Three more birds to start the week. Yesterday’s rain and gloom eased slightly today and between some very heavy showers there were brief periods of sunshine. The day started well enough, and the little wren ventured out on to the grass bank at the edge of Falmer Pond.

Wren in early morning sunshine

Lots of herring gulls around as well. This is a juvenile. Nothing very special about it, but a crisp shot and decent light.

Juvenile herring gull

After that the weather deteriorated, and most of the day was wet. Most, but not all. There was a brief break in the weather when I drove through Seven Sisters at lunchtime and grabbed a couple of photos of a passing little egret.

Little egret flying over the South Downs at Seven Sisters.

Blue sky, clouds and a little egret

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