Bits and Pieces

Another of those posts which is really just a record of a few bits and pieces from the day. I'll start with a bird I've not featured for a while, the wheatear. I saw this one up near the racecourse this afternoon. I'd been to the local tip (or 'recycling centre' to give its proper name) to get rid of numerous bits of old technology (including 3 computer keyboards that I seem to have accumulated over the years). Anyway, I took this on my way back.

I then popped over to the local pond to see if the cormorant was around. No sign of him (or the heron), but out in the fields the local gulls were enjoying following the plough. This is a common sight at this time of year.

Down by the pond itself, the young moorhens have grown stilts. Or that's how it appears…

And in the garden tonight… a familiar face.

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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens, except the fox which was photographed with the EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.

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This Post Has 8 Comments

  1. serola

    25 Aug 2011

    Wonderful shots

  2. gdare

    25 Aug 2011

    From a first photo I can see that South Downs is really somewhere… down 😛

  3. Words

    25 Aug 2011

    Erwin, thanks!

  4. Words

    25 Aug 2011

    Darko, the bottom of that sign says 'circular walks'… so 'South Downs Circular Walks', and the arrows on the other side are coming up 😛 A bit like re-cycling.

  5. Words

    25 Aug 2011

    Sami, thanks!

  6. SittingFox

    26 Aug 2011

    The moorhen chicks are great! 🙂 Nice to see the wheatear!

  7. Words

    27 Aug 2011

    Adele, the wheatears are quite numerous at the moment. The moorhen chicks are looking quite grown up now, and the early season ones are all but indistinguishable from the adults.

  8. Wulpen

    19 Oct 2012

    A Great Set Of Photos

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