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Bee wolf, 22 spot ladybird and brown argus at Canvey Wick

Back in August, I went along to the Buglife walk at Canvey Wick.  The weather was not perfect but improved as the day went on so we did find some nice invertebrates, which is what the site is famous for.  In fact it is believed to have more species per hectare than any other site…

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October 10, 2011Leave a commentbutterflies, Essex, grasshopperBy Neil-UKWildlife

Southern grey shrike and atlantic lizard

Some more photos from Lanzarote.  Walking along the seafront path in Puerto del Carmen I could here a loud and unfamiliar call coming from a bush.  I had a look around the bush and there, less than 50cm from the ground and a couple of metres in front of me was a southern grey shrike.…

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October 9, 20112 Commentsbird, Lanzarote, ReptileBy Neil-UKWildlife

Springwatch fox with something in its teeth

Back on Pitsea Landfill site and photographing the wonderful foxes there.  This particular fox seemed to have got something stuck in is teeth and pulled a sucession of great poses.

fox yawn over shoulder

fox mean looking tongue

fox mean snarl

fox yawn tongue

fox mean looking

Before stopping to lick is paw clean.
fox licking paw 2nd attempt

October 6, 2011Leave a commentfox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlife

Broad bodied chaser nymph, smooth newt tadpole and hawker dragonfly nymphs

Some more pond photos. For this broad bodied chaser nymph I used image stacking.
chaser stacked 5 edited

I also tried some image stacking on some smooth newt tadpoles.
smooth newt tadpole 2 stacked edited

smooth newt tadpole 3 stacked 1 edited

smooth newt tadpole stacked edited

And this damselfly nymph.
damselfly nymph stacked 5 edited

damselfly nymph stacked edited

I also took some typical macros of this hawker dragonfly nymph, which had just shed its skin and was light green in colour.
Hawker dragonfly nymph just moulted 2-1 edited

Hawker dragonfly nymph just moulted on stick-1 edited

Hawker dragonfly nymph just moulted-1 edited

October 5, 20111 Commentamphibian, Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlife

Hawker dragonfly nymph close up

Here is an image of a hawker dragonfly nymph that has just shed its skin (hence the light colouration), that I took using my photographic aquarium.  I managed to increase the depth of field by using image stacking (combining a few images focused at different distances).

Hawker dragonfly nymph stacked mk 3 edited

October 4, 2011Leave a commentEssex, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, odonata, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlife

Yellow legged gulls, whimbrel and ring necked parakeet

Some more shots from Lanzarote, the rest of the photos from the day I photographed the sanderlings. First up some yellow legged gulls
yellow legged gull in flight

yellow legged gull juvenile landing

yellow legged gull

yellow legged gull landing

I got some more whimbrel shots.
whimbrel on rocks 2

whimbrel on rocks

whimbrel walking along rocks

Whimbrel on rocks and view

whimbrel beak open

I also spotted a few ring necked parakeets in some trees.
ring necked parakeet

October 3, 2011Leave a commentbird, gull, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlife

Sanderlings in Lanzarote

On my second morning in Lanzarote I headed down to the beach in Puerto del Carmen. There were a few sanderlings in a small sandy bay.

sanderlings reflection

sanderling head shake

sanderling 3

sanderling stop

sanderling

sanderling running across beach

sanderling probing beach

October 1, 20111 Commentbird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlife

Birds in Puerto del Carmen, Lanzarote

On our first day on Lanzarote, we went for a walk South along the town in which we were staying: Puerto del Carmen. There were a few waders around the rocks at the southern end of Los Pocillos beach the most surprising of which was a whimbrel.  I manged to get fairly close. I was…

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September 29, 20111 Commentbird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlife

Lanzarote Whimbrel

I’ve been away (with the blog on automated posting) in Lanzarote and Hve lots of photos to edit and post on here from there and elsewhere before. But for now here is a photo of a bird I say fairly often on the rocky shores: a whimbrel.

whimbrel 9

September 28, 20111 Commentbird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlife

Pheasant close up

While at Strumpshaw Fen recently I came across a tame male pheasant.
male pheasant close up 5

He happily sat there while I took lots of close ups with my 300mm lens.
male pheasant close up 3

He just sat there as I took photos.
male pheasant

He even started to preen.
male pheasant close up preening

September 25, 2011Leave a commentbird, Gamebird, Norfolk, Strumpshaw fenBy Neil-UKWildlife
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