Skip to content
UK Wildlife
Talks and Wildlife Photography
UK WildlifeUK Wildlife
  • Home
  • Reviews
    • Photography gear
      • Pentax K-3 review
      • Pentax DA*300mm Review
    • Wildlife gardening
    • Books
    • TV
  • Talks
  • Blog
  • Gallery
    • My Portfolio
    • Competition Success
    • Amphibians
    • Birds
      • Birds of Prey
      • Grouse
      • Herons
      • Tits
    • Reptiles
    • Pond creatures
      • Aquatic insects
        • Dragonfly nymphs
        • Water beetlesWater beetles
        • True bugs
          • Greater water boatmen
          • Water scorpions
          • Surface dwellers
        • Mayflies
        • Alderfly
        • Aquatic Flies
        • Caddisflies
        • Stoneflies
      • Aquatic Arachnids
      • Aquatic molluscs
      • Aquatic worms and leeches
      • Flatworms
      • Freshwater Crustaceans
  • Contact
    • Profile
  • Links
  • Photo Tuition
  • Pondman shop
  • Podcast
  • Main Demo
  • Pre-Built Websites
  • Features

UK Wildlife Blog

You are here:
    Home

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly wide angle

Essex, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 5, 2013Leave a comment

Today I came across the first dragonfly that posed for a photo, a broad bodied chaser. In an effort to get something different I put on my 35mm wide angle macro and got this.

Details

Otters at Leighton Moss video

Lancashire, Leighton Moss, mammal, mustelid, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 4, 20131 Comment

On Bank holiday Monday last week it started to rain (well it was a Bank Holiday!) so we headed into Leighton Moss to sit in one of the hides, to hide for the weather as much as the birds! We went into Lillian’s Hide and were told an otter was about. It came up briefly…

Details

Greenfinch

bird, finchBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 4, 2013Leave a comment

A greenfinch.

Sedge Warbler

bird, Kent, Sheppey, warblerBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 3, 2013Leave a comment

A few ok shots of a sedge warbler from a walk around Elmley Marshes.

Orange tip on bluebell

butterflies, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeJune 2, 2013Leave a comment

Just a quick one photo post, of an orange tip that posed on a bluebell

Badger video

badger, mammal, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 31, 2013Leave a comment

A quick video of a badger feeding. badger feeding from Neil Phillips on Vimeo. Unless you have been in a cave somewhere you will have heard that from tomorrow (June 1st) badgers are going to be culled. The reasons for the cull are not backed by science and purely political, so please sign the petition…

Details

Crow Carrion with dead rabbit

bird, crow, Kent, SheppeyBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 31, 20131 Comment

Here are some photos of Carrion Crows feeding on a dead rabbit.

Hatching great silver water beetles video

beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, video, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 30, 20132 Comments

A couple of years ago a golf ball sized clump of white fuzz was fished out of some blanket weed on a pond dip. I had no idea what it was until I spotted the brown snorkel sticking out the water: it was the egg cocoon of the great silver water beetle! Unfortunately it would…

Details

Sticklebacks in a pond video

fish, videoBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 30, 20133 Comments

While exploring The glorious area around Leighton Moss and Silverdale we were shown a pond with the clearest water I think I’ve seen in a pond or lake (mind you I’m used to Essex ponds which are invariably disturbed by dogs and/or polluted). I spotted some newts by they were elusive. The sticklebacks however were…

Details

Red Legged Partridges

bird, Gamebird, Kent, SheppeyBy Neil-UKWildlifeMay 30, 20132 Comments

On a recent trip to Sheppey, I found these Red legged partridges.

1
234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829
…3031323334…
35363738394041424344454647484950515253545556575859606162636465
66
 Dream-Theme — truly premium WordPress themes
  • Main The7 Demo
  • Support Portal
  • Purchase The7
Useful links
Go to Top