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More pond creatures Black bellied diving beetle and water spider

Arachnid, beetles, Freshwater invertebrates, insect, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 22, 2017Leave a comment

Following on from my last post, I got the pond creature photography bug back at the end of last month and had an hour lunchbreak to kill, so decided to photograph the 2 species I had captured for a display I was showing The first was a Black bellied (great) diving beetle Dytiscus semisulcatus. The…

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Return to pond creature photography – smooth newt and lesser water boatman

amphibian, Freshwater invertebrates, heteroptera, newt, water boatmanBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 21, 2017Leave a comment

After a few weeks break from pond creature photography, I got stuck right back in at the end of last month. I decided to do a bit of pond dipping to try and get some common species and improve my shots when, to my surprise, I pulled out an adult smooth newt! It is not…

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Greater spotted woodpecker at the feeders

bird, titBy Neil-UKWildlifeDecember 7, 20171 Comment

Over the last few weeks I have been keeping the feeders stocked up as the temperature starts to drop and the great tits, blue tits and sparrows have begun to return, along with a chaffinch or 2. Hopefully some more interesting birds will appear as the winter progresses. Last Friday I created a set up…

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British Wildlife Photography Awards 2017

PhotographyBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 9, 2017Leave a comment

This year I was lucky enough to be highly commended in the British Wildlife Photography Awards with my stacked image of a broad bodied chaser dragonfly nymph. I was pleased not just that I had an image featured, but that it was one of my pond creature shots and my first really successful stacked image.…

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Lovely Water Voles

Essex, rodentBy Neil-UKWildlifeNovember 2, 20172 Comments

The water vole is a species that has evaded me for quite a while.  I have had a few sightings over the years, but no good photo opportunities.  So when a friend offered to show me the a water vole platform on a small stream local to me, I didn’t hesitate.  While there a small water…

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Garden arachnid macros with focus stacking on Olympus EM-1 MkII

Arachnid, spidersBy Neil-UKWildlifeOctober 1, 2017Leave a comment

Last weekend I was playing with my camera in my father-in-law’s garden. We were comparing the results to my sister in law’s high-end compact camera by photographing a small flock of starlings on a neighbours roof. The 300mm with 1.4x tele was far superior as expected, but then it is multiple times the price! I…

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Red necked grebe, great crested and an apple bobbing coot

bird, Essex, grebeBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 29, 2017Leave a comment

Yesterday I had an afternoon to myself, so headed down to Roding Valley Recreation ground where there has been a red-necked grebe staying for a week or so. It would be a new bird species for me and there would be a chance of a decent photo based on reports from other birders/photographers. I headed…

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Black tern, peregrine and hobby at RSPB Rainham Marshes

amphibian, bird, BOP, frog, RSPB RainhamBy Neil-UKWildlifeSeptember 17, 20172 Comments

Had a quick family visit to Rainham Marshes this morning and it was an enjoyable couple of hours. I didn’t have the time to put my usual effort in, but had some good sightings that are worth posting about. I started off saying hello to Howard who was set up on the sea wall and…

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Superb Seals

mammal, sealBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 31, 2017Leave a comment

Going back to a couple of weekends ago, while on my birthday wildlife weekend, I spent an afternoon at a seal colony. Descending the steep cliff path down towards the colony, we could see a number of seals out on the rocks. The weather was warm and this small seal was sitting on a rock,…

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Common froglet in the garden

amphibian, frogBy Neil-UKWildlifeAugust 27, 2017Leave a comment

A few years ago I dug a pond and this year it had it’s first frogspawn. I had loads of tadpoles for much of the spring and summer as a result and they began emerging as frogs a couple of months ago. There are still some around my pond and on a dull day last…

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