Not altogether, of course. The common terns were the pick of the sea birds spotted this afternoon between Rottingdean and Saltdean. Typically they were hiding themselves in plain view among a small group of black headed gulls.
The day had started with grey skies, but became progressively sunnier as the hours ticked by. By late afternoon the garden was bathed in sunshine, which is when I took these shots of a holly blue butterfly on a plant I'm reliably informed is called 'golden rod' I am told is a variety of helenium
Somehow I missed this bird from the blog title, but maybe that's because it's small and was trying hard not to be seen. A blue tit eating an apple! One peck at a time.
As ever, I'll include a shot from tonight. This is the adult badger, Lumpy. 
Camera note: all bird shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Everything else taken with the EF 100mm f/2.8L macro IS USM lens.
derWandersmann
4 Sep 2012Wow! Catching a tern in flight! Remarkable … they're SO fast!
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5 Sep 2012dW, the tern wasn't so difficult. It was hovering just above its landing point 😉
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5 Sep 2012Erwin, thanks!
SittingFox
8 Sep 2012That blue tit – talk about eyes being bigger than stomach! :chef: :yuck:
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10 Sep 2012Adele, tiny mouthfuls but so many of them!
Wulpen
19 Oct 2012Very Beautiful Pict