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Common Frog Tadpoles Rana temporaria

amphibian, frogBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 22, 20171 Comment

There has been a bit of a gap since my last blog, so a fair bit to catch up on, but I’ll start with my most recent project; frog tadpoles. Two years ago I dug a small pond in my garden with the hope that some amphibians would turn up, but I only saw one…

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…

Water louse

crustacean, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, Isopod, wat tyler cp, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 22, 2013Leave a comment

The water louse is a common species found in many still and slow flowing aquatic habitats (including polluted ones), but it is not photographed very often, even when compared to other pond creatures. This is probably due to their habit of diving for cover or the corner of the photographic aquarium. Last winter I tried…

Pond life collage

Freshwater invertebratesBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 23, 20133 Comments

As you may have guessed from recent posts I have had a few goes at shooting pond creatures with a white background. They great thing about these images is it is easy to play around with them and make things like a make a collage of them. Here is my first attempt:

Water scorpion Nepa cincera on white background

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 22, 2013Leave a comment

Some more white background photos, this time of the aquatic predator, a water scorpion Nepa cinerea.

Screech or squeek beetle Hygrobia hermanni on white background

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 19, 2013Leave a comment

A quick 1 photo post. A Screech or squeek beetle Hygrobia hermanni taken in my photographic aquarium

Phantom midge larva

Diptera, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 12, 2013Leave a comment

Today I’m off to the Launch of the Freshwater Habitats Trust, formerly known as Pond Conservation. I hope to Tweet this evening from the meeting and blog after the event, but to celebrate the launch, here are some phantom midge larva photos. I blogged some of the fascinating things about these brilliant creatures here:

Stag beetles Lucanus cervus

beetles, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 26, 2013Leave a comment

If you’ve been following me on Twitter or Facebook you will know I have had stag beetles Lucanus cervus in my garden recently. Ive had both stag beetle and lesser stag beetle, but I’ll cover the photos of the former from Friday in this post. 2 males were found in a bucket in the garden.…

Stag beetles

beetles, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 22, 2013Leave a comment

I came home last night and was shown 2 male stag beetles and a couple of lesser stag beetles in a bucket in my garden. I’ve taken a few photos which I’ll hopefully post later, but here is a shot take with my 35mm at f11 with a 0.5second shutter speed, to show how still…

Broad bodied and 4 spotted chasers

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 7, 2013Leave a comment

I started today by heading straight to the spot where I saw the emperors emerging, but they were no longer there and just their exuvia were left. Hopefully they got away safely. At lunchtime I managed some shots of broad bodied chasers, a female hovering between egg laying. And a perched male. Yesterday I managed…

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