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Leaping Salmon at Stainforth Force, Yorkshire Dales

fish, landscape, landscapes, YorkshireBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 20, 20124 Comments

Last weekend I popped up to see a friend in Yorkshire and we went so some great spots, one of which was Stainforth Force on the Yorkshire Dales.  It is one of the best spots to see leaping Atlantic salmon as the try to leap up the waterfall.  I set up my camera and waited…

How to find where your images are being used online

UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 14, 2012Leave a comment

Thanks to a friend of mine (Daniel Bridge) telling me how, I recently discovered that one of my water spider photos was being used on a blog despite it being copyrighted and a couple of my fox photos on a Creationist Wiki! I mentioned this on Twitter and some folk asked how I did it,…

Common lizard Zooteca vivipara

ReptileBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 13, 2012Leave a comment

A few photos of common lizards I took a couple of a juvenile months ago.

3 spined stickleback close up

Essex, fish, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 5, 2012Leave a comment

Some close ups of a 3 spined stickleback I took last year.

Mallard and redpoll in Wat Tyler Park

bird, Essex, finch, wat tyler cp, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 30, 2012Leave a comment

On a quick walk this morning, the first one with sun for a while, I spotted this mallard on a pond. I rather liked the reflection. Another nice surprise was a few redpolls, something I had never seen in the park.

Wood ants Formic rufa

Essex, hymenoptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 28, 2012Leave a comment

Last week on a visit to Norsey Woods in Billericay, Essex, I tracked down a wood ant nest and photographed the ants as they collected up food and nest building material. This pair were dragging a dead ant back to the nest. Others were moving small twigs and leaves to the nest. I did manage…

Water measurer Hydrometra stagnorum

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 24, 2012Leave a comment

A few recent shot of the pond surface dwelling Water measurer Hydrometra stagnorum. These were taken with my photographic aquarium.

Darter dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 21, 2012Leave a comment

A few shots of a darter dragonfly nymph (Sympetrum sp.) I took back in July with my photographic aquarium set up:

Colymbetes fuscus and Rhantus frontalis diving beetles

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 19, 20121 Comment

A few shots from July, taken with my photographic aquarium set up, of a couple of medium sized diving beetle species. First up Colymbetes fuscus. I also photographed this smaller Rhantus sp. probably Rhantus frontalis.

Letter to my MP on the badger cull

UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 16, 20121 Comment

Dear Andrew Rosindell I am writing to you to express my concerns over government plans to cull badgers. The current plans to cull badgers seem to be scientifically unjustified, as trails (the Krebs trail for example) have shown their effectiveness for bTB control seems to be minimal and in some cases make the problem worse.…

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