Where did the Spring Go?

By Words | Published May 8, 2013

After two or three days of acceptable spring weather it was back to mist and rain this morning, and promises of near gale force winds tomorrow. The weather somewhat curtailed the opportunity to take many photos, but this is a small selection. I may add a fox cub at the end 😉

First up are a few sheep, grazing quietly in the morning mist.

Less photogenic (and much less attractive) are the gnats. There are clouds of them everywhere.

The best sighting though was a swift. I saw a couple yesterday evening (along with some bats over the garden), but they were beginning to gather in greater numbers today having finally arrived from Africa.

As for the foxes, I got plenty more trail cam footage last night. The four young ones are still greedily bothering the vixen. This is just a short clip.

And a couple of more relaxed photos…


Camera note: all daytime shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Foxes taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.

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9 Comments

  1. derWandersmann May 9, 2013 at 3:05 am #

    :yes:

    I love the sheep in the mist.

  2. SittingFox May 9, 2013 at 4:05 pm #

    Love the last cub photo! 😀

  3. Words May 12, 2013 at 11:05 pm #

    dW, I love the light when it's misty and the sun is just working through.

  4. Words May 12, 2013 at 11:05 pm #

    Adele, thanks! I'm beginning to be able to work angles with them and get some cute shots and portraits.

  5. gdare May 13, 2013 at 4:05 am #

    That fox cub is looking at swift who was hunting gnats 😉

  6. Words May 18, 2013 at 12:05 am #

    Darko, that makes me think that I should construct more narrative posts. 🙂

  7. studio41 July 1, 2013 at 8:07 am #

    sheep grazing is awesome.

  8. Words July 2, 2013 at 12:07 am #

    Jill, thanks! Sheep seem to photograph well in the mists we get up here.

  9. studio41 July 2, 2013 at 8:07 am #

    we don't have a lot of mists here, but the other day there was some amid the iris and I grabbed me a few pictures then. 🙂