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12-12-2007, 06:32 PM
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Great - and will be good to see pictures in the Gallery - especially to show how much wildlife there is in such out of the way places as Tilbury! 
Many people take a rather snotty attitude to Essex but there is a lot of exciting stuff to be seen for thoe who care to look! 
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12-12-2007, 10:14 PM
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lol if just realised the photos were taken in Tilbury, not far from me! Ill have to wander down there on a warm day |
12-12-2007, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott  Many people take a rather snotty attitude to Essex but there is a lot of exciting stuff to be seen for those who care to look! | And i know it.... I used to feel a bit embarrsed to say I'm from Essex, but now as I'm getting older i don't care.
As for our wildlife, it is just as diverse as anywhere else.... We have soo many different habitats, Small Wetland & Salt Marshes in Rainham, Canvey & Pitsea (which are RSPB controlled), the Thames Estuary, not to mention acres of Grass & Woodland, and if you know where, pockets of small habitats that hold good numbers of our more exotic species. So as for a county to be snotted at, the cover definitely doesn't resemble the book. |
13-12-2007, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Herptastic And i know it.... I used to feel a bit embarrsed to say I'm from Essex, but now as I'm getting older i don't care.
As for our wildlife, it is just as diverse as anywhere else.... We have soo many different habitats, Small Wetland & Salt Marshes in Rainham, Canvey & Pitsea (which are RSPB controlled), the Thames Estuary, not to mention acres of Grass & Woodland, and if you know where, pockets of small habitats that hold good numbers of our more exotic species. So as for a county to be snotted at, the cover definitely doesn't resemble the book. | Agreed. The Essex wildlife trust has some excellent reserves and theres epping forest too. The one problem with RSPB rainham is its a pain to get to by public transport! |
15-12-2007, 08:48 AM
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Originally Posted by coasty Great pics,,, Tell me has the last few years weather been good for slow worms?. I seem to have seen more than ever this year??? | Hi Coasty,
Not sure if this is the reason but, maybe the very wet summer we had caused an abundance of slugs , the main part of a slowys diet.
Those are great pics for a mobile phone, thanks for sharing
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15-12-2007, 09:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Paul mabbott Many people take a rather snotty attitude to Essex but there is a lot of exciting stuff to be seen for thoe who care to look! | There certainly is .... even here in built-up, over-developed south Essex.
My local patch is Wat Tyler Country Park in Pitsea which has some wonderful wildlife throughout the year .... and now I have the Vange Marsh and Canvey West RSPB reserves to lokk forward to plus the Wallasea Island project.
Mind you, I also like visiting Norfolk, Suffolk and Kent and I definitely need my annual trips to Wales and the Scottish Highlands.
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15-12-2007, 07:11 PM
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Wat Tyler is also one of my fav haunts to..... But mostly for the birds, never found many "good" areas for Herps, well, not as good as others i know. |
16-12-2007, 01:37 AM
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nice pix. we saw a snake on a day out to port patrick in scotland. not sure if it was an adder or a grass snake tho. will have to look for the pix i got of it and compare them to yours to see what it was. |
16-12-2007, 01:46 AM
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Don't fancy getting that close to an adder with a mobile phone for protection, well done.
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25-12-2007, 08:11 PM
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Originally Posted by suzted nice pix. we saw a snake on a day out to port patrick in scotland. not sure if it was an adder or a grass snake tho. will have to look for the pix i got of it and compare them to yours to see what it was. | I think if its in Scotland it means its an adder. A nice find thou  | | | |
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