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Monthly Archives: May 2014

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Cormorant

bird, chafford gorges, EssexBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 26, 20143 Comments

Earlier this month I was at EWT Chafford Gorges trying to film some fish, but while I was struggling to get any footage under the water, this cormorant was feeding closer than I’ve seen one before, so I managed a few shots. At one point is came up with weed caught on its bill. I…

Kingfisher at RSPB Rainham

UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 25, 2014Leave a comment

A few weeks ago a kingfisher pair were nesting in front of the Marshland discovery zone hide at RSPB Rainham. I had yet to get a photo of a kingfisher that didn’t have something seriously flawed about it so I headed to the hide to get some shots. There were a couple of issues though…

Emperor moth pair

Essex, insect, moths, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 15, 2014Leave a comment

Last week, at Wat Tyler CP, I came across a pair of emperor moths that had been blown into middle of the entrance of a field, where they would have gotten trodden on.  So I picked them up and took them inside to show some friends and then took a few shots.  These are the…

Ricoh ‘Join Our Team’ – filming underwater wildlife

Essex, fish, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 9, 2014Leave a comment

Regular readers of this blog may be aware that I have dabbled in filming underwater wildlife in situ (as well as in aquariums). A few months ago I saw Ricoh Pentax advertising their ‘Join the team’ competition, were if you could come up with a good project, they would send you a camera to carry…

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