Kicking off this year's odds and sods with Starlings in a rainbow on that extreme rarity: sunshine.
It was early morning, with the sun barely cresting the tree line. We were able to get out for our morning walk as it wasn't raining. This photo is my trusty Canon 80D and Sigma 18-300mm lens zoomed in at 300mm.
Pulling back a bit.
And finally all the way back.
Oh, 2024 got off to a good start with this.
So far my cat, perhaps two neighbouring cats visiting our garden, a local fox and Tawny owl, and this trap have accounted for at least five of the beasties. Sightings of rats in our garden are getting rarer, so I think I'm winning. Two rather timid and wary rats, that I know of, are proving more elusive to catch. I've resorted to buying a lethal trap. The trap was triggered, yesterday, but no rat, sadly. Though a mouse might have triggered it, and was small enough to be within the kill bar.
90% luck, 5% field craft, 5% camera skills.
Thank you Wendy. It is much easier when the sun shines ...
Think most things are easier in sunshine ... except to cool down!! A scorcher here today ... phew!!
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Thank you Wendy ...
I have a bit of a breather from ditch maintenance. 8 tons of soil and sub base shifted into the ditch; the memsahib got brave and helped shift a ton of soil. 12 tons to go. Awaiting our neighbour to have a digging job.
We have a 'new' route for our morning walk, which we only do on weekends due to it being quieter traffic wise. I dragged my long lens around, looking a right tit, but it does help getting decent photographs.
I'll kick off with a fledgling thrush. A 'threading the lens through an eye of a needle job' to photograph it in the early morning sun.
Just an update from the Little Tern Project, based at Chesil (where Iolo went in Springwatche) a minimum of 37 successful fledges, according to X
Lovely capture Angus
Good result from Little Tern Project ... wonder if that's the amount they expected?
I'm not on Twitter, so don't know if there's more detail... link to Portland Bird Obs where I saw the post HERE
Had a look on Twitter and no more info!
Minsmere a few weeks ago.