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Night View and Badger

November 16, 2014 by Words | 4 Comments

A short post tonight. I’ve spent the bulk of the evening watching for foxes and badgers. No luck at all on the former, but finally a brief encounter with the latter. I could hear them well enough, but they seemed intent on staying on the far side of the fence.

While I waiting I took a few shots of the view from the garden. This was hand-held at 1/60s, f/2/8 and ISO 10,000.

Night view

As for the badger… looking healthy, and putting on weight for winter 😉

badger

badger

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 200mm f/2.8L II USM 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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