Eye on Nature

The redwings have arrived in Achill. They were all over the abundant crop of holly berries on October 28th.
John Sweeney
Achill Sound, Co Mayo

Recently about 30 pigeons were feeding outside. They were pinker than wood pigeons, with no white collar, but did have the white wing stripe and black tail stripe.
Picia Kelly
Killucan, Co Westmeath

They were juvenile wood pigeons.

I found two small lizards in the utility room. They were about 4cm long, with an orange stripe down the back. They were far short of the 12cm given for an adult lizard.
Freda Morton
Fethard, Co Tipperary

They were baby viviparous lizards, born probably in August.

In July I found a nest with four eggs inside the Betony stone circle at Raphoe Tops, in Donegal. I saw a small dark bird with white in its plumage return to the nest.
Harry Sheils (aged 10)
Oranswell, Co Galway

From your photograph, it was a meadow pipit’s nest.

Michael Viney welcomes observations at Thallabawn, Carrowniskey PO, Westport, Co Mayo, or by email at viney@anu.ie. Please include a postal address