A touch of spring?

I'm always suspicious when the weather is like it was today. Mostly rain and more rain, but at lunchtime the skies cleared and it was actually quite pleasant.

There were some deer out in a nearby field.

And a lone buzzard flew overhead.

A horse ambled gently across a distant field.

There was even a surprise at home, when the newts appeared for the first time this season.


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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D. The daytime shots were captured with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. I used the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro for the newts.

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  1. gdare

    25 Feb 2010

    Real spring day, with blue skies and sun. I don`t know about animals, but people must be glad for it 😀

  2. studio41

    25 Feb 2010

    what a tree in that first picture! wow!- and the picture is so nice… I also really like the frog photo.

  3. cakkleberrylane

    26 Feb 2010

    The frog looks pretty happy about it too!

  4. SittingFox

    26 Feb 2010

    Great to see the newt! 🙂

  5. Words

    26 Feb 2010

    Lois, it's a happy little thing (but a newt, not a frog) 😉

  6. Words

    26 Feb 2010

    Adele, nice to have them back!

  7. Words

    26 Feb 2010

    Thanks Erwin!

  8. Words

    26 Feb 2010

    Jill, the trees struggle to grow on the downs because of the winds. It's a nice shape though. And the frog… it's a newt 😉

  9. Words

    26 Feb 2010

    Darko, we've had so few days like that recently. It was a real pleasure.

  10. Flying Red Fox Blog

    27 Feb 2010

    Yay nice photos and Spring is definatly on the way after the coldest/wettest winter for 30 years! 😀

    I will get started on my trip report soon, lovelly Fox photos Words! :yes:

  11. Ukwildlife

    27 Feb 2010

    Nice photos. Im yet to see any amphibians or reptiles this years. I especially liked the newt entering the water

  12. Words

    28 Feb 2010

    Neil, the pond amphibs are getting quite lively now. Several frogs have shown up, as well as the newts.

  13. Words

    28 Feb 2010

    Mark, as long as we don't also have the coldest/wettest spring for 30 years I don't mind. It was quite nice to have a real winter for a change. Looking forward to your report on your trip!

  14. anonymous

    25 Apr 2011

    Alan Mackenzie writes:

    I think there are six Roe up there. Two does and four bucks, although there seems to be a maximum of one doe and three bucks, including the eldest buck, in any single group. I'm running a spring photo diary at present, which I'm sure you and your followers will love: http://thinkingwithpictures.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-diary-2011.html

  15. Words

    26 Apr 2011

    Alan, yes that number sounds about right. And I hadn't realized that outrageously good photo of an adder was yours.

  16. anonymous

    29 Apr 2011

    Alan Mackenzie writes:

    I noticed that the Roe deer have ceased their winter grouping. Now that the does are just one month away from giving birth and just two months from the mating season, they can be observed with an attendant buck. The Roe deer are beginning to shed their winter coats and the bucks are no longer in velvet. The network of veins supplying the growing antlers over winter has died off, leaving fully-formed antlers.

  17. Wulpen

    19 Oct 2012

    Great Pict

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