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Azure damselfly nymph

Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 6, 2015Leave a comment

Some photos of an azure damselfly nymph.

Blue tits in flight

bird, Essex, tit, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 1, 2015Leave a comment

A few eeks ago I had a number of blue tits flying down to food in front of me so decided to have a go at some in flight shots. I was pleased with the results. This following shot is NOT a composite, its 4 coming in at once! I also got some on the…

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 30, 2015Leave a comment

I’ve just returned from a lovely trip to the Cairngorms in Scotland and have something like 6000 images to go through! But for now here are some of a Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph I took before I went on the trip using my pond creature photography technique. The above and next photo were taken…

Dunnocks

bird, Essex, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 20, 2015Leave a comment

As I mentioned in my previous post I’ve spent some time photographing small birds on the ground. My main target was dunnocks. I was trying to get one in the sun with a clean background. This was half way there. But this one ticked both boxes!

Blue tit

bird, Essex, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 19, 2015Leave a comment

Ive spent I few sunny days at the RSPB feeders at Wat Tyler CP, trying to get photos of the birds on the ground. Among the birds that came down were blue tits. I liked the pose of the blue tit having a look around A more typical pose. And one having a good look…

Backswimmer close up

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 17, 2015Leave a comment

Last week I tried my new Pentax 1.4x Teleconvertor mounted on the 100mm macro with some extension tubes to see what the results were like. I tested it on a common greater water boatman or backswimmer (Notonecta glauca). These are the uncropped images, which show good detail at high magnification.

Hydaticus seminiger Diving beetle

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 15, 20141 Comment

Back in September a medium sized diving beetle was pulled out of one of the Wat Tyler ponds. I recognised it straight away as Hydaticus seminiger, as I’d seen it in books and it was a scarce species. This was the first recorded in South Essex Marshes area (though it has been recorded at Rainham…

Great silver water beelte

beetles, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 9, 2014Leave a comment

Here a re few photos of Britain’s heaviest insect, the great silver water beetle Hydrophilus piceus, all taken in a photographic aquarium.

Giant Horsefly Tabanus sp

Diptera, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 10, 20141 Comment

A few SHots of a Tabanus Horsefly I managed to get close to. It look like the Dipteran answer to a certain Belgian detective.

Water scorpion nymph shedding its skin

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 7, 2014Leave a comment

I’ve been doing a lot of pond creature photography in the last few weeks, mainly due to doing a lot of pond dipping at work, and one nice find was the water scorpion nymph, which shed its skin. I got some shots without the skin too. and close ups If you are interested in photographing…

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