UK Wildlife Blog – Page 50

Lesser water boatman

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlife February 9, 2013 1 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-UKWildlife February 8, 2013 Leave 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-UKWildlife February 7, 2013 11 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-UKWildlife February 6, 2013 Leave 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-UKWildlife February 5, 2013 Leave a comment

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

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Pond creatures – ‘meet your neighbours’ style

amphibian, beetles, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, newt, wat tyler cp, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlife February 4, 2013 1 Comment

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.

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Beadlet sea Anemone

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

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

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Loggerhead Turtle – Caretta caretta

Greece, Kefalonia, ReptileBy Neil-UKWildlife February 2, 2013 Leave a comment

A few more photos of the loggerhead turtles from Argostoli in Kefalonia.

Upside down lesser water boatman

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

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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Water louse Asellus aquaticus

crustacean, Essex, Factfile, Freshwater invertebrates, Isopod, wat tyler cp, water louseBy Neil-UKWildlife January 31, 2013 4 Comments

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…

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