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Fox attack stories and the numbers

I came home yesterday evening to see the fox bites off babies finger story all over the net, followed by Boris Johnson’s call for councils to do more about this ‘the growing problem of urban foxes’ which are a ‘a pest and a menace, particularly in our cities.’  Interesting that his party (The Conservatives for…

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February 10, 20139 Commentsfox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlife

Lesser water boatman

Just a quick post and photo. I’ll have to blog about these cracking little bugs one day, but for now here is a a pic of a lesser water boatman.
lesser water boatman

February 9, 20131 CommentEssex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlife

Migrant Hawker in flight and slow worm

A few photos from last Autumn. Some migrant hawker dragonfly in flight shots.
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta in flight

Can’t wait to have another crack at these.
Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta in flight-2

Migrant hawker Aeshna mixta in flight-3

And a slow worm.
slow worm

February 8, 2013Leave a commentEssex, insect, odonata, Reptile, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlife

An Otter and a fish pond

Yesterday the story of a garden pond in Norfolk that had been raided by an otter hit the a BBC News and a few weeks ago there was the former fishery owner trying to sue the environment agency for £2.5 millon! because otter ate his fish. Both of these stories hardly left the otters in…

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February 7, 201311 Commentsmammal, newsBy Neil-UKWildlife

Playing with Pentax Q and DA300mm

The weather was meant to be sunny this morning: it wasn’t at 8.30am when I was trying out the new set up! (my Pentax Q and DA*300mm.) I was shooting 1/50th to about 200th second at 1680mm on a tripod. I got some ok results though considering most of these are cropped too. Female wigeon.…

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February 6, 2013Leave a commentbird, Essex, warbler, wat tyler cp, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlife

Sunset at Stodmarsh

A few sunsets from the start of last year. Taken at Stodmarsh in Kent.
Sunset-5

Sunset-4

Sunset

February 5, 2013Leave a commentKent, landscapes, StodmarshBy Neil-UKWildlife

Pond creatures – ‘meet your neighbours’ style

Had another go at the ‘Meet the Neighbours’ style photos i.e. with a white background. Got some I’m pretty happy with.

Newt tadpoles
smooth newt MTN

smooth newt MTN 2

Lesser water boatman.
lesser water boatman

lesser water boatman MTN 3

Colymbetes fucus Diving beetle.
Colymbetes fucus MTN

Colymbetes fucus MTN 2

February 4, 20131 Commentamphibian, beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, newt, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlife

Beadlet sea Anemone

A photo taken with a waterproof compact, in situ in a rockpool. Its a beadlet anemone, on Broad Haven Beach, Pembrokshire, Wales
Beadlet sea anemone

February 3, 2013Leave a commentanemone, Marine invertebrate, Pembrokeshire, walesBy Neil-UKWildlife

Loggerhead Turtle – Caretta caretta

A few more photos of the loggerhead turtles from Argostoli in Kefalonia.
loggerhead turtle close up 2

loggerhead turtle close up

loggerhead turtle 3

loggerhead turtle

February 2, 2013Leave a commentGreece, Kefalonia, ReptileBy Neil-UKWildlife

Upside down lesser water boatman

Photographing more pond creatures today this lesser water boatman suffered from delusions of grandeur, sitting upside down at the surface like one of its larger relatives the greater water boatman . This algae eater is not going to kid anyone though, for as well as being smaller, it lacks that needle like mouth that the…

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January 31, 2013Leave a commentEssex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlife
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