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The Moon, Venus and Jupiter in alignment

Astronomy, Essex, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 16, 2013Leave a comment

One from this time last year when the Moon, Venus and Jupiter were all lined up in the night sky.

Broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 15, 20133 Comments

A quick pond photo from last night, a broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph.

A Not 100% well Fox

Essex, fox, mammal, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 14, 2013Leave a comment

Thought I’d finally broken my 2013 photography duck today (I haven’t taken a decent photo outside this year) when a fox came out a posed in the sun. Sadly as you can see it has a poorly eye and possibly a touch of mange. That said it seemed pretty healthy otherwise, walking (and running when…

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A Fox

Essex, fox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 11, 20131 Comment

After all the bad press, here is simply a photo of a fox, having a yawn.

Fox attack stories and the numbers

fox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 10, 20139 Comments

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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Lesser water boatman

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 9, 20131 Comment

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.

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Migrant Hawker in flight and slow worm

Essex, insect, odonata, Reptile, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 8, 2013Leave a comment

A few photos from last Autumn. Some migrant hawker dragonfly in flight shots. Can’t wait to have another crack at these. And a slow worm.

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An Otter and a fish pond

mammal, newsBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 7, 201311 Comments

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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Playing with Pentax Q and DA300mm

bird, Essex, warbler, wat tyler cp, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 6, 2013Leave a comment

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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Sunset at Stodmarsh

Kent, landscapes, StodmarshBy Neil-UKWildlifeFebruary 5, 2013Leave a comment

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

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