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A July walk around Wat Tyler Country Park

Cricket, Essex, heteroptera, hymenoptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 4, 2018Leave a comment

Back in late July the heatwave was in full swing, which had limited the amount of wildlife on show as the hot sun and dwindling water levels put pressure on many species. The crickets and grasshoppers were doing well and early one morning this speckled bush cricket seemed determined to pose for me. Its long…

Feeding station photos

bird, Essex, tit, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 23, 2016Leave a comment

Over Christmas I set up a feeding station at work. It has been visited by blue tits and great tits in good numbers so I set up and took some shots one lunchbreak. These are the best of them.

Glossy Ibis at Wat Tyler CP

bird, Essex, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 17, 2015Leave a comment

Today I was sitting in the Green Centre hide at Wat Tyler Country Park chatting to my friend Dave C, when I got a call telling me the glossy ibis was in creek. I headed over there and there, a little way off, in the creek was a glossy ibis. It was heading towards us,…

Southern Migrant hawker Aeshna affinis at Wat Tyler Country park update 23-7-15

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 23, 20151 Comment

PLEASE READ THIS FIRST – if you share any Southern migrant hawker sightings  from Wat Tyler CP please link/post the text in bold on this link Can everyone please keep to the paths and boardwalks and avoid trampling any surrounding pond vegetation, as the park is an SSSI.  If similar trampling/damage is caused in this year as was…

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…

Blue tailed damselfly

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 19, 2014Leave a comment

A few shots of some blue tailed damselflies

Ground beetle

beetles, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJanuary 18, 2014Leave a comment

A quick one photo post:

Clouded yellow butterfly

butterflies, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 16, 2013Leave a comment

I was walking through Wat Tyler Country Park yesterday, when I flushed a yellow butterfly from the path. I saw the darker flashes on the wings and new it was a clouded yellow butterfly, which are usually a migrant from Europe. Eventually it landed and I managed one good shot in the sun before it…

Essex Skipper

butterflies, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 7, 2013Leave a comment

Last week I came across a thistle bed covered in butterflies, including Essex skippers. I tried some shots with the wide angle too. And again on some ragwort.

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