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Smooth and Great Crested Newts underwater

amphibian, newtBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 18, 2018Leave a comment

Back in April while carrying out a survey, temporarily place a couple of  male smooth newts in an aquarium and fired of a few shots In spring male smooth newt grow a large crest along their back and the colour become more vivid, also they can attract a female to breed.   The webbing on their…

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Project Snowdrop – my 1st project in 2018

Essex, Plant, wildflowerBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 10, 20182 Comments

January 2018 was a bit of a non event photographically due to a loss in the family. Other than a couple of hours in the ‘pondman shed’ and a lunchbreak or two pointing the camera at some blue tits, I didn’t take many shots. By February I had decided to get out and do something…

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Macros stacks in the field on an Autumn day in Wat Tyler CP

Essex, grasshopper, hymenoptera, spiders, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 23, 2018Leave a comment

Last month I had an early morning walk around Wat Tyler CP. It was a typical chilly autumn morning, with the rising sun was warming things up slowly. I was hoping for some dewy webs, but was not in luck. I did however find this Garden Spider sitting on a leaf. It was hard to…

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Beluga Whale in the Thames

Essex, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 25, 20181 Comment

About 1pm today a friend excitedly told me that a Beluga whale had been seen just down the road off Coal House Fort near Tilbury. I got less excited when I found out it was on the Kent side, but it was still a cetacean in the Thames, and an Arctic one at that! I…

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Water spider and diving beetle stacked image

Arachnid, beetles, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 18, 20181 Comment

Back at the start of 2018 in was in the pond man lab experimenting with my photo aquarium set up.  Its the 4th January and it was reasonably mild and my Water Spider Argyroneta aquatica was a bit active, so I popped it into the photo aquarium. for some shots. It climbed around the rush stems…

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A False ladybird beetle Endomychus coccineus

beetles, Essex, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 18, 2018Leave a comment

A couple of weeks ago I was walking back from a local site when I spotted some ivy in flower. In September, Ivy Hedera helix is an important flower for many pollinating insects as it is one of the few sources of pollen and nectar around in autumn. I was looking for Ivy Bees, but…

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Stacked images of common froglets and a nursery web spider

amphibian, Arachnid, frog, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 9, 2018Leave a comment

Back in May/June I had a number of froglets around my pond and some would sit for me nicely, so I thought I’d try some image stacks of them.  (You can find out more about how I make these these stacks/stacked images here). I got some nice results: Of course I had a few failures…

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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…

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March Fox

Essex, fox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 27, 2018Leave a comment

Not a lot of text on this one, just some recently edited images taken in March of last year. On this evening I sat waiting as the sun was about to set and I had the site to myself, when he appeared He stopped to mark his territory. Wandered around before stopping for a scratch.…

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A day in South Essex

Canvey, Essex, grasshopper, heteroptera, hymenoptera, insect, odonata, spiders, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 30, 20184 Comments

Living in South Essex I often look with green eyes at those in places like the highlands with pine martens and crested tit in the wilderness on their doorstep or in Norfolk with swallowtail butterflies and large areas of fen to explore, but looking objectively there are some good things to be found in Essex,…

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