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Water scorpion nymph – Nepa cinerea

UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 16, 2011Leave a comment

Some ponds pics today, taken back in July, of a water scorpion nymph. This one is yet to develop its long ‘tail,’ which is actually a breathing tube that acts rather like a snorkel, allowing it to breathe air while the rest of its body is submerged. Here is a close up of the head.

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Rock pipit

bird, Pembrokeshire, pipitBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 15, 2011Leave a comment

Here are some shots from Pembrokeshire back in June. The cliffs around Broad and Little Haven had a number of rock pipit family living around them. I got reasonably close to one. And to another. The one I got closest to pulled an intersting pose as it looked for insects on the cliff.

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Carrion crow

bird, crow, Essex, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 14, 20113 Comments

Last week I came across a couple of crows in the morning sun. One of the resident crows displays some leucism with some with some white feathers mainly on the wings.

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Pond Skater Gerris sp

Essex, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 13, 20112 Comments

Here are a few shots of a pond skater a took a few weeks back. These true bugs or heteropterans stand on the surface tension of the water and ‘skate’ across it to catch insects that become trapped in the water. These were all taken using my photographic aquarium, which was full to the brim,…

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Large skipper, wood mouse and scarce emerald

butterflies, Essex, insect, mammal, rodent, Uncategorized, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 9, 2011Leave a comment

Some more photos from that day back in June when I got the marbled white butterfly. I got another butterfly species, a large small skipper. There was plenty of goats rue in flower. I spotted this wood mouse. And a male scarce emerald damselfly.

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Marbled white butterfly

butterflies, Essex, insect, wat tyler cpBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 6, 20111 Comment

Until this year one species of butterfly that had eluded any good shots was the marbled white. This year I came across one on a knapweed flower in Wat Tyler Country Park. I managed to photograph it as it gripped onto the flower in a breeze. I got various angles between the gusts of wind.

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Greenshank in Puerto del Carmen

bird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 4, 20111 Comment

As some of you have probably gathered from my recent posts, the beach at Puerto del Carmen was pretty good for co-operative waders.  On one morning I found a greenshank, who I managed to creep just close enough to for some nice photos. I got some ‘in the habitat’ shots, which show the volcanic rocks.…

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Seal pup with head through fence

UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 2, 20111 Comment

I had to post this pic from Donna Nook today. Don’t worry its not stuck, just being curious. Taken with my new 35mm macro.

Stone Curlew on Lanzarote

LanzaroteBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 2, 20112 Comments

A quick photo, which sadly isn’t the best. When I was photographing the cattle egrets featured a couple of posts ago, I flushed a bird, which turned out to be a stone curlew, something I had always wanted to see. I was right near the Northern edge of Costa Teguise, which was a surprise as…

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Gigrin Kites in dismal weather

bird, BOPBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 30, 20114 Comments

AFter my trip to Gilfach, I and some friends meet up at Gigrin farm. The weather did not look great and in fact only got more cloudy and darker as the red kite feeding time drew nearer and just sadly continued to get worse as they were fed. However having a camera with good High…

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