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Catching Up – Variety Post

April 8, 2016 by Words | 2 Comments

I’ve become consistently inconsistent in my posting, partly due to fewer opportunities to spend time out with the camera but also because I am becoming a touch more picky about what I do post. Anyway, here’s a selection from the first week of April (8 days a week?)

I spotted this skylark on a fencepost at Sheepcote Valley on my way in to work.

April 1st – I spotted this skylark on a fencepost at Sheepcote Valley on my way in to work.

Kestrels over Moulsecoomb, Brighton

Lunchtime – a pair of Kestrels over Moulsecoomb, University of Brighton

The first photo of a fox in the garden for quite some time. I was pleased despite the poor angle.

April 3rd – The first photo of a fox in the garden for quite some time. I was pleased despite the poor angle.

Nicked-ear fox

April 4th – another encounter with a garden fox

Yellowhammer

April 7th – a very pretty Yellowhammer at Sheepcote Valley

Today - a Fulmar at Rottingdean Cliffs

Today – a Fulmar at Rottingdean Cliffs, taken at lunchtime

Short-eared owl

And after several missed attempts, a short-eared owl this morning at Sheepcote Valley, Brighton

short-eared owl

Final shot for today – one of the owls flying over the edge of the golf course.

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

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A Furtive Fox

March 31, 2016 by Words | 2 Comments

I was feeling lazy today and rather than go hiking into the Downs stayed put at lunchtime and explored the area behind my office. It’s basically scrub, but important as part of the local green corridor. It home to various butterflies and insects (I saw a couple of brimstones today), kestrels, buzzards (overhead), lizards (I’ve yet to photograph them) and… so it seems… a fox.

A furtive fox at the top of Watts Bank, University of Brighton

A furtive fox at the top of Watts Bank, University of Brighton

The fox was probably as surprised to see me as I was to see him. The top of the scrub area is somewhat inaccessible, an even though an attempt has been made to clear the dense brambles it is heavily overgrown. Anyway, he watched me watching him for a minute of so before wandering off. The shots were all taken through the undergrowth and it was impossible to get a clear view.

fox

A closer shot (cropped)

fox

One last look…

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

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That Rarest Thing, a Fox

November 5, 2015 by Words | 2 Comments

Or to be exact… two foxes. Just quick shots taken in the garden last night, but the first I’ve managed of foxes in quite a long while. Two different foxes (a bonus!), both cautious about coming too far forward; and I was equally circumspect, keeping still at the other end of the garden and risking just one photo of each. The distance creates the eye-shine, which is a little extreme in the second photo. Both looked in fine fettle, with healthy winter coats developing.

Fox number one peering out from behind a garden bush.

Fox number one peering out from behind a garden bush.

Fox in garden

Fox number two, with a nicked ear, stayed further back, but stayed there for a couple of minutes. Progress!

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

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