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Red Legged Partridges

bird, Gamebird, Kent, SheppeyBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 30, 20132 Comments

On a recent trip to Sheppey, I found these Red legged partridges.

Dingy Skipper

butterflies, insect, KentBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 29, 2013Leave a comment

A few shots of the dingy skippers at Bonsai Bank.

A lady orchid

Kent, Orchid, PlantBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 23, 2013Leave a comment

A lady orchid from Bonsai Bank.

Duke of Burgandy Hamearis lucina

butterflies, butterflies, insect, KentBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 21, 20131 Comment

On Sunday I popped up to Bonsai Bank at Denge Woods in Kent and found my first ever Duke of Burgandy Butterflies, after failing to find them there last year. This butterfly is one of the fastest declining in the UK, declining 46% in the last 10 years. The small colonies around Denge woods are…

Green tiger beetle

beetles, insect, KentBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 20, 2013Leave a comment

Yesterday I had a walk through Denge Woods and Bonsai bank to look for some butterflies and orchids (more on them later). One bonus of the day was a green tiger beetle that ran across the pathha nd flew off ahead. eventually it sat still long enough for this shot.

Yellow wagtail

bird, Kent, pipit, SheppeyBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 19, 2013Leave a comment

Another quick one photo post, this time of a yellow wagtail on Elmley Marshes.

Wood pigeon close ups and collared dove

bird, Kent, pigeonBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 11, 2013Leave a comment

While in Kent a wood pigeon kept coming down to the garden bird table. It seemed relatively tolerant so I crept in towards it for a close up…. …and got one! I managed a shot of it on the fence waiting to come down. And later flying around in the trees. I got another nice…

Glow worm larva Lampyris noctiluca

beetles, Blean Woods, insect, KentBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 27, 20133 Comments

While on the Forest School Course last weekend, a member of the group found a Glow worm (Lampyris noctiluca) larva, and he was christened Gary! I got some close ups. When it felt threatened he retracted his head, which at one point made me think it had been knocked off somehow! It would also adopted…

Wood ants

Blean Woods, hymenoptera, insect, KentBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 26, 20132 Comments

Last weekend I was on a Forest School Course with the excellent people at EarthcraftUK in Blean Woods. There are a number of wood ant nests in the area and in a lunch break I found a line of them heading up a tree, but it was midday and they were very active and very…

Lapwing Vanellus vanellus

bird, Kent, Sheppey, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 28, 2013Leave a comment

More photos from Elmley Marshes: there were a number of lapwings by the road and I got some nice shots of them. I got one as it stretched its wings. And some different shots too.

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