Red-throated Diver

I travelled down to Wicklow and Kilcoole from Dublin last weekend. While there, I photographed five different winter plumaged Red-throated Divers that were feeding just offshore.

Turnstone

It is a bit late in the year for Turnstones to be hanging around the Irish coastline.  At this time of the year they should be back on the Arctic tundra breeding in countries like Greenland and Arctic Canada.  A small flock of ten birds were feeding along the shingle beach at Kilcoole in County Wicklow last Monday 13th June when I was up there photographing the Little Terns.

Kilcoole

During my travels last week I paid a visit to a few friends who are wardens at  the Little Tern colony at Kilcoole Beach in County Wicklow.  I managed to photograph some of the Little Terns flying up and down the beach.  While I was there we came across a wide range of wildlife as can be seen from the selection of photographs below.

 Little Tern in flight

 Little Tern hover

 Oystercatcher on beach

 Common Blue Butterflies male & female

 Ghost Moth

 Unidentified Bug possibly a rare Eurydema dominulus?

 Skylark

 Ringed Plover

 Shelduck at Webbs Field

Sunset over Webb's Field & the Sugarloaf Mountain to the right