It's time to mix up the recent fox posts with some of the local bird life. Yesterday the pond at Falmer featured two of the larger visitors: a heron (and they don't really come much larger than this)…
…and a little egret. For a while I thought it was going to land, but instead it circled several times before heading off into the distance. 
The heron was back there again today, shrouded in mist (I've tidied up the shot a bit) but happily gobbling down one of the local carp.
Over on campus the roofs are still l home to a variety of gull chicks. These are two of the lesser black-backed gulls.
They are a couple of weeks younger than the herring gulls who are fast developing their flight feathers which gives them a rather untidy look. This young herring gull was relaxing on the edge of a green roof.
I can't leave this post without at least one picture of a fox. This is Pretty, earlier this evening.
Camera note: all birds taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. FOx cub photographed with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM lens.
gdare
5 Jul 2013Beautiful shot of the egret, I like how the feathers differ from a sky :up:
derWandersmann
5 Jul 2013Lovely shots of the herons, Words … that white egret against the white sky certainly worked out well.
Wulpen
5 Jul 2013Beautiful shots…do have a beautiful weekend
harrisonhajanika
6 Jul 2013most excellant shot
SittingFox
6 Jul 2013Nice shot of the egret.
I wonder how many stolen sandwiches those gulls have received from their parents.
Words
7 Jul 2013Adele, thanks! A fair few sandwiches I would guess, and I know one of the unlucky 'former owners'.
Words
7 Jul 2013Erwin, thanks! :cheers:
Words
7 Jul 2013dW, thanks! The egret was a nice treat.
Words
7 Jul 2013harrison, thanks!
Words
7 Jul 2013Darko, thanks. The light was just about fine to capture the wing detail on the egret.