The Big Storm of 2013 didn’t really happen for Sussex. We had strong winds, gusts up to around 70mph, and minor damage (some trees and fences down). We missed the brunt of it, but things were a lot worse elsewhere. Locally we were pretty much unscathed, and the worst of the damage I saw was a panel hanging loose on the roof of the Amex Stadium (seen here being fixed before Brighton’s game this evening).
The ground this morning was sodden, and the pond at Falmer has filled significantly. I spotted one broken branch and plenty of leaf debris on the ground. The usual birds were around, but the most noticeable sight was the flock of collared doves who were gathered in a large group on the willow in the centre of the pond.
The cormorants are still around. There were three at the pond today, two hiding at the edge of the small island.
The third was busy doing exercises 😉
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
Darko
29 Oct 2013I have seen some photographs from Brighton on line, and it looked a bit nasty with the wind and waves but not as bad a they say it was. I thought you would be there to try to catch some of it. On the second thought, I think it i better for your camera and lenses to stay away from storms like that 😉
Words
29 Oct 2013Darko, I thought about heading down to the sea on Sunday afternoon. I’m sure it would have be pretty wild, but this storm really wasn’t too bad here. I think it was worse further north and east of us. We were lucky.