Tonight’s post is about as conventional as I can make it. There’s a fox in the garden captured on the stills camera, and a badger filmed with the trail cam. Nothing unusual, but satisfying for all that. The fox is Pretty.
Those photos were taken tonight. The video clip of the badger is from the early hours of Thursday morning, when were hit by strong winds and heavy rain. I’ve left the sound on.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
For those struggling with finding the fox, it’s in the bottom left-hand corner and little more than a dark spot. This is a crop, just to prove it was there.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
The rats are becoming ever more elusive as the water level rises, but they are nothing if not adaptable and I spotted this one today perched on a thick branch overhanging the water. I had to struggle to gain a clear line of sight to it through all the overhanging branches. These are the best I could do.
This final shot of the rat gives a better idea of its location. Its taken directly into the sun bouncing of the water’s surface.
Those were this morning. Later in the day I went out to the fields where the sheep were forming an orderly queue as the farmer arrived with their feed.
Over head a small flock of fieldfares gave warning of cold weather to come.
A pony snuggled down in the weak sunshine…
And somewhere in this photo there’s a fox. Can you find it. I didn’t see it until I was processing the pictures. The animals at the top of the photos are horses… that’s the only clue.
Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.
