Just one picture from today… also available at my Fox of the Day page.
And I might as well re-post yesterday’s ‘fox of the day’ since it contains a glimpse (the eye-shine) of a second fox lurking at the back of the garden.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens.
Sunshine, clear skies, and only the lightest of breezes rippling the surface of Falmer pond.
Mirror sharp reflections…
Greylag goose
Ducks lurking by the island…
Then the early morning peace is shattered…
Startled jackdaw
A little bird with a big voice has woken up…
Robin singing
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
Starlings are among our common birds, but have suffered a decline in numbers for many years, with some estimates indicating a fall of around 80%. Some of the reported decline may simply be down to a change in habits (if they don’t come near towns, they’re not seen and not recorded), but certainly the giant murmurations are a less frequent sight. As with the similarly seemingly common, but endangered, herring gull, starlings are red-listed.
This is a smallish flock, not strictly a murmuration, flying over Falmer today. Click on the images to enlarge.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
