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Daily Archives: January 25, 2013

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Common Backswimmer Notonecta glauca

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 25, 2013Leave a comment

Here a few shots of a common backswimmer Notonecta glauca. This individual has flipped over to the right way up at the surface in preparation to fly off. I took them a couple of years ago so they are not my best shots I’ll have to blog more about these amazing insects later on.

Magpie vs Mistle Thrush video

bird, crow, thrush, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 25, 2013Leave a comment

Been going through some old videos and found this one from a few years ago, filmed in Regents Park, London. What has happened here is a magpie (a species that is a known egg thief) has got too close to a mistle thrush nest and the parents are not happy! Watch what happens when the…

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