I’ve been dealing with other matters recently, but I was back out with the camera today. It was a Nature Photography trip, one of the annual Christmas events arranged at work. A small group of us went up to Falmer Pond… always a relatively safe location for being certain of having something to photograph. And I have to say that the local inhabitants did us proud. As did the weather which started overcast, but gradually brightened up over the hour into a fine winter day.
The star for me is always the cormorant, and while he wasn’t being terribly active he provided a few nice shots as he rested on the small island in the centre of the pond.
Being Sussex there are the inevitable herring gulls. This one is a juvenile coming in to land on the water.
Another regular is this greylag goose, one of the small number who remain at the pond all year round (we have quite a lot migrant greylags in the summer).
It can’t really be a Christmas photo shoot without a robin, and sure enough several were around and happy to pose.
The final sequence is the local heron, who excelled itself by eventually agreeing to perch on the No Fishing sign.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens.
derwandersmann
16 Dec 2016A fine set of shots, Paul … they’re all good, but I love the British robin!
Aurora J Stone
16 Dec 2016Great robin shot and got a chuckle out of the heron on the no fishing sign.
Darko
17 Dec 2016Robin is an absolute star of the day!!!
Words
27 Dec 2016Thanks all! I was quite pleased with the robin, but it could really do with a sprinkling of snow!