Wildlife pictures

[wingstoo]

Fantastic pictures yet again Alf... Still trying it myself... Maybe one day I'll get there.

 

[brancho]

Fantastic pictures yet again Alf... Still trying it myself... Maybe one day I'll get there.

If you are in the area I am happy to try and help.


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[brancho]

Here are some shots from some of my latest macro safaris


I was surprised to see this little hopper so exposed


Little hopper by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A bug


Bug by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A bumble bee


Bumble bee on clover by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A sawfly



Sawfly by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A scorpion fly



Scorpion fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A spider at home in the buttercups


Spider at home in buttercups by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[wingstoo]

If you are in the area I am happy to try and help.


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Thanks for the offer Alf, I may well take you up on that someday

 

[Robson Valley]

The access to the upper Holmes River valley is about 20 minutes east of my place.
Sometimes, the wildlife appears and disappears so quickly that even a quickie grab shot is impossible.
These guys are not uncommon, they don't need to be in a hurry for anybody at all.

First is an adult, possibly most of a yard from nose to tail.

Second is a very young one, the size of a big loaf of bread.
In the next moment, the little one fell over a branch and got high-centered with all 4 legs flailing in the air.
Had to go step on the branch and off the kid went.

 

[mountainm]

Just a fly. Experimenting with my new Raynox 250.

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[mountainm]

More minibeasts

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[brancho]

Nice start with the Raynox Mountanm

Have you read this http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=124513

 

[brancho]

Here is something larger from me I stumbled across when shooting macro

Roe deer buck by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[wingstoo]

Went for a wander on the weekend and could hear the Grass hoppers giving it loads, so had to try and capture one, but with a 55 to 300 lens on one camera and a 50 to 500 on the other it was a bit of a challenge...

Got this though

IMGP0871 by S1...., on Flickr

 

[brancho]

That grass hopper shot is not bad and it often takes numerous attempts to get such shots right.

Here is another shots of teh Roe deer buck

Roe deer buck 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[SoldierPalmer]

Nice shot Alf I used to come across a few dead bucks in the woods on the other side of the road from them shots. The majority of them were 2 years old. I'm already missing the old open cast site.

 

[brancho]

Nice shot Alf I used to come across a few dead bucks in the woods on the other side of the road from them shots. The majority of them were 2 years old. I'm already missing the old open cast site.

Thanks Liam
What drew you all the way down there?

 

[SoldierPalmer]

Thanks Liam
What drew you all the way down there?

The wife was getting home sick and I was fed up in my job. Luckily I've landed my self a job with NRW on the fishery side so I'm spending the summer in welsh rivers rather than a desk i do look forward to your photos though just to keep in touch with the old local area.

 

[brancho]

The wife was getting home sick and I was fed up in my job. Luckily I've landed my self a job with NRW on the fishery side so I'm spending the summer in welsh rivers rather than a desk i do look forward to your photos though just to keep in touch with the old local area.

Well enjoy the job it sounds great and be happy where you are.

I intend to keep posting.


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[Amon81]

I was super happy the other day to finally see some of the Wild horses in Sutton Park.

I really liked this one I took:

 

[Grotzilla]

Found a ladybird on my allotment plot this morning, took a quick snap on my phone

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[brancho]

You may like to look away this 24mm long beast apears to be a Giant dark horsefly Tabanus sudeticus.

Giant dark horse fly by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

A decent shot of an earwig


Earwig by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A ladybird larva


Ladybird larva by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A Frogghopper back into a corner so no rear view for a change


Frogghopper by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A hoverfly feeding



Hoverfly by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A leaf hopper nymph cicadella-viridis



Leafhopper nymph by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Nomad64]

A picture from yesterday in our (very dark so ISO 5000!) barn of one of a pair of proud swallows currently being run ragged by their recently fledged brood of four chicks who have been consuming huge quantities of flying insects.