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Elan Valley landscapes and waterfall

landscapes, walesBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 20, 20121 Comment

When in Wales in November, between visits to Gigrin, we did some landscape photography around Elan valley. Landscapes aren’t something I do much but I had a go at a waterfall. I even tried a slow shutter speed. The valley plays host to anumber of reservoirs and dams, which have water cascading over them There…

Common toadlets and Long winged rosel’s bush cricket

amphibian, bird, Cricket, epping forest, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 16, 20121 Comment

Following on from the last post in Epping Forest, later on in the same day I came across some common toadlets in the leaf litter. They certainly qualify as cute in my book. I also found this Rosel’s Bush Cricket, this individual was one of the less common long winged forms. On a trip to…

Southern Hawker Dragonfly just emerged

epping forest, Essex, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 15, 20121 Comment

Back In July I was at Wake Valley Pond one morning when I came across a southern hawker dragonfly that had just emerged. I got some close ups of it. And some different angles.

Black winged stilt and curlew sandpiper at Salinas del Janubio

bird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 13, 2012Leave a comment

A few more from Lanzarote. Having hired a car the second day of exploring lead us the Salinas del Janubio where the bird reports said black stilts occured, something I had never seen in the wild before. After a short walk along the coastal side of the lake I spotted some. With some careful stalking…

Spanish sparrows in Lanzarote

bird, LanzaroteBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 11, 20121 Comment

The recent story on the spanish sparrow in hampshire reminded me that I ahd some photos of the species on my hard drive. There were plenty in the towns in lanzarote where I took these photos. These photos were taken from the patio of the apartment we were staying at. They were often feeding on…

Stag beetle central!

beetles, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 10, 20125 Comments

I moan about many things in my garden. Backing on to the A12, with very little in the way of bird life (with the untouched bird feeders to prove it), no hedgehogs or thrushes and the odd cat wandering through. However for a few nights in late May and early June one of my favourie…

Pond creature photography set up

Freshwater invertebratesBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 9, 20126 Comments

I will post properly on this at some point but here is a photo of one of my pond creature photography set ups It consists of a camera with macro lens (in this case Pentax K-5 and 100mm macro) with optional extension tubes, a small aquarium and a flash with diffusion off camera, in this…

Fulmars at Hunstanton

bird, gull, NorfolkBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 8, 20121 Comment

After looking at the whale (a couple of post back) we headed up the cliff at Hunstanton. In the wind the fulmar performed nicely and a got a number of shots: A couple of other species flew past: A feral pigeon And a common gull We headed back along the beach with the sun pretty…

Fieldfares, goldfinch, blue and great tits

bird, Essex, finch, thrush, tit, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 7, 20122 Comments

Yesterday morning, as with most days this week, there were plenty of fieldfares around. They were feeding on the hawthorn berries. At lunchtime I set up my camera near the RSPB feeders and got my best great tit shots yet. I also got some nice blue tit shots. I photographed the ‘beaky’ blue tit again.…

Titchwell RSPB reserve: little egrets, goldfinch, spotted redshank and gadwall

bird, finch, heron, Norfolk, Titchwell, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 5, 20121 Comment

Before going to Hunstanton for the sperm whale we spent the morning at RSPB Titchwell. We sawa number of birds, including 3 lifers for me: Arctic Redpoll, red throated diver and my first definate bar tailed godwit (which I’ve almost certainly seen before, but never 100% sure it was one). I got some nice photos…

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