Emperor dragonfly nymph meet your neighbours style
A couple of shots of an striped emperor dragonfly nymph taken withe the white background meet your neighbours style.
Black bellied dipper in Thetford, Norfolk video
black bellied dipper feeding from Neil Phillips on Vimeo. On Sunday I visited the black bellied dipper which has set up home on the river there. It was by the Bridge Inn and sitting on the opposite river bank, before then diving for food. Dipper of course are usually not found in East Anglia, this…
An otter
The other post was removed because Martin Bowler claimed I said there were people hand feeding otters, when I didn’t. I did not see anyone doing this, but sadly he doesn’e seem to care about facts so I’ve had to replace the post with this message. So why ask the question of why I changed…
Lapwing Vanellus vanellus
More photos from Elmley Marshes: there were a number of lapwings by the road and I got some nice shots of them. I got one as it stretched its wings. And some different shots too.
Kestrel eating worm
A few more from that great day On Sheppey, this time of a kestrel that flew along side my car before landing in front of me to eat a worm.
Misty Morning at Elmely Marshes
The morning of my last post when I got the Merlin was quite an atmospheric and misty one. There was bit of a frost around as an egret was hunting along a flooded ditch. There was a nice flock of curlews too. And a rabbit just about posed on the grass.
Merlin Falco Columbarius
Last Monday I was driving down the entrance road of Elmley Marshes nature reserve. In the past I have taken some of my best wader shots along this road, but recently I’ve not had much luck there. That morning it was foggy when I arrived, with the sun starting to peak through, but I had…
Rabbit chase and Cuckoo flower
Last April I was walking around Wat Tyler CP on an evening where traffic had meant none of the regular evening dog walkers could make it to the park. The difference I saw was remarkable with rabbits all around. At one point I saw some rabbit chasing each other around and managed a couple of…
Pirate spider close up
Some photos taken using my photographic aquarium of a pirate spider Piraticus sp. This spider can be found around and sometimes on the surface of ponds. This one was flashing its fangs while on the water. This species should not be confused with the much larger raft spiders. This is another species to blog in…
Mata Mata Turtle, Short Snouted Seahorse and Dogfish
As I have mentioned previously, last weekend I gave a couple of talks on sea creatures and how I’ve photographed them at Portsmouth Blue Reef Aquarium. For those who haven’t been, I would recommend it. It is not a large aquarium, but it does have some interesting stuff I haven’t seen elsewhere. One of these…