Snowy 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
DetailsSome photos from a snowy Wat Tyler Country Park. Boardwalk Saltmarsh Statues And some birds at the feeders: Dunnock Robin
DetailsHere 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.
DetailsBeen 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…
DetailsA few photos from in what is left of the snow today. A grey squirrel that posed for a few shots. And a robin posed for a shot too.
DetailsWhile on and excellent FSC course at Flatford Mill I caught a burrowing mayfly nymph Ephemera sp. It is the nymph of the original Mayfly, which are most commonly on the wing in May, hence the name which is named after the Mayflower, better known as hawthorn, which blooms at the end of April when…
DetailsToday at Wat tyler CP I was hunting around for fieldfares to point my DA*300mm + Pentax Q with adapter combo at, but ended up in the hide. When I got there the kind chaps from the RSPB told me there was a caspian gull out on the scrape. It was at least 200 if…
DetailsOn a lovely morning at Flatford Mill I saw the wonderful Constable painting scene and thought it would be rude not too..
My Bushnell camera did something strange with all the reflective snow last night. When the sensor light came on, the light level was high enough for my Bushnell trail cam to switch to colour mode. This of course meant when the light went out it has resulted in just a black screen but I’ve edited…
DetailsAnother quick photo post, this time of a diving beetle larva. This beastie is famous for being a ferocious predator, sometimes attacking prey bigger then itself with its large pincer like mouthparts. They even eat each other! If you look closely you can see its covered in what looks like white fuzz. These are another…
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