Category Archives: Wildlife

Samples of wildlife photography

Always Back to the Rain

November 15, 2014 by Words | 2 Comments

Torrential rain this morning. Really not very good for taking photos and these were all shot from the shelter of the car. And of course it was pretty dark too, but the cormorants didn’t seem to mind.

Cormorant in the rain

Cormorant in the rain

A pair of cormorants

Two cormorants in the rain

Cormorant taking off

Slow shutter (1/40s) of a cormorant taking off (in the rain)

Later in the day the sun finally emerged.

rainbow

Rainbow over St Laurence Church, Falmer

And so did a rat 😉

rat

Things look just a little brighter for next week.

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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A Few More Badger Photos

November 14, 2014 by Words | Comments Off

The foxes may be being elusive, but the badgers are doing their level best to compensate. Here’s a few shots taken last night.

Badger in garden

Badger in garden

Badger in garden

Today was relatively quiet, and wet for much of the time. This pretty mallard was possibly the highlight.

mallard (female)

Walking on Water?

Camera note: badger photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM lens. Duck photographed with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.

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Badger Visits, plus a Kingfisher

November 13, 2014 by Words | 4 Comments

The title covers just a couple of today’s featured wildlife. The badger was photographed last night. It’s a very regular visitor to the garden, but generally rather shy.

Badger

Badger in the rain

Today took me past Seven Sisters. It’s always a good place for birds, and today was on the upper end of the scale. There were numerous cormorants:

Cormorant

Cormorant

Several little egrets (this is the pick of the shots)…

Little egret

Rabbits…

Rabbit

A rainbow 😉

Rainbow

And most special of all, a kingfisher. I saw it flash past along the water, catching me by surprise and attempted to track its flight as it disappeared into the distance. This is probably the pick of the shots (heavily cropped).

Kingfisher

Last word to last night’s badger:

Badger

Camera note: most photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. I used the EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM for the badger.

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