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Fishers Green, Lee Valley Park

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A couple of weeks ago I went up to the Fishers Green area of Lee Valley. First bird to be photographed was this great tit

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Shaggy Ink Caps and a lazy squirrel

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Tuesday before last, after going to Rainham Marshes, I stopped off at Hornchurch Country Park to explore the Ingrebourne Valley. Unfortunately it was as dead as Rainham, the marsh there had almost dried up. But up in a field I came across more than 50 shaggy ink cap toadstools: some just emerging

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Rye meads RSPB reserve

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I couple of weeks ago I popped up to Rye Meads reserve up in the Northern part of Lee Valley. There were plenty of gadwall about

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Wake Valley Pond, Epping Forest - Downy emerald dragonflies

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Armed with my new camera and lens, I headed up to Wake Valley Pond in Epping forest on Saturday. This pond is one of the few places in the UK you can find downy emerald dragonflies. These beautiful dragonflies are a pain to photograph, as I found out last year

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Tyler Hill and Sarre Penn Valley

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A couple of weekend ago I went on a set walk that started (and ended) in Tyler Hill, travelling through nearby woodland and across the Sarre Penn Valley. The woodland was full of bluebells

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Ingrebourne valley birds

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Carrying on from the adders yesterday, I also managed a few bird photos. In the morning light some greylag geese posed

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Adders

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After being shown where to find the adders on my previous visit, I decided to head back a couple of days later for a go at some better shots. I think the best one in the end was this one

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Ingrebourne valley - birds and reptiles

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A couple of weeks ago I got early one morning to go looking for adders. The morning started well with a reed bunting

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Wake valley pond, Cornhill meadow and Bedfords park

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On saturday we went for a trip to Lee valley, stopping of at Wake valley pond on the way. At wake valley ponds I was looking for hairy dragonflys. Again I had no luck, although I did manage to see a few downey emerald dragonflys, a new species for me. They were all in flight so I could only manage this shot

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Epping forest - Wake valley pond

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On Saturday I visited Epping forest to look for hairy dragonflys on Wake valley pond. We parked in the visitor centre car park and head to wake valley pond through the wood. First of all we came a cross a pond where a number of large red damselflys were emerging

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