It's been snowing for most of the day. Mainly its been light, but inevitably by early evening the roads were jammed, and blocked with traffic or closed due to snow and ice. This time I managed to beat the worst of it, but probably by only about half an hour. More snow is heading our way overnight, and the temperature will stay below freezing so tomorrow will be a bit of a lottery. It will however clear in a day or so.
As for photos, a couple to start of one of the pretty little white ducks that lives at Falmer Pond.
The rest are shots of the Westlain Plantation, a small wood that abuts the University of Brighton at Falmer. This is where I saw the buzzard about a week ago.
This tree has only recently come down.
The trail camera is set up, hopefully to capture foxes and badgers in the snow (which is only an inch or so deep. This snippet is from last night: a brief encounter between one of the foxes and one of the badgers,
Camera note: flying duck shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. Woodland shots taken with the EF17-40mm f/4L USM lens.
Flying Red Fox Blog
12 Mar 2013Great photos 🙂 I wish this weather would improve as i want it to be warmer and sunnier, think the snow forgot its March not January!
Lovely video of the Fox and Badger, i think that Badger cull shouldnt happen its just cruel, i often think as i watch so many documentaries on animals attacking people is why is it so often our kneejerk response is to kill that particular animal, i think if we killed Sharks, Bears, Badgers, etc then the chain would fall apart making the World a desolate place over populated with grazers.
True i would love to swim in a tropical ocean but i would respect the Shark also and swim when its safe or use the pool.
Heres hoping for nicer weather!
SittingFox
12 Mar 2013I love the way the fox gives the badger a wide berth and then sneaks in from the other side! I really like the first photo of the duck as well. Very dream-like.
If our storm has now hit your part of the coast, the snow is probably a lot deeper now. Some of the drifts here were getting on for three feet this morning.
And well said, Mark! :up:
gdare
15 Mar 2013Where did you leave a car this time? :whistle: 😛
Words
15 Mar 2013Mark, thanks! You're absolutely right that we need to learn to live with nature, not always fight against it. Hopefully the cull won't go ahead but that's only because so many people care.
And yes, I would love some warmer weather.
Words
15 Mar 2013Adele, those little white ducks are excellent on the wing. I've seen them do numerous circuits with the mallards. We missed the worst of the snow, but it was still enough to close Brighton and large swathes of Sussex for a day.
Words
15 Mar 2013Darko, this time I heeded the warnings and left just in time to avoid the traffic chaos. A colleague who had a longer journey didn't get home until 6.30am :faint:
gdare
16 Mar 2013Ouch :insane: