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Dark bush cricket

My garden has had a few mice invertebrates since i moved in, including at least 2 species of cricket. One of these is the dark bush cricket.
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dark bush cricket

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October 22, 20131 CommentCricket, insect, My GardenBy Neil-UKWildlife

Bank vole

A couple of photos of a bank vole that turned up a week or so ago.
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Bank Vole Myodes glareolus

October 20, 20131 Commentmammal, rodentBy Neil-UKWildlife

Corizus hyoscyami plant bug

A nice recent find in my garden was this Corizus hyoscyami plant bug
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I intially thought it was a fire bug, but turned out to be this other lovely species.
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Corizus hyoscyami plant bug-2

October 15, 20131 CommentEssex, heteroptera, insect, My GardenBy Neil-UKWildlife

Pedicia hairy cranefly larva

One of the stranger finds from a stream kick sample taken in the Cairngorms was this hairy cranefly Pedicia sp. larva. When you mention cranefly larvae, most people will think of the leatherjacket found under lawns eating grass roots, but there are a number of aquatic species too. The thing that surprised me about this…

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October 12, 20131 CommentCairngorm, Diptera, Factfile, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlife

How the cull could have made badgers locally extinct

The latest news from the badger cull is that it will be extended. Apparently they haven’t killed enough as many because there are less badgers than they estimated. The story is here on the BBC News website There is a bit of a staggering realisation when you look at the data in this story, it…

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October 8, 2013Leave a commentbadger, mammal, newsBy Neil-UKWildlife

Sunset timelapse

Been playing with my Pentax Q and windows moviemaker. Quite like the result.

October 7, 2013Leave a commentslow motion, videoBy Neil-UKWildlife

Chafford Gorge landscapes

Today I was trying out my Pentax Q with my newly purchased 8.5mm prime lens. The with the camera and lens designed to be so small, the lens suffers a bit from barrel distortion, but it is quickly sorted with lens correction in Lightroom. With a bit of PP I managed shots like these despite…

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October 5, 2013Leave a commentchafford gorges, Essex, landscapesBy Neil-UKWildlife

Slow motion video of wasps chewing wood and taking off

A little while ago I spotted a number of wasps chewing wood so I filmed them at 1/4th of normal speed using my Pentax WG-2. I filmed a number of clips and put the best bits together for this video In this video the first clip is at 1/4th normal speed, as is the second.…

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October 5, 20131 Commenthymenoptera, insect, slow motion, videoBy Neil-UKWildlife

Scratch and roll

My garden hedgehog is up to its old tricks of scratch and roll…

October 5, 20131 CommentHedgehog, mammal, videoBy Neil-UKWildlife

Grey seal fight

A 1 photo post of some grey seals fighting.
fighting grey seals

October 2, 2013Leave a commentHorsey, mammal, Norfolk, sealBy Neil-UKWildlife
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