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Back to Rats

November 19, 2014 by Words | Comments Off

No sightings of the badger yet tonight, so instead here are some photos of the local rats, taken this morning at Falmer Pond. It was pretty gloomy, and for the technically inclined the first shot was taken at a modest ISO 1600; the rest were all at ISO 3,200. They are more or less straight from the camera (just a little bit of brightening on a couple of them, and minor sharpening for the web).

rat

Cautious approach…

rat and bread

A tasty morsel of bread

rat

Out to explore…

rat

rat

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

Posted in rats, Wildlife

Always Back to the Rain

November 15, 2014 by Words | 2 Comments

Torrential rain this morning. Really not very good for taking photos and these were all shot from the shelter of the car. And of course it was pretty dark too, but the cormorants didn’t seem to mind.

Cormorant in the rain

Cormorant in the rain

A pair of cormorants

Two cormorants in the rain

Cormorant taking off

Slow shutter (1/40s) of a cormorant taking off (in the rain)

Later in the day the sun finally emerged.

rainbow

Rainbow over St Laurence Church, Falmer

And so did a rat 😉

rat

Things look just a little brighter for next week.

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

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Green Woodpecker, Ratty, and some fireworks

November 5, 2014 by Words | 4 Comments

A bit of a mixed bag today, but it started well when I spotted a green woodpecker looking for breakfast (the woodpecker, not me) in a field just outside Falmer.

Green woodpecker

Green woodpecker

Green woodpecker

The rats were also enjoying an early feed, grabbing scraps that the ducks couldn’t reach.

Rat with bread

By lunchtime we were into another sunny, but cold day. More rats provided the entertainment.

Rats

Rat and baby

Rat and baby rat

As for this evening, well it’s November the 5th which means fireworks. Here’s a couple of shots OPFs (other people’s fireworks) taken from the garden.

fireworks

fireworks

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

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