The days are beginning to feel like spring, though there's no real substance to the warmth which disappears as soon as the sun goes down. Evenings are chilly. There was some sunshine earlier, and that's always welcome. The goslings were once again the star feature at Falmer pond. So far this is the only clutch (of any species), but I expect duckling and moorhen chicks to appear fairly soon. 
Greylag with goslings
Six goslings swimming
Woodland gosling
I gave th epond a miss at lunchtime. It gets busy with people, and in any case the best shots are usually at the ends of the day. Instead I headed out to the local farms. There were sheep everywhere (as is to be expected at this time of year), a buzzard perched in a very distant tree, and a young foal enjoying itself among the daisies.
Night brings the chilly air… and fox cubs. In fact we even saw one of the adult foxes (presumably the vixen) at the back of the garden tonight. No photo as even the slightest movement spooks her. The cubs are altogether less cautious and here are a couple of shots of one of them in the plant borders.
Camera note: all daylight shots 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
18 May 2013A lot of younglings in your neighbourhood :psmurf:
SittingFox
18 May 2013That foal! Very cute 😀
Words
21 May 2013Adele, thanks! It was enjoying itself rolling around and resting. I would have quite liked it to stand up, but was out of luck.
Words
21 May 2013Darko, even more now. It's the time of year I guess 😉