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Speckled Wood butterfly
Speckled Wood butterfly
Photograph of a Speckled Wood butterfly resting on a bramble leaf. This butterfly has a brown body with deep brown wings with white speckles on the tips.
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Begerin and Slobs
Begerin and Slobs
Aerial Photograph of Begerin Island and the North Slob.
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Wexford Wildlife Reserve - Hide 5
Wexford Wildlife Reserve - Hide 5
Photograph of the inside of a Hide on the Wildfowl Reserve. The photograph shows Don Conroy using binoculars to observe wildfowl on water from inside a purpose built wooden hide.
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Otter's Head
Otter's Head
Drawing of an Otter's Head in water.
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Binoculars 4
Binoculars 4
Photograph of Zeiss Dialyt roof prism binoculars.
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Rainbow over North Slob
Rainbow over North Slob
Photograph of a rainbow over the North Slob.
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Mist rising over Begerin Bridge
Mist rising over Begerin Bridge
Photograph of the mist rising over Begerin Bridge at dusk. The remains of the bridge are visible through the mist and there is a yew tree to the foreground.
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Wing Scales
Wing Scales
Close up photograph of the wing scales of a butterfly
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Dunlin and Knot
Dunlin and Knot
The Dunlin (Calidris alpine) is Irelands smallest wading bird. It can be identified by its slightly down turned bill and a distinctive black belly patch in breeding plumage. It feeds in flocks in the winter, sometimes numbering thousands. Dunlins that visit Ireland breed on wetland areas in Greenland, Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia. They spend winter searching for food on mud flats, salt marshes and inland areas. Dunlins forage for insects, snails and worms. Knots are a close relative to Dunlins as they are both members of the same genus. The Knot (Calidris canuta) is a small, short legged bird. In winter it is grey above and white below. In summer it has brown plumage with a red brest, neck and face. Its population is vulnerable to disturbance such as sea level rise and land use change. Both Dunlin and Knot are registered as amber species on the list of bird of conservation concern in Ireland.
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Visitor Centre, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
Visitor Centre, Wexford Wildfowl Reserve
Photograph of the Entrance to the Visitor Centre of the Wexford Wildfowl Reserve.