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
Lesser water boatman.
Colymbetes fucus Diving beetle.
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
Loggerhead Turtle – Caretta caretta
A few more photos of the loggerhead turtles from Argostoli in Kefalonia.
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…
DetailsWater louse Asellus aquaticus
Regular readers will know I photograph pond creatures on a fairly regular basis, but up until today I have never managed a shot I’m happy with of a Water louse Asellus aquaticus. I catch them on most pond dips, but because they are so common, combined with the fact they have the habit tucking themselves…
DetailsLittle egret Egretta garzetta at Oare Marshes
Yesterday I popped to the KWT Oare Marshes reserve. It was pretty quiet in terms of people and birds. I did see a little egret and I got a shot of it with my K5. I had gone to try out my Pentax Q on the DA*300mm with the adapter but the sun of course…
DetailsChaetogaster limnaei worm on a Ramshorn Snail
A couple of years ago I found a Ramshorn snail and decided to photograph it. I looked closer and I could see some white worm like creatures crawling over it. I struggled to work out what they were, but I recently asked around and was told by a member of the Wild about Britain forum…
DetailsSnowy scenes in Wat Tyler CP
Some photos from a snowy Wat Tyler Country Park.
Boardwalk
Saltmarsh
Statues
And some birds at the feeders:
Dunnock
Robin
Common Backswimmer Notonecta glauca
Here a few shots of a common backswimmer Notonecta glauca.
This individual has flipped over to the right way up at the surface in preparation to fly off.
I took them a couple of years ago so they are not my best shots
I’ll have to blog more about these amazing insects later on.
Magpie vs Mistle Thrush video
Been going through some old videos and found this one from a few years ago, filmed in Regents Park, London. What has happened here is a magpie (a species that is a known egg thief) has got too close to a mistle thrush nest and the parents are not happy! Watch what happens when the…
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