UK Wildlife Blog – Page 37

Coal tit

bird, Cairngorm, Scotland, titBy Neil-UKWildlife April 3, 2013 Leave a comment

I have loads of photos from my recent trip to Scotland, but barely started on the editing, so here is a coal tit at Loch Garten.

EJ the osprey at RSPB Loch Garten video

bird, BOP, Cairngorm, Scotland, videoBy Neil-UKWildlife March 30, 2013 Leave a comment

Anyone who has visited Loch Garten will know the nest is some way off from the centre, though cameras and telescopes provided do give good views. Its not so good if you want photos, so I got out the Pentax Q and shot some video of the EJ, the female osprey. This video has been…

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Snow Bunting feeding on Mount Cairngorm video

bird, Cairngorm, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlife March 30, 2013 2 Comments

Here is a video I took a couple of days ago of a snow bunting feeding in the Mount Cairngorm car park. snow bunting from Neil Phillips on Vimeo.

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Red squirrel video

Cairngorm, mammal, rodent, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlife March 29, 2013 2 Comments

I sat in a hide this morning at about 6.15am and the red squirrel I was waiting for never showed. Thankfully I did the same yesterday morning and I got some photos of one that did, but don’t have the software or processing power with me to edit them properly. I did however take some…

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long tailed duck video

bird, Cairngorm, Scotland, video, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlife March 28, 2013 Leave a comment

Yesterday we went up to the southern shore of the Moray Firth and found this female long tailed duck. I took some photos which will come later and some video, which I’ve put together into this video in iMovie: long tailed duck from Neil Phillips on Vimeo.

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Goldcrest

bird, Cairngorm, Scotland, warblerBy Neil-UKWildlife March 25, 2013 Leave a comment

Another pic from yesterday, a goldcrest on the floor.

Crested tit

bird, Cairngorm, Scotland, titBy Neil-UKWildlife March 24, 2013 1 Comment

A photo from today. Terrible light but I got my best ever shot of a crested tit.

Southern white admiral

butterflies, Greece, insect, KefaloniaBy Neil-UKWildlife March 22, 2013 Leave a comment

One of the highlights of Kefalonia are the mediterreanen butterfly species. One of these is the southern white admiral butterfly

Green eyed hooktail dragonfly Onychogomphus forcipatus

Greece, insect, Kefalonia, odonataBy Neil-UKWildlife March 19, 2013 Leave a comment

One nice find while in Kefalonia was this hook tailed dragonfly, namely the Green eyed hooktail Onychogomphus forcipatus.

Firecrests on Mount Aenos, Kefalonia

bird, Greece, Kefalonia, warblerBy Neil-UKWildlife March 18, 2013 Leave a comment

More shots from Kefalonia. On a trip up Mount Aenos, I kept hearing a call in the trees that sounded familiar, but I just couldn’t work out what it was. Then this chap came down. A firecrest! Great to see and it/they posed for a few shots. Due to their constant movement and staying in…

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