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Monthly Archives: September 2011

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Birds in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

On our first day on Lanzarote, we went for a walk South along the town in which we were staying: Puerto del Carmen. There were a few waders around the rocks at the southern end of Los Pocillos beach the most surprising of which was a whimbrel.  I manged to get fairly close. I was…

September 29, 20111 Commentbird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlife

Lanzarote Whimbrel

I’ve been away (with the blog on automated posting) in Lanzarote and Hve lots of photos to edit and post on here from there and elsewhere before. But for now here is a photo of a bird I say fairly often on the rocky shores: a whimbrel.

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September 28, 20111 Commentbird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlife

Pheasant close up

While at Strumpshaw Fen recently I came across a tame male pheasant.
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He happily sat there while I took lots of close ups with my 300mm lens.
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He just sat there as I took photos.
male pheasant

He even started to preen.
male pheasant close up preening

September 25, 2011Leave a commentbird, Gamebird, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlife

Pirate spider – Pirata piraticus

In June there were a number of pirate spiders Pirata piraticus living on the surface of the ponds so I caught one and placed it on the water surface in a photographic tank. I then got as low angle as possible to maximise reflection and impact of the image. This was the result:
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Pirate spider 3 edited

September 24, 2011Leave a commentArachnid, Freshwater invertebrates, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlife

Carrion crow

Here is a photo I took in poor light but with my Pentax K-5 and F4 300mm combo.
carrion crow
It was taken at ISO 800 and at f5 which meant with minimal noise reduction I got this nice image.

September 22, 2011Leave a commentUncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlife

Lesser water boatman nymph

Back in June I found a nicely coloured lesser water boatman nymph.
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I had never seen one with such colouration before.
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So I took photos from a number of angles in my photographic aquarium.
lesser water boatman 3 edited

lesser water boatman head on edited

lesser water boatman edited

September 20, 20111 CommentFreshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlife

More springwatch Badgers

I posted before on the badgers from springwatch, which I was fortunate enough to go photograph. Phil even set up his suspended peanut butter sandwich technique so I could get some photos of the badgers without their nose to the ground. Some people on the springwatch message boards were worried that the badgers would hurt…

September 18, 20113 Commentsbadger, Essex, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlife

Tame red fox 2

Some more photos of the the tame red fox.
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These were all taken with my Pentax DA*300mm F4, which did well in the cloudy conditions and poor light.
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September 16, 20111 CommentEssex, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlife

Young pheasant

Here is a quick post of a young pheasant close up.
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September 15, 2011Leave a commentbird, Gamebird, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlife

Tame red fox

I was lucky enough to recently come across this beautiful red fox.
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It was thankfully relatively tame, though wary of any movements I made.
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I got a number of shots
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I’ll post some more in my next post

September 14, 2011Leave a commentUncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlife
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