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Monthly Archives: February 2012

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Beaver with ice on its nose and other shots from wildwood

Kent, wildwoodBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 29, 2012Leave a comment

A few weekends ago I popped into Wildwood Trust near Canterbury, which is a wildlife park of UK animals. They are a big part of the beaver reintroduction scheme here in the UK, and have a few on site as part of their breeding programme. While I was there, ice had formed on their pond…

Bearded tits, stonechat reed buntings and dunnock

bird, Essex, finch, RSPB Rainham, thrush, tit, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 26, 20122 Comments

When you take up wildlife photography there are certain bird species you want to photograph. Hoopoes are on most people’s lists, if hard to get in the UK. Bitterns are another and one, I’ve only photographed twice and not particularly well. Another is the bearded tit or reedling. I had seen them at Rainham before…

Cloen dipterum Mayfly nymph, Agraylea multipunctata Micro caddisfly larva and wandering snail

Caddisfly, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 25, 2012Leave a comment

The last from the productive pond dip photography session. I got my best over of a few more species: Cloen dipterum Mayfly nymph. Agraylea multipunctata Micro caddisfly larva And wandering pond snail.

Hawker dragonfly nymph close up with water boatman and water louse

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cp, water boatman, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 23, 20121 Comment

Carrying on from my last post, the pond photography session gave me my best ever hawker dragonfly nymph. I got it from various angles, including these two in which you can really see that mask or labium they use to catch prey, under slung below the head. I also got a top down shot. I…

Haliplus water beetle and Asellus water louse

Freshwater invertebrates, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 22, 20121 Comment

Some more pond photos for last December. I got my best shots of a Haliplus sp. crawling water beetle. Including one swimming. I also got among my best at least of water lice.

Heron and waterfall at Levens, Cumbria

bird, heronBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 21, 2012Leave a comment

Way back in November 2010 I went looking for leaping salmon at Levens in Cumbria. I glimpsed one but while there I photographed this heron standing near a waterfall. With it standing so still I tried to slow shutter speed shots. I also tried a slower shutter with the water fall. And even slower In…

Greenfinch eating sycamore seed, redwing and fieldfare

bird, Essex, finch, thrush, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 19, 2012Leave a comment

Here are some photos from a morning walk around Wat Tyler Country park. The highlight was a greenfinch eating a sycamore seed. The winter thrushes were as uncooperative as usual but I managed a couple of grab shots . Fieldfare Redwing

Grey heron close ups and grey squirrel wide angles in Regents Park

bird, gull, heron, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 17, 2012Leave a comment

When I visit London I always try and get to Regents Park. One of the main reasons is for the herons, which are very approachable. This time of year the are in breeding colours. There are last years juveniles around too. I quite liked this ‘different’ angle. And I got a ‘normal’ shot too. I…

Golden plover and dunlin in the snow

bird, Kent, Reculver, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 15, 20121 Comment

On saturday I popped up to Reculver in North Kent. it was high tide so I didn’t make it to the beach, but in the grass around the castle and car park there were a number of waders. Most of them turned out to be golden plovers. There was also a dunlin. Which poked its…

Pond olive mayfly and case building chironomid midge

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 13, 2012Leave a comment

Some more pond photos.  First up my best photo yet of a Pond olive mayfly nymph. This one appears to have lost half of its middle tail filament. I also photographed some chironomid midge larvae. this group is best known for its red coloured species, known as bloodworms. This species however was green and hide…

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