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Pyramidal orchid, sedge warbler and a grooming crows

bird, crow, Essex, Orchid, Plant, warbler, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 28, 2011Leave a comment

Back In July, on the same day as I took the photos in the last post, I photographed this pyramidal orchid in Wat Tyler Country Park. I got some close ups. And tried a top down shot. On the reed bed walk was this sedge warbler. In the trees opposite this pair of crows were…

Reed warblers and nest

bird, Essex, warbler, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 27, 2011Leave a comment

Back in July I was in one of the reed bed bird hides looking for the nest I had been told about. There were at least 2, perhaps 3 pairs of adults taking food to their young. After watching the adults and moving up to the upper floor and looking down I spotted the nest.…

Tabanus Giant Horsefly Larva

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 24, 20113 Comments

Some more from the pond photography session. I found for the first time the larva of a giant horsefly (Tabanus sp.). It had a weird habit of retracting its head!

Black belly and wasp diving beetles (Dytiscus semisulcatus and D. circumflexus)

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 23, 20111 Comment

I’ve been catching up with some editing including some pond creatures and I came across probably my best diving beetle images. I photographed 2 species that day, the black belly diving beetle Dytiscus semisulcatus. And the wasp diving beetle Dytiscus curcumflexus, named after the striped underside.

Goldfinch and crows on a cloudy day

bird, Essex, finch, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 21, 2011Leave a comment

Yesterday in the poor weather there was little about in Wat Tyler CP apart from a couple of crows. So I camped out at the bird feeders and got probably my best shots of goldfinches (though that says more about the low quality of the photos I’ve taken before). I had to shoot at ISO800…

Carrion crow

bird, crow, Essex, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 14, 20113 Comments

Last week I came across a couple of crows in the morning sun. One of the resident crows displays some leucism with some with some white feathers mainly on the wings.

Pond Skater Gerris sp

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 13, 20112 Comments

Here are a few shots of a pond skater a took a few weeks back. These true bugs or heteropterans stand on the surface tension of the water and ‘skate’ across it to catch insects that become trapped in the water. These were all taken using my photographic aquarium, which was full to the brim,…

Large skipper, wood mouse and scarce emerald

butterflies, Essex, insect, mammal, rodent, Uncategorized, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 9, 2011Leave a comment

Some more photos from that day back in June when I got the marbled white butterfly. I got another butterfly species, a large small skipper. There was plenty of goats rue in flower. I spotted this wood mouse. And a male scarce emerald damselfly.

Marbled white butterfly

butterflies, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 6, 20111 Comment

Until this year one species of butterfly that had eluded any good shots was the marbled white. This year I came across one on a knapweed flower in Wat Tyler Country Park. I managed to photograph it as it gripped onto the flower in a breeze. I got various angles between the gusts of wind.

Fox yawn

Essex, fox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 17, 20112 Comments

A quick photo from Pitsea landfill site, one of my favs from the evening there:

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