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A trip to RSPB Rainham Marshes to try out my new Olympus E-M1 Mk2

beetles, bird, Essex, RSPB Rainham, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 30, 20173 Comments

As you may have gathered from my last post I have traded in most my Pentax gear and switched to Olympus, giving me superior effective focal length and much better auto focus. I had a trip to Rainham Marshes today with my 1 year old in the buggy, so no serious waiting around, but still…

Rainham marshes Ducks and snipe video

bird, Essex, RSPB Rainham, video, wader, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 16, 2013Leave a comment

It was miserable weather yesterday when I visited Rainham Marshes yesterday and the main reason for my visit was to pick up a signed copy of ‘Dragonflight’ by Marianne Taylor (with whom I had a nice chat about dragonflies and the fun involved in photographing them!). Look out for a review once I read it!…

Migrant hawkers in flight at Rainham Marshes

Essex, insect, odonata, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 9, 2013Leave a comment

On Sunday I popped into RSPB Rainham Marshes in hope of finding some water voles. I had no luck but did find a couple of cooperative migrant hawker males. Sadly the light was not so cooperative m, with the sun increasingly dissappearing behind clouds, and doing so as the dragonfly hovering in front of me!…

Little grebe on a nest Tachybaptus ruficollis

bird, Essex, RSPB Rainham, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 28, 20132 Comments

Today at Rainham Marshes there was a little grebe sitting on its nest. I sat on the boardwalk near the nest and took a number of photos. Apparently to start with she was constantly on and off the nest, possibly due to the people walking past (its the only path/boardwalk you can walk along so…

Playing with the Pentax WG-2 at a rather wet Rainham

Essex, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 30, 20121 Comment

Since I bought my Pentax WG-2 waterproof camera I’ve barely used it. As a waterproof compact, it doesn’t match a DSLR for quality, but its ability to be submerged in water does offer some different opportunities. Today I went to RSPB Rainham where the constant rain has flooded large areas, so I thought I try…

Common lizard on a reed and others at Rainham Marshes

amphibian, bird, Essex, heron, Reptile, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 20, 2012Leave a comment

On visit to RSPB Rainham Marshes in April I saw 2 stoats, one of which was right in front of me, but I couldn’t get a clear shot of it in the reeds and grass. There was a silver lining however, as it scared one of the common lizards up into the reeds, where it…

2 tailed common lizard at RSPB Rainham Marshes

Essex, Reptile, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 17, 20122 Comments

I paid a visit to Rainham Marshes today as the weather forecast seemed OK, if a bit windy.  The wind pretty much ruled out any serious macro, except for larger stuff on the boardwalks and fences.  Around the bird woodland boardwalk there were plenty of common or viviparous lizards. However this one was a bit…

Bearded tits, stonechat reed buntings and dunnock

bird, Essex, finch, RSPB Rainham, thrush, tit, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 26, 20122 Comments

When you take up wildlife photography there are certain bird species you want to photograph. Hoopoes are on most people’s lists, if hard to get in the UK. Bitterns are another and one, I’ve only photographed twice and not particularly well. Another is the bearded tit or reedling. I had seen them at Rainham before…

Marsh frogs, grass snake, common lizard and wasp spider

amphibian, Arachnid, Essex, Reptile, RSPB Rainham, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 28, 20111 Comment

My final post from Rainham.  The ‘other stuff.’ We saw 2 grass snakes, one of which I photographed. There were also a few wasp spiders, including one in a photographable position I got some nice photos of marsh frogs too And a nice one of a common lizard on the boardwalk.

Migrant Hawker in flight

Essex, odonata, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 27, 20111 Comment

While at Rainham Marshes we noticed a fair few male migrant hawkers patrolling territories.  The light wasn’t great and neither was the angle from the boardwalks so we didn’t bother with them.  But then we found a spot where we could get to their level with the sun behind us, only for the sun to…

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