Baby Gulls

If you’re reading this you’ll have noticed that I’ve been playing around with the look of the site. It’s all somewhat experimental at the moment and it may yet revert back to what it was before. Either way, expect some further tweaks.

Meanwhile here’s a short sequence of the young herring gulls on one of the terraced green roofs at the University of Brighton, Falmer. They’re not quite ready to fly, though they have been spotted jumping an inch or so into the air. Another week or so will probably do it.

Herring gull chick

Herring gull chick

Herring gull chick

Herring gull chick

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.

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Monday Pond Post

I seem to have been even more intermittent with posts than I intended, but to be honest I’ve not photographed much that I haven’t posted a hundred times before. Still, time to get things moving again for at least a day before the semi-finals kick in (my pick for the final Brazil v Holland). As the title says, this is a pond post featuring some of the regular inhabitants at Falmer.

These two ducks, for example… taking turns standing on a submerged rock.

Duck

Duck

The greylag goslings are growing fast. The first clutch are barely distinguishable from the adults, but this second group still have a fair amount of cuteness factor.

Greylag goslings

The closing sequence is of one of the visitors to the pond (the ducks and geese are resident birds), but it’s a regular. The heron appreciates the thriving fish population and pops in for an early morning snack every now and then.

heron

heron

heron

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.

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Marbled White

Another quick post today. Two photos of marbled white butterflies seen early this morning at Seven Sisters, near Eastbourne. There were a good number of them flitting in the long grass (their favoured habitat), and just occasionally one would pause long enough to be photographed. More often than not they settle behind something so getting two clear images was something of a minor triumph.

Marbled white butterfly

Marbled white butterfly

Today’s fox is in the usual place.

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f/5.6L USM lens.

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