Black Redstarts. Mum and Dad.
0745.09.04.2024
Last year was another successful year for these rare UK breeders. For the second year in a row they have double brooded. Prior to last year double brooding had never been recorded in Manchester. I have cropped the image for compositional purposes so that the width of the full size version is about 6000pixels. I processed the image as presented when I had quite severe cataract. It has a very slight amount of noise but I can live with that.
I am very confident that the female here has been in Manchester since 2020 and that the male here was also the partner in 2022.
Tags: Nature Urban Nature Wildlife Wild Bird Black Redstart Passerine perching bird Song Bird Breeding Rare Breeding Bird Adrian Dancy Manchester Old World Flycatcher Phoenicurus Ochruros Male Female Manchester street
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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 Comma is a generalist, found in: tall-herb and grassy forest clearings, crops, field margins, orchards, urban parks and ornamental gardens. The first confirmed report of the Comma in the Republic of Ireland was in 2000 in Co. Wexford. It is now consistently recorded each year throughout the south and east, and overwinters. In Spring, overwintering adults emerge in wooded habitats and spend time basking, favourite surfaces being tree trunks, wood piles, dead bracken and fence posts. Males establish territories on sunny rides and woodland margins, perching waiting for females to enter the territory and conducting short flights to and from their original perch. During late summer and early autumn, the 2nd generation adults range widely over sites with nectar sources, but move to woodland to hibernate.
The caterpillars primarily feed on Common Nettle (Urtica dioica), but in Britain it has also been observed on: Currants (Ribes spp.), Elms (Ulmus spp.), Hop (Humulus lupulus) and Willows (Salix spp.).
The adult nectar sources include: Bramble (Rubus fruticosus), Buddleia (Buddleji davidii), Ivy (Hedera helix), Knapweeds (Centaurea spp.), Privet (Ligustrum vulgare) and Thistles (Cirsium spp. and Carduus spp.). (National Biodiversity Data Centre)
This is the first Comma butterfly of 2024 for me. Always great to see. In Marlay Park, Dublin.
Tags: butterfly Comma lepidoptera Vanessids Polygonia c-album Camóg Mark Camera Sony 200-600 G OSS FE 5.6-6.3 ILCE-9M2 A9II SEL200600G 200-600mm Mark Carmody Carmo CarmoPolice CarmoPolis Carmody markcarmodyphotography markcarmodyphotography.com Topic Insect Irish Butterflies Wildlife Europe Ireland Dublin Marlay Park A9_09107
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Bowland
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