What started as a disappointing day for photos, ended up being rather good. I'd had high hope of getting some decent shots at lunchtime. Most of the morning we'd been blessed with blues skies and so I decide to head for the fields when I got a break. As fortune would have it, it began to cloud over almost as soon as I'd set out, and was pouring with rain by the time I'd reached my target area. There was little for it but to put the camera away and head back. I managed one washed-out shot of a goldfinch, and watched as a green woodpecker bulleted by. Those things are like low level missiles when they take to the wing, flying low, fast and straight as an arrow. <\/p>\n
Things were better this evening. I spotted the wood mouse out on the feeder. It's been hiding away of late, but it stayed long enough for me to grab a couple of shots. This one is a 100% crop (i.e. full size), but you'll need to click on the image to see what I mean.<\/p>\n
This is the full frame the previous image was taken from. <\/p>\n I managed one other shot of the mouse which is also in the Wood Mouse Files<\/a> album. I did spot it (or one of its family) on the ground later on, scuttling under shrub, but it was too quick for the camera. <\/p>\n A little later on I looked outside again to be greeted by the old dog fox, looking splendid in his winter glory.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/01\/woodmouse_crop_0701080980.jpg\")
Cute nose!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nFull frame shot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n