Wild Boreal Owlet-Tengmalm’s Owl
Such a cute little Owlet. one of a brood of four.
Boreal Owls are secretive, spending their winters hidden away in mature forests, hunting by night and roosting by day, usually well camouflaged in dense cover. This elusive little owl even has the scientists who study them scratching their heads while learning more about them.
BOREAL OWL RANGE:
A northern owl; interior Alaska, Canada, U.S. Rocky Mountains, south to New Mexico; also northern Europe and Asia.
(Boreal Owl research Institute)
Small Tortoiseshell Butterfly
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Bee feeding
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Val Veny Hut
Tour Du Mont Blanc, Italy
West Cork summer
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Childen of the World
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Bee on flower
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Digitalis Purpurea
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Ringlet butterfly
Lavender Farm - Inch
Silver-washed Fritillary
Kilanerin Wood
Tired Wild Female Great Grey Owl
Both parents work tirelessly to care for their owlets, and with five hungry mouths to feed, it's an exhausting task. Sadly, we found one of the owlets dead and believe it may have fallen victim to a Goshawk. All that remained were a few feathers.
It was a heartbreaking discovery, especially after spending four days in the forest watching the owlets grow and observing the dedication of their parents. Nature can be both beautiful and cruel, and while this was difficult to witness, it is a reminder of the challenges wildlife faces every day.
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Val Veny Sunset - TMB
Tour du Mont Blanc
Wild Great Grey Owlet deep in the Forest waiting for Dad to bring a mouse
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Powerscourt Waterfall
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Wild Pygmy owl taking off
Wild pygmy owl in Slovakia
Owlet calling to be fed
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Let the light in copy
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Allihies, through the fields
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Refugio Elisabetta, Val Veny
Italy
Childen of the World
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Golden dawn
Some beautiful light as the sun rose on a pre-dawn trip from Howth to Ireland's Eye last week.
Just playing
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Camargue Cattle
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Childen of the World
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Courmayeur
Italy, TMB route
Into the Venice Lagoon
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Peek a Boo
Taken in Mt. Usher Gardens Co. Wicklow Ireland
Wild Great Grey Owl fledgling
Not strong enough to fly but able to climb trees and flap their wings to build up strength. They call to be fed and are encouraged by the Female to call out to their Father. A bit difficult when there are 5 mouths to feed in this brood. The Female was close by keeping watch while the male hunted for mice and voles.
Very interesting behaviours among the Chicks as some have a good strategy to stay more in the open and call out so get fed first.
It is a long time waiting in the forest, some days you cannot sit as you are standing on a swamp and very little sleep, and being attacked by hungry mosquitos is not at all pleasant.
You had to decide which Chick may be fed first and waited quietly without disturbing for 5-6 hours and may not get a shot but you try for 2 hours sleep and go out again. The joys of Wildlife.
Many thanks for your faves and comments. They are much appreciated
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Green-veined White butterfly
Mt Usher Gardens
Red Damselfly
Mt Usher Gardens
Bath
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Bath
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Coolalingo Falls
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Carrawaystick Wanterfall
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Wild Great Grey Owl in the Forest at 3.40am, just arrived with mouse for the fledged Owlet
I have always been fascinated by Owls. Waited for days and very little sleep over 5 days to catch the image.
Thank you so much for your faves and your comments. They are really appreciated.
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Towering over everything
Cobh Co Cork 2026. Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
From the water view.
Cobh Co Cork 2026.
Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
Lacs des Chéserys Reflection
Chamonix, France
Childen of the World
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Kestral with cricket returning to feed Chicks - Country of Georgia
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Tour boat turning
Bath England
Bath
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Common Linnet
Sandymount Strand
Common Linnet
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Lightening on the Uyuni Salt Flats
On a recent trip to the Uyuni Salt Flats in Bolivia, we experienced this great thunderstorm on the far side of the flats. The orange lines are headlights of a vehicle driving off the flats
Tour du Mont Blanc
France
Kestral with snake returning to nest to feed Chicks - Country of Georgia GE
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Here's looking at you babe
Red Damselfly
Childen of the World
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A Street in Napoli
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Honey Bee
Cabinteely Park
Wild Great Grey Owl has been hunting for a few hours and finally caught a mouse and 4 hungry Owlets have flown from the nest and fighting to be the chosen one for this feed.
Many thanks for your favs and comments. Much appreciated.
I wandered lonely...
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Heildberg Germany
Parking a bike
Heildberg Germany
Fedaia Valley
Dolomites
Cabinteely Park
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Wild Owls the silent hunters of the night
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Preening heron
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Spike island
Cobh Co Cork. 2026. Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
A lot going on
Cobh Co Cork 2026. Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
Fisherman's skiff 2
Killarney lakes
Emperor Dragonfly
Cabinteely Park
Shadows and light
Another abstract detail from the Auditorio de Tenerife.
Sassolungo Sunset
Dolomites
Oxeye Daisies
Killney Hill
The Faraglioni Sea Stacks - Capri
The Faraglioni are colossal limestone sea stacks towering up to 100 meters off the southern coast of Capri, Italy.
"The Victor and the Fallen" - Fighting between Black Grouse Males and the Victor with tail feathers- he survived.
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Cobh harbour
Cobh Co Cork 2026. Overview
Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
St Colman’s Cathedral constructed in 1911. Cobh.
Cobh Co Cork 2026.
Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
View of St Colman’s Cathedral
Cobh Co Cork 2026 called the deck of cards the coloured houses in Cobh. Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
Peaceful view
Cobh Co Cork pinch into the photo to see the gun cannon. Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912. The famous ‘sticks’ in the water are exposed wooden pilings of the historic pier in Cobh.
Childen of the World
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Pygmy owl launch
In a Slovakian forest, this Eurasian Pygmy owl takes off. A literally pint-sized predator only weighs about 70g. Despite this they can take out prey larger than themselves for food and had no fear of us. Interestingly they have a false face pattern at the back of their head to confuse and deter larger predators.
Cobh Harbour
Cobh Co Cork 2026.
Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912.
Cobh Co Cork. Scots church.
Cobh Co Cork 2026. Cobh is a town in Ireland, on an island in Cork city’s harbour. It’s known as the Titanic’s last port of call in 1912. Scots church now a museum.
St. John Lateran Cloister
A phone panorama of the cloister of St. John Lateran, Rome
Door and stairs
As well as the whole building being impressive, the Auditorio de Tenerife provided plenty of opportunities for some more abstract shots.
40 Foot Dawn
Dun Laoghaire
Fighting Male Black Grouse
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Childen of the World
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Can you spare a dime mister
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Pollination in progress.
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Greated Crested Grebe family-2
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Ninja Black Grouse
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Blinkered
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Sandymount Sunset
Dublin
The Gap 7_Ger Halpin
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The Gap 4_Ger Halpin
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The leg up
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Auditorio de Tenerife
The magnificent Auditorio de Tenerife in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Designed by Santiago Calatrava.
into the ring
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a pony on the nose number 6
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Unique Burren Landscape
Taken on Trekkers Hike
Butterfly portrait
Portrait of a speckled wood butterfly from the garden. It’s tempting to try to read his expression but who knows what he was thinking. Focus stacked using Affinity.
Butter Slip
Butter Slip dates to 1616 and ran underneath two houses, with its arched entry and stone steps a narrow and dark walkway connecting High St with St Kieran's St (previously called Low Lane) is the most picturesque of Kilkenny's many narrow medieval corridors. These winding streets that ramble through the city are a perfect view of Medieval Kilkenny.
