Wildlife pictures

[Harvestman]

German wasp

 

[brancho]

German wasp

Was it the accent that gave it away?

 

[Harvestman]

Was it the accent that gave it away?

Ja! That and the full yellow stripe down the cheek.

 

[Dave]

Bluebells

 

[Dave]

Black Tipped Gull.

 

[Dave]

Mink.

 

[Dave]

South African white faced owl.

 

[brancho]

Nice Owl Dave

 

[brancho]

I went out briefly on a springtail safari on the remains of a felled pine plantation. I was hoping to find some pools and some aquatic speceies but that did not work out.


Here is what I found.


looking into the abyss


Collembola-1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


On the move


Collembola-2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr




Collembola-3 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Collembola-4 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Collembola-5 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Collembola-6 by Alf Branch, on Flickr



Collembola-7 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


All taken with my OMD E-M1 with a sigma 105 f2.8 a 25mm tube and Raynox 250. Niisin flah Di 466 with homemade diffuser

 

[humdrum_hostage]

That picture is superb! I love sparrowhawks!

Never posted on here before as I am useless at taking pictures. But I caught this on my trail cam, the end of October.

 

[celar36]

Great picture!

 

[Night Phoenix]

Cute wee beasties and seriously good macro shots!

 

[brancho]

Here are some shots from late November 2016. These were with my Olympus E-M5II Zuiko 60 mm f2.8 and tubes plus Raynox and my usual Nissin Di466 flash


Here is a tiny juvenile (I think) springtail


tiny springtail 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


tiny springtail 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Here is a small spider


Small spider by Alf Branch, on Flickr


And finally a Mite


Mite by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A couple more springtails


Katiannidae by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Stopped for a snack by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

These were shot at ISO 800 by mistake so many were not as good as I wanted. Here are some I have just processed.


The first are waps feeing on hogweed, there were a lot of them


Wasp on flower 3 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Wasp on flower 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Wasp on flower by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A leafhopper



Planthopper in leaf by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Plant hopper 1 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A bug


Green bug by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A Bumble bee


Bumble bee on flower by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[brancho]

Here are some more shots from last year


These aree from September when I put an apple out to attract wasps.


Wasp eating apple by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Wasp eating apple 2 by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Greenbottle eating apple by Alf Branch, on Flickr


Bluebottle eating apple by Alf Branch, on Flickr


From July again at ISO 800
A damso bug eating


Damson bug by Alf Branch, on Flickr


A couple of what I think are grypocoris stysi


grypocoris stysi by Alf Branch, on Flickr

 

[Barn Owl]

Stonechat
30882247774_5d56f563d5_k by Thomas Reid, on Flickr

 

[Barn Owl]

31750608254_ab3910e2e5_k by Thomas Reid, on Flickr

 

[Toddy]

Nice photo, Barn Owl

Is it a Stonechat? it's not one I'm familiar with.

M

 

[Barn Owl]

Nice photo, Barn Owl

Is it a Stonechat? it's not one I'm familiar with.

M

Aye, Stonechat Mary

 

[Barn Owl]

A simple Craw

31251457090_f2ca08561a_k by Thomas Reid, on Flickr