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Phantom midge larva Charborus sp.

Essex, Factfile, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 9, 20131 Comment

After the success of the Pond olive mayfly larva post I thought I post about another of the ponds amazing creatures: the Phantom midge larva. I took some photos of these creatures today. They are specialised predators that live a mostly planktonic life. Floating around in open water they would be easily spotted and vulnerable…

Fox jumps fence in Bushnell camera

fox, mammal, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 9, 20131 Comment

Some more fox action from my garden. Fox walking round, spotting us in the house and jumping a 6ft fence! fox jumps fence 8-1-13 from Neil Phillips on Vimeo.

Photographing snipe at 1700mm using pentax Q + DA*300mm

PhotographyBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 8, 20132 Comments

A few months ago I heard that there were adapter for the Pentax Q that would let me mount it on my Pentax DA*300mm Prime. For those who don’t know the Pentax Q is one of the small interchangeable lens cameras that have recently been made by a number camera of manufacturers. The Pentax Q…

Fox on Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Max

Essex, fox, mammal, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 7, 20131 Comment

BNeen putting the Bushnell Trophy Cam HD Max out in the garden and I tried a new spot and got this footage of a fox sniffing around and marking it territory! fox garden 7-1-13 from Neil Phillips on Vimeo.

Nesting Avocets at Oare Marshes

bird, Kent, Oare, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 6, 2013Leave a comment

Here are a few photos (from June last year) of a pair of nesting Avocets. Due to the risk of from egg thieves I held off from posting these and then never got round to it, so here they are:

Alien Species in Britain: The Green lizard (Lacerta viridis + L. bilineata)

Alien Species, Factfile, ReptileBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 5, 2013Leave a comment

Here is an article I wrote for my old blog. I’ve gone through and checked for mistakes and added some bits: Green lizard is the common name that refers to two species that were formally one (Lacerta viridis). The new species, the western green lizard (Lacerta bilineata), is now considered separate from the eastern green…

Cloen dipterum Pond Olive Mayfly

Ephemeroptera, Factfile, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 3, 20132 Comments

One of the most common finds in garden ponds this time of year is the Pond olive mayfly nymph Cloen dipterum. Mayflies usual conjure up thoughts of adults that mate and die after a day or two, and to those more familiar aquatic invertebrates of the larvae that live the the relatively oxygen rich flowing…

Playing with the high speed video on my Pentax WG-2

Uncategorized, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 3, 2013Leave a comment

Playing with the high speed video on my Pentax WG-2 in the summer. I approached this darter dragonfly with it set to 1/4 normal speed.

Pond creatures ‘meet the neighbours’ style

beetles, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 1, 2013Leave a comment

I had another attempt at the ‘meet the neighbours’ style wildlife photography, which involves photographing your subject on a completely white background. I tried it first on a Rhantus Diving beetle in one of my aquariums. I also tried it with a water stick insect. Then a few close ups with a normal background

Green Toad Bufo viridis in Kefalonia

amphibian, Greece, Kefalonia, toadBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 1, 20131 Comment

While in Kefalonia we had a couple of rain showers during the evenings. I had seen some green toadlets in another town and a squashed adult green toad in the grounds of the hotel so I grabbed a torch and when the rain stopped and almost right outside the door was a green toad hopping…

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