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Monthly Archives: June 2013

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Male redstart

bird, thrushBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 29, 2013Leave a comment

A quick 1 photo post: A male redstart

Azure blue damselfly eating a mosquito

insect, Norfolk, odonata, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 28, 2013Leave a comment

While at Strumpshaw Fen I came across this azure blue damselfly, chomping down on a mosquito.

Cardinal Beetle and mosquito

Diptera, insect, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 27, 2013Leave a comment

The nettle beds at Strumpshaw Fen where especially fruitful. This cardinal beetle, the red headed species Pyrochroa serraticornis, posed on the nettles for a bit, though the wind made shots a bit more tricky! The mosquitoes were eating us alive, but i did get a nice shot of one!

Stag beetles Lucanus cervus

beetles, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 26, 2013Leave a comment

If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook you will know I have had stag beetles Lucanus cervus in my garden recently. Ive had both stag beetle and lesser stag beetle, but I’ll cover the photos of the former from Friday in this post. 2 males were found in a bucket in the garden.…

Threatening call from a Chaffinch

bird, Cairngorm, finch, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 24, 2013Leave a comment

No not a abusive phone call from a bird that has worked out how to use a phone, but a photo of a chaffinch who wasn’t happy about others on it’s feeder! I was set up for crested tit on this next shot, so a very close crop of a much bigger chaffinch in the…

Swallowtail butterflies at Strumpshaw Fen

butterflies, insect, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 23, 20131 Comment

Last weekend I popped up to Strumpshaw Fen for a couple of days. One of the target species was the swallowtail butterfly. I didn’t manage a good top down angle photo of one with undamaged wings though sadly. One of those with a damsged wing however sat on the floor ignoring everyone photographing it so…

Female Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus Part 2

bird, BOP, Kent, SheppeyBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 23, 2013Leave a comment

Some more photos of the female marsh harrier and the crows that wanted some rabbit too!

Stag beetles

beetles, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 22, 2013Leave a comment

I came home last night and was shown 2 male stag beetles and a couple of lesser stag beetles in a bucket in my garden. I’ve taken a few photos which I’ll hopefully post later, but here is a shot take with my 35mm at f11 with a 0.5second shutter speed, to show how still…

Turtle dove and wood pigeon side by side

bird, Essex, pigeon, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 20, 2013Leave a comment

Today at Wat Tyler CP there was a a bluethroat….and I missed it. I did however come across a turtle dove on a telegraph post. Which was joined by a wood pigeon. Our biggest Pigeon with our smallest. The turtle dove then flew down to the ground. I didn’t get too close and it was…

Tame rabbit and four spotted chaser

Essex, insect, mammal, odonata, rabbit, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 19, 2013Leave a comment

Just got in from lovely evening walk with a class of kids where we got within 3 metres of a wild rabbit! For once I had my camera with me and took these shots. Bare in mind these were taken with 30 kids (being remarkably calm and quiet!) right there next to me. In fact…

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