Tame red fox 2
Some more photos of the the tame red fox.
These were all taken with my Pentax DA*300mm F4, which did well in the cloudy conditions and poor light.
Young pheasant
Here is a quick post of a young pheasant close up.
Tame red fox
I was lucky enough to recently come across this beautiful red fox.
It was thankfully relatively tame, though wary of any movements I made.
I got a number of shots
I’ll post some more in my next post
Willow emerald damselfly at Strumpshaw Fen
Last weekend I had a trip up to Norfolk, which included a visit to Strumpshaw Fen. I had heard that willow emeralds (Lestes viridis) were present and went to have a look. As I crossed thr railway I ran into Dick who runs Rare bird alert and was the person who reported them the previous…
DetailsWater louse, bloodworm, Rhantus suturalis diving beetle and Limnephilus rhombicus caddisfly larva
Some more of the pond photos from January. Most of these have had some dust and dirt cloned out of them and a couple, notably the following photo, has had the background touched up. The first photos are of a water louse or slater. They are the aquatic relative of the woodlouse. They are often…
DetailsDamselfly nymph, backswimmer and lesser water boatman
Here are some pond creature photos I took way back in January using my photographic aquarium. First up a nice damselfly larva. Im not 100% sure on the species but it would be either common or azure blue, or a blue tailed damselfly. I also got a number of lesser water boatman photos. I got…
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Back in April a privet hawkmoth was brought in to work.
This moth was pretty big!
So I took lots of photos!
Curlew with a lugworm
Back in April, on the same day in fact as my last post, I came across a curlew feeding in front of one of the bird screens in Wat Tyler CP.
I got some nice refection shots as it was walking around looking for good spots. 
I got some more shots as it caught a lugworm. 
Chiffchaff
I’ve been editing some pics from earlier in the year and I came across my photos of the chiffchaff that posed nicely for me.
These are probably my best shots of this species.
Broad Haven – Jackdaw, rook and rock pipit
Here are some photos from my trip to Pembrokeshire in Wales. We stayed in a coastal town/village called Broad Haven. On the sea wall one day I found a tame jackdaw. There were some rooks around too. Around the cliffs were some rock pipits I spotted a linnet too. We had a walk round the…
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