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The UKs ‘best’ invertebrates

annelid, Arachnid, beetles, butterflies, Cricket, Diptera, heteroptera, hymenoptera, insect, leech, odonata, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 24, 2018Leave a comment

What is the UKs ‘best’ invertebrate? Its (just about still) Insect Week so I decided to try and find out. With 1000s if not 10,000s of species to choose from so it was not easy. This list would no doubt be different from any other person, and I tried to make sure I didn’t pick…

Best shots of 2017

amphibian, bird, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, London, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 1, 2018Leave a comment

Its that time of year to look back and reflect on what I’ve seen and photographed. No trips abroad this year, and I largely visited places I have been many times before, but I certainly found some new things and improved my shots of others. The year started, as it often does with me, inside…

More pond creatures Black bellied diving beetle and water spider

Arachnid, beetles, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 22, 2017Leave a comment

Following on from my last post, I got the pond creature photography bug back at the end of last month and had an hour lunchbreak to kill, so decided to photograph the 2 species I had captured for a display I was showing The first was a Black bellied (great) diving beetle Dytiscus semisulcatus. The…

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.

First odonata photos of the year: Large red damselflies

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 28, 2014Leave a comment

I’ve been seeing large red damselflies for a couple of weeks, but none until today have settled anywhere I could get a half decent photo. This male I found today in Wat Tyler CP sat nicely on a leaf and let me photograph him. There was however a bit of a light breeze and it…

Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense

insect, Norfolk, odonata, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 3, 2013Leave a comment

While at Strumpshaw Fen I finally managed to photograph a Hairy dragonfly Brachytron pratense.

Cardinal Beetle and mosquito

Diptera, insect, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 27, 2013Leave a comment

The nettle beds at Strumpshaw Fen where especially fruitful. This cardinal beetle, the red headed species Pyrochroa serraticornis, posed on the nettles for a bit, though the wind made shots a bit more tricky! The mosquitoes were eating us alive, but i did get a nice shot of one!

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…

Wide angle emperor dragonfly and reed warbler

Essex, insect, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 18, 2013Leave a comment

I started off today with a trip into town and had the rest of the morning to head to RSPB West Canvey Marshes. Or so I thought until I hit yet another standstill of traffic in Essex! I didn’t have time to get to Canvey, so I popped into a private reserve instead and found…

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