Dave's Wildlife Page

My wiild life walks, visits,photos and the weather.

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Welcome to my Wildlife blog.


This is a photographic diary of my endeavours at wildlife photography which I started two years ago. I have always been interested in wildlife, birdwatching, the environment and the weather. I hope to combine all of these with my other longstanding hobby of photography.
I am not an avid twitcher so most of the images will be from around my home "patch" in South Essex although there will be some from holidays and other trips. I may also be inclined to travel to see a bird that particularly appeals to me in some way.
At this stage the camera and lenses I am using are at the budget end of the scale. My camera is the excellent value Pentax K-r and I most often shoot with the Pentax 55-300mm zoom lens, although more recently some will be with a Sigma 150-500mm.
The galleries contain a variety of wildlife images shot over the last three years or so.
Dave

Click here to enter the gallery of your choice, or continue to scroll down for images in chronological order.

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New visitors to our garden

These delightful Redpoll came to the nyjer feeder during the cold spell. First time to be seen in our garden.

Female Lesser Redpoll

Male Lesser Redpoll

Redpoll sp in Siver Birch

Redpolls on feeder

The snow stays longer than expected bringing new opportunities

These Snow Buntings look as at home here on an Essex beach as they would on top of the Cairngorm Mountains in Scotland where they are more commonly seen. There was a flock of about 10 of them.

Snow Bunting 2

Snow Bunting 3

The snow arrived as promised !

The snow came last night and left the garden covered with around 18cm of snow. I like the snow although this is unlikely to stick around for long. It does give some opportunities for some different backdrops though.



Grey Wagtails

Grey Wagtail feeding in the snow

Grey Wagtail in snow

Two new birds for here as the cold arrives.

Treecreeper

Treecreeper ,Thorndon CP

Goldcrest

Goldcrest , Thorndon CP

Global Warming?

This bee was reversing off our winter flowering Mahonia bush having topped up with nectar. It's late January but a looming cold spell may take its toll soon.

Winter Bee

Some recent pics taken round and about Essex and Herts.

Wren

Wren

Muntjac Deer

Muntjac  saying hello  to squirrel

Muntjac peering through.

jay

Jay

Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer

Stonechat

Stonechat

The new saline lagoon at Stanford-le-Hope Marshes, a large flock of Black Tailed Godwits on the wing. The now bankrupt Coryton Oil Refinery in the background.

Stanford Marshes Lagoon

Sunset Squirrel

Sunset squirrel

One of the Owl pics from December

Looking back on these I quite like this one.

Short Eared Owl
Short Eared Owl

Happy New Year

Let's see what wildlife 2012 has in store for us. Happy New Year to everyone who visits here!

Stonechats at Rainham Marshes

Stonechat

Stonechat

Stonechat