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Water stick insect close up

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 30, 20142 Comments

Here are some close ups of a water stick insect I photographed a while back. If you are interested in photographing freshwater invertebrates, why not come along to my Pond creature photography tuition at Wat Tyler Country Park. More details here and you can Contact me for more details and to book.

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Blue tailed damselfly

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

A few shots of some blue tailed damselflies

Some Gannets

bird, YorkshireBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 10, 20141 Comment

I spent a weekend last month around Bempton Cliffs, Yorkshire and unsurprisingly photographed plenty of gannets. Here a re a few of the shots This one I cloned a gannet head from the bottom corner

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Close up of a fox

fox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 3, 20142 Comments

A couple of close ups of a fox I took a few weeks ago.

Bearded reedlings at Wat Tyler Country Park

bird, Essex, tit, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJuly 2, 20141 Comment

Its been a while since I posted a blog. Thankfully its not just because I’ve been working lots, I’ve been all over photographing wildlife too! But today post is from ‘my patch’ Wat Tyler Country Park. I looks like there was 1 or probably 2 nests in the reed beds, as families could be seen…

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Cormorant

bird, chafford gorges, EssexBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 26, 20143 Comments

Earlier this month I was at EWT Chafford Gorges trying to film some fish, but while I was struggling to get any footage under the water, this cormorant was feeding closer than I’ve seen one before, so I managed a few shots. At one point is came up with weed caught on its bill. I…

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Kingfisher at RSPB Rainham

UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 25, 2014Leave a comment

A few weeks ago a kingfisher pair were nesting in front of the Marshland discovery zone hide at RSPB Rainham. I had yet to get a photo of a kingfisher that didn’t have something seriously flawed about it so I headed to the hide to get some shots. There were a couple of issues though…

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Emperor moth pair

Essex, insect, moths, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 15, 2014Leave a comment

Last week, at Wat Tyler CP, I came across a pair of emperor moths that had been blown into middle of the entrance of a field, where they would have gotten trodden on.  So I picked them up and took them inside to show some friends and then took a few shots.  These are the…

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Ricoh ‘Join Our Team’ – filming underwater wildlife

Essex, fish, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 9, 2014Leave a comment

Regular readers of this blog may be aware that I have dabbled in filming underwater wildlife in situ (as well as in aquariums). A few months ago I saw Ricoh Pentax advertising their ‘Join the team’ competition, were if you could come up with a good project, they would send you a camera to carry…

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5 species of odonata in April

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 30, 20144 Comments

Yesterday I broke my dragonfly photography duck, well today I smashed it and got an unprecedented (for me) 5 species in April. Typically in April I might get my first large red damselflies, and I may have seen 1 or 2 more species in later days of April before, but 5 species is a new…

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