A quiet day, photographically. It started early out on the Downs. The skies were grey and there was a touch of mist in the air. Skylarks were singing their hover song, but it was the dunnocks that caught my eye, frolicking along the low thickets.
Another of the meadow birds was also up and about, a pipit (I think it's a tree pipit but I could easily be mistaken).
By late morning I was in the suburbs of North London, where I photographed this handsome beast. It was taken at College Farm, which is a small urban farm, and I believe the only one of its kind remaining in the city. 
Back home this evening I spotted a caterpillar in the garden, possibly a cabbage moth (but I'm even less certain about caterpillars than I am about pipits).
And finally one I can identify without too much trouble, even if he is doing his utmost to hide: a fox.
Camera note: the first three shots were taken with the Canon 7D and EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens. The final two were taken with the EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
cakkleberrylane
30 Mar 2011Lovely shots. The first one looks as if it has angel wings!
SittingFox
31 Mar 2011Wow, that cow looks like a melanistic aurochs! :eyes:
Nice shots :up:
Words
31 Mar 2011Erwin, thanks! The first one is a dunnock, but I know that was just a slip of the keyboard 😉
Words
31 Mar 2011Adele, I don't know what breed they are but they are certainly one of the odder sights in suburban north London.
Words
31 Mar 2011Lois, the dunnocks were very playful, but I wish I'd had some sunshine. That would have been perfect.
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012A Very nice Shot of the skylark and pipit :up: