flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus) is the most widespread and largest species of the flamingo family. It is found in Africa, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, and in southern Europe.
The Greater Flamingo resides in mudflats and shallow coastal lagoons with salt water. Using its feet, the bird stirs up the mud, then sucks water through its bill and filters out small shrimp, seeds, blue-green algae, microscopic organisms, and mollusks. The Greater Flamingo feeds with its head down, and its upper jaw is movable and not rigidly fixed to its skull. The Greater Flamingo is the largest living species of flamingo, averaging 110–150 cm (43–59 in) tall and weighing 2–4 kg (4.4–8.8 lb). (wikipedia)
The unmistakable profile of the Greater Flamingo. This juvenile bird was hanging out in the lagoon near our hotel on the Algarve in the summer of 2022.
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Clonliffe Harriers club championships in the summer of 2022.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and Leica Summarit 35mm f2.5 lens lens on Santa Rae 125 film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
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Walk on the wild side, cars parked everywhere and anywhere. Phibsborough, Dublin.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and a Carl Zeiss Planar T* f2 50mm lens on Kodak C200 colour film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
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Roma II has been closed for a while now. COVID-19 has been detrimental to the small businesses, particularly in the hospitality sector.
Taken with a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens on a Leica M4-P camera body, using Kodak C200 colour film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop, which is behind where I was standing.
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The Hen Harrier (Circus cyaneus) is a bird of prey. It breeds throughout the northern parts of the northern hemisphere in Canada and the northernmost USA, and in northern Eurasia. This species is polytypic, with two subspecies. Marsh Hawk is a historical name for the American form.
It migrates to more southerly areas in winter. Eurasian birds move to southern Europe and southern temperate Asia, and American breeders to the southernmost USA, Mexico, and Central America. In the mildest regions, such as France, Great Britain, Ireland and the southern US, Hen Harriers may be present all year, but the higher ground is largely deserted in winter.
The Hen Harrier is a bird of open habitats such as heather moorland and extensive agriculture. However, much of its range, particularly in Ireland and parts of western Britain, has been (and continues to be) afforested, predominantly with non-native conifers such as Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) from North America. (wikipedia)
The Hen Harrier is Amber-listed due to a decline in the breeding population. The European population has been evaluated as Depleted due to a large historical decline. It is worryingly close to extinction as a breeding species in Ireland, with 2 birds shot dead in the winter of 2012.
This is a 2nd calendar year male banking to hit a flock of winter finches in a stubble field. Stunning birds and a privilege to see.
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A new mural by Joe Caslin appeared on Montague Lane in Dublin 2 during the summer 2020 to encourage mental health therapy, particularly among Irish men. Only three in 10 Irish men say they would go to counselling or psychotherapy. This is compared to two in five women who say they would 'very likely' attend if they were struggling with their mental health.
The Irish Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy survey coincides with the launch of their latest campaign “Look After Yourself”.
The mural was unveiled to encourage people to seek support.
It is looking a bit battered on the ends now.
Taken with a Canon A1 and a Helios 44M-4 f2 58mm lens on Fujicolour PRO 400H film.
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Camden Street, Dublin.
Taken with a Leica M4-P camera with a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2 lens on Santa Rae Winter 125 film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
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Autumn in Dublin during Level 3 lockdown. The city centre was quieter under Level 3 in September than it was in December. The outcome of not clamping down on Christmas revelries is the worst outbreak of COVID on the planet in December 2020/January 2021. At least Phil Lynott will not be abused now under Level 5!
Taken with a Canon A1 and a Yashica Auto Yashinon 5cm f2 lens on Kodak ProImage 100 colour film.
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Shops, South Georgia Street, Dublin 2.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens on Ilford Delta Plus 400 black and white film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
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James Joyce by Shane Sutton. Richmond Cottages, Summerhill, Dublin. Joyce lived in area at one point.
Taken with a Leica M4-P and Leica Summarit 35mm f2.5 lens lens on Santa Rae 125 film, and developed and scanned by the good folk in Gunns on Wexford Street.
St Mary street, Saturday night
"Cardiff After Dark" book: on Amazon UK, on amazon .com, worldwide on bookdepository.
Shorebirds of Ireland, Freshwater Birds of Ireland and The Birds of Ireland: A Field Guide 2nd Edition with Jim Wilson.
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The western marsh harrier (Circus aeruginosus) is a large harrier, a bird of prey from temperate and subtropical western Eurasia and adjacent Africa. It is also known as the Eurasian marsh harrier. The western marsh harrier is often divided into two subspecies, the widely migratory C. a. aeruginosus which is found across most of its range, and C. a. harterti which is resident all-year in north-west Africa.
t is a large, bulky harrier, larger than other European harriers, with fairly broad wings, and is sexually dimorphic. The male's plumage is mostly a cryptic reddish-brown with lighter yellowish streaks, which are particularly prominent on the breast. The head and shoulders are mostly pale greyish-yellowish. The rectrices and the secondary and tertiary remiges are pure grey, the latter contrasting with the brown forewing and the black primary remiges at the wingtips. The upperside and underside of the wing look similar, though the brown is lighter on the underwing. Whether from the side or below, flying males appear characteristically three-colored brown-grey-black.[9] The legs, feet, irides and the cere of the black bill are yellow.
The female is almost entirely chocolate-brown. The top of the head, the throat and the shoulders have of a conspicuously lighter yellowish colour; this can be clearly delimited and very contrasting, or (particularly in worn plumage) be more washed-out, resembling the male's head colours. But the eye area of the female is always darker, making the light eye stand out, while the male's head is altogether not very contrastingly coloured and the female lacks the grey wing-patch and tail. Juveniles are similar to females, but usually have less yellow, particularly on the shoulders.
The western marsh harrier declined in many areas between the 19th and the late 20th centuries due to persecution, habitat destruction and excessive pesticide use. It is now a protected species in many countries. I
It still faces a number of threats, including the shooting of birds migrating through the Mediterranean region. They are vulnerable to disturbance during the breeding season and also liable to lead shot poisoning. (wikipedia)
This juvenile was photographed in Portugal during the summer of 2024.
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North Bull Island, Dublin.
Taken with an Leica M4-P camera, with a Leica Summarit-M 35mm lens, and on Fujicolor C200 film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.
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On the edge of St Stephen’s Green is the statue of Theobald Wolfe Tone, born June 20, 1763, Dublin, and died Nov. 19, 1798. The son of a Church of Ireland coach-maker who briefly considered an acting career as a young man, Wolfe Tone rose to become the leader of the 1798 Irish Rebellion, and is widely regarded as the father of Irish republicanism. Taken prisoner by British forces after refusing an offer of escape from French allies, he died in Provost's Prison in Dublin at the age of 35. At his court-martial, Tone declared that '[t]o contend against British Tyranny, I have braved the fatigues and terrors of the field of battle [...] After all I have done for a sacred cause, death is no sacrifice.'
In 1964, sculptor Edward Delaney and architect Noel Keating began work on the Wolfe Tone monument, with the statue and surrounding framework of granite monoliths unveiled three years later. After being criticised for making the figure of Tone too big, Delaney retorted that 'Tone figured life-size in a park setting would look like a leprechaun.' (talkingstatuesdublin.ie)
Such a great piece and one of my favourites in the area. Sculpted by Edward Delaney.
aken with a Leitz Elmar 50mm f2.8 lens on a Leica M4-P camera body, using Ilford Delta Plus (400 ASA) black and white film. Developed and scanned by the excellent John Gunn Camera Shop on Wexford Street.