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Red Kites and Raven at Gigrin

bird, BOP, crow, walesBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 24, 20122 Comments

The main attraction at Gigrin, is of course the Red Kites. There are lots of them! Its hard to get them with a clean background, by which I mean one with no other kites in the background – not a common problem with BOP! I got a few though: I also managed an ok shot…

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Common buzzards at Gigrin

bird, BOP, walesBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 22, 2012Leave a comment

Back in November I went to Girgin Farm with some friends to photograph the kites. I also wanted some photos of the buzzards and I managed a few nice ones. I got some of one on the ground

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Red grouse and golden plover

bird, Cairngorm, Gamebird, Scotland, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 18, 2012Leave a comment

Driving to Glen Shee, we passed plenty of red grouse and we stopped to photograph an number of those in photographic postions. I managed to get one making that fantastic call. A few were wandering around the ski resort car park. We also passed a golden plover, which I managed one ok photo of.

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Ptarmigan and mountain hare on Glen Shee

bird, Cairngorm, Gamebird, mammal, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 14, 20122 Comments

One of the species I wanted to see in Scotland was ptarmigan. These are a bird of mountain tops in the UK and it usually it would have involved walking through snow to get them in March, but the record warm weather meant there was little snow about so easier walking. Unfortunately it also meant…

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Crested tit, coal tit, chaffinch, goldeneye and red squirrel

bird, Cairngorm, finch, Scotland, tit, waterfowlBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 13, 2012Leave a comment

Carrying on with my photos from Scotland, I took a number of small bird photos in Cairngorms. I got one good photo of a crested tit, which I had to crop quite heavily. The siskins stayed too far away as well. I got a couple of ok shots though. As always in Scotland, the were…

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Capercaillie Tetrao urogallus

bird, Cairngorm, Gamebird, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 7, 20122 Comments

I could write a lot about these fantastic birds but I thought I’d just let the photos do the talking: For anyone with welfare concerns with this bird you can rest easy: the SNH capercaillie recorder was present while I took these photos.

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Reindeer

Cairngorm, deer, mammal, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 5, 20122 Comments

While not a target species, with them not being 100% wild or native in the strictest sense, coming across the reindeer on the cairngorms was still pretty cool. It was great to see them in an at least semi natural habitat. I tried a different shot too.

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Red grouse on the Cairngorms

bird, Cairngorm, Gamebird, ScotlandBy Neil-UKWildlifeApril 1, 20121 Comment

One of the reasons for the lack of recent posts was that I was away in Scotland, in the Cairngorms National Park. I saw lots of new species and will be posting the photos in the near future. My first new species was the red grouse. Not to long after entering the national park this…

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Saucer bug and duck leech

annelid, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, leechBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 31, 2012Leave a comment

A few weekends ago I went to Rainham Marshes where a friend of mine had organised a pond dip session. We found plenty but 2 species were of interest to me. The first was this saucer bug. You can see the front legs which have been modified into a prey grabbing pincer. I also got…

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Palmate newt Lissotriton helveticus male

amphibian, Freshwater invertebrates, newtBy Neil-UKWildlifeMarch 6, 20122 Comments

I had a quick dip in a pond at Wat Tyler CP this evening just before the sun had set.  And when I say quick I mean I put the net in the water just the once!  Along with a diving beetle larva was a small newt: I thought it was rather small for a…

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