An unusual sequence for a Friday (from me at least) but I was down in Rottingdean at lunchtime and couldn’t resist a short walk along the Undercliff to see how the fulmars were getting on. The answer is ‘very well’. I grabbed a few in flight shots as they circled around the cliffs. Nothing spectacular, but there were two or three shots I liked.
I’ll leave it there for today.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
Ok, it’s not the best photo I’ve ever taken of a fox but it’s the first one since the sudden disappearance of Pretty who was last seen about there and a half weeks ago. We’ve had plenty of trail camera activity of other foxes (a clip is included below), but the new group of foxes very much keep themselves to themselves. We know there are young mouths to feed (the vixen on the trail camera is lactating), but no physical sign of them yet. I’m sure they must be close by so things may get more active in the coming weeks.
This fox appeared early evening at the far end of the garden. The photos were taken through the window.
Just two other photos from today, both taken this morning at Falmer Village. The first is a duck on a wall, contemplating the fothcoming exhibition being advertised on the church noticeboard 😉
The second shot is a silhouette of a blackbird foot-stomping on a gravestone!
Now the video clip. The lactating vixen appears in the second and third sequences. It starts with a badger.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
It was a glorious morning as I headed out of town, pausing for a short while at Seven Sisters Country Park near Eastbourne. The mists were rising as I arrived, and the sheep (there’s a black sheep in among them) were playing follow-the-leader across a distant field.
Down at water level, the mists had cleared. The water was still, and the swans were looking their puffed and preened best.
Further along the bank, some Canada geese were idling away the morning.
An egret flew over in the distance, and a grey heron came in somewhat closer.
The final sequence is a cormorant coming in to land on the water, looking for an easy breakfast.
That was a very nice start to the day!
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
