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Ringed plovers with chick

Fox among the waders

Ringed Plover family:

Germander speedwell midge gall Germander speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys), midge gall, caused by the gall midge (Jaapiella veronicae)

Marsh helleborine

Lapwing with chick

Woodcock pair land after courtship flight

Ringed plover juveniles with adult, on re-wet and rehabilitating cutaway bog

Curlew (X3) back in Kildare (2025_0703) and have found refuge and feeding once again the bog oak field

Spotted flycatchers

Curlew in Kildare. CCT is back. Last sighting was 12th Feb. 2025. Where did he get to during breeding season? 2025 was the first year there was no observation of CCT on traditional breeding site. The moult and the heat makes for a lot of scratching.

Tree sparrow, recently fledged

Common sandpiper, not so common on the bogs of Kildare though. 2025_0713

Curlew in Kildare. ..and then there were 7 incl CCT

Ononis repens var. horrida (Ref. Green P. {2025}). A botanical variety of the plant commonly known as restharrow, part of the Fabaceae (legume) family. This variety is often spiny, which is reflected in the name “horrida” (Latin for “rough” / “bristly”). Observed June '25 Ardmore

Wheatear: Kildare bogs are frequently used by Wheatear during Autumn migration, this male Wheatear who seems to be moulting (or something else is going on) was observed on the 2nd of July 2025. Summers in Ireland and spends Winter in Africa

Red kite on Red Bog, Co. Kildare, 2025_0713

Common blue

Greater knapweed, Centaurea scabiosa, Irish Name: Mínscoth mhór, with Painted lady butterfly. This plant species is classed as NEAR THREATENED in the Red Data List of Vascular Plants 2016 ref. wildflowersofireland.net (biodiversityireland.ie/surveys/rare-p…) only 5 plants in '24, but 12 in '25.

Comma butterfly. The first confirmed report of the Comma in the Republic of Ireland was in 2000 in Co. Wexford (O'Donnell & Wilson, 2009). It is now consistently recorded each year throughout the south and east ref. species.biodiversityireland.ie/profile.php...