What is this bird? It crashed into my kitchen window. Readers’ Nature queries

Valerie Collins from Killorglin, Co Kerry.

It’s a juvenile yellow wagtail. They are fairly rare around the country but established in south Kerry.I have noticed these fellows in my garden in the last two to three years. They act like horse flies and persistently give a bad bite. –The twin-lobed deerfly is not as well known as the cleg and the other horseflies – but is just as voracious.This plant first appeared in my garden last year. The Clontarf Garden Society identified it as stinker plant/voodoo lily.

The male ghost swift moth is named for its ghost-like, hovering flight, rising and falling slowly over vegetation at duskThis photo was sent by Denise Kilcoyne from Macetown, Co Meath. Ethna Viney welcomes observations and photographs at Thallabawn, Louisburgh, Co Mayo, F28 F978, or by email at

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