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Yellow legged gulls in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

bird, gullBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 19, 2012Leave a comment

Photos of some yellow legged gulls in Lanzarote.

Trumpeter finch (Rhodopechys githaginea) in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

bird, finch, LanzaroteBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 16, 2012Leave a comment

Last October I had a holiday in Lanzarote, where I saw lots of interesting wildlife, much of which posed for some photos. One species that took a bit of work to get a photo of was the trumpeter finch Rhodopechys githaginea. This species feeds on seeds and early some mornings could be found in small…

Gull eats seal pup eye

bird, gull, mammal, sealBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 23, 20122 Comments

I should probably start this post by warning that there are GRAPHIC images of nature in the raw (please forgive the cliché). It features a gull doing what it does best (scavenging) and what it needs to survive. If you of one of those people that don’t ‘do’ nature, probably best to skip this post!…

Grey Heron in the rain

bird, heron, LondonBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 20, 2012Leave a comment

Last weekend was supposed to be a relaxing long weekend with the girlfriend camping in the New Forest. Sadly the weather decided otherwise, so we stayed in Essex and went a on few day trips. One of these was to London, which included a walk through Kensington Gardens and Hyde Park. Just after we walked…

Brown hare and quail at Elmley Marshes

bird, butterflies, butterflies, Gamebird, insect, Kent, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 11, 2012Leave a comment

On Saturday morning I headed reasonably early to Elmley Marshes. The drive in was pretty quiet except for a few yellow wagtails until I reached an area with a field that had much shorter vegetation. Here were a number of hares, which wherereachable with my Pentax 300mm and 1.7x convertor combo. One decided to have…

Red grouse

bird, Cairngorm, Gamebird, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 2, 2012Leave a comment

A few photos I took of red grouse on my way home from the Cairngorms back in March, the route for which just so happened to take us through a good spot for them.

Puffins on Skomer

bird, PembrokeshireBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 12, 2012Leave a comment

Last June I went to Pembrokeshire, which meant a trip to Skomer. This Islan is most famous for its puffins and I got more than a few photos. I got photos with nesting material. And photos of them in flight Preening. Close up. On the sea And erm:

Variable damselfly and Nuctenea cornuta spider eating blue tailed damselfly

Arachnid, bird, insect, Kent, odonata, spiders, Stodmarsh, thrushBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 29, 20121 Comment

On Sunday I popped to Stodmarsh NNR in Kent to see if I could see any hobbys or variable damselflies. I didn’t see any hobbies but I did see this pair of egg laying variable damselflies in tandem: I also spotted a Nuctenea cornuta spider capturing blue tailed damselfly pair As I watched it first…

Rock partridge

bird, GamebirdBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 11, 2012Leave a comment

In Kefalonia we came across a rock partridge. It had some youngsters with it!

Black headed gull breeding colony, Minsmere

bird, gullBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 10, 2012Leave a comment

Also at Minsmere I went to the hide that is usually good for photographing nesting Avocets. Sadly the water level was so high only a few black headed gulls were left on the remaining tops of the islands. Some were bringing in nesting material.

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