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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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Gilfach Farm – salmon and waterfall

fish, landscapeBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 29, 2011Leave a comment

I had a trip to the Rhayader area of Wales over the weekend.  The first stop was Gilfach Farm where we waited for salmon to jump up the waterfall, but had no luck.  I did photograph the water fall though: Although we didn’t see them jumping, I did see 2 female salmon nest building, where…

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Berthelots pipit

bird, Lanzarote, pipitBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 28, 2011Leave a comment

In the same area as the cattle egrets, I came across these Berthelot’s pipits. And some more on a lawn near a hotel in Costa Teguise.

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Cattle egret

bird, heron, LanzaroteBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 24, 20111 Comment

When I was in Lanzarote on the outskirts of Costa Teguise I finally got a good view of a couple of cattle egrets. They were hunting for grasshoppers in the dry stony habitat that dominates the island.

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Garden Chafer and Cardinal Beetle Pyrochroa coccinea

beetles, insectBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 22, 20112 Comments

Here are a couple from my trip to Goring back in May. I finally got a half decent pic of a garden chafer. I also found and photographed my first true cardinal beetle, seperated from the other Pyrochroa species by its black head.

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Sanderlings and turnstones

bird, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 21, 2011Leave a comment

On the same morning as the last post I came across a number of sanderlings. I got a close up. And various angles I also saw some turnstones

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Trumpter finch and whimbrel

bird, finch, Lanzarote, waderBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 20, 2011Leave a comment

Some more shots on Lanzarote.  First thing almost every morning, as the sun came up, I headed down to the beach.  It was when the ebach was emptiest which meant not only was there more wildlife around, but it was also safer to be walking around with a long lense.  On this particular mornign I…

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Shanny, wrasse and shrimp

fish, Pembrokeshire, UncategorizedBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 19, 20112 Comments

Here are some rockpool creature photos. Taken in my photographic aquarium, I caught these on Broadhaven beach in Pembrokeshire, Wales. First up is the shanny: At one point it demonstrated its ability to glup air. There was also a young wrasse, but I’m not sure what species. I also photographed a common rockpool find, a…

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Fox yawn

Essex, fox, mammalBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 17, 20112 Comments

A quick photo from Pitsea landfill site, one of my favs from the evening there:

Blakeney common and grey seals

bird, Blakeney, gull, mammal, Norfolk, sealBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 16, 2011Leave a comment

On Sunday I went up to Norfolk with my friend Dave on a seal photographing day. Our forst stop was the boat trip to Blakeney point, which we just caught after a long search for breakfast. I got some nice shot from the boat using my DA*300mm and sometimes my 1.7x convertor. This common seal…

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