Roe Deer

Taken this morning Tamron 300mm lens.

Winter

Winter is here and it looks like a bad one. Rain, rain and more rain. Today there is a 'Severe Gale Warning' and rain.

A rare sight, that bright ball in the sky, unfortunately it is setting so say goodbye, I hope you return soon.

Still plenty of chances to catch a few wildlife pictures. Here is friendly Blackbird.

Muddy Path. A shot done with 'Lens Baby'

Blue Tits

Due to the very wet summer breeding figures for our common Blue tits is down over 50%. Time to start putting the food out to make sure the survivors make it through the winter.

Disturbed Sleep

A slow and carefull walk in the thick of the woods rewarded me with this shot.

The young Roe Deer was enjoying a afternoon nap and I just managed this shot with a 400mm lens before it was up and away.

At the same location about half an hour later. This time with a 200mm lens and flash fill in

Autumn colour

Badgers

I have spent some long nights watching Badgers and trying to get good photos of them.

Battle scarred Badger

Wet Badger. After bothering to set everything up a little rain doesn't bother me or the badger.

The Badger set
There are a number of problems trying to photograph Badgers. One of the hardest is focusing in the low level of artificial light you set up. A fast lens is needed. The Badgers don't bother about flash units going off and even get used to the noise of the shutter. They will tolerate a certain level of artificial light but soon vanish if they see movement or pick up a scent.

Posing Squirrel

This guy takes a look at the camera but continues the more interesting task of eating

Birds

Room for three

Pied Wagtail

I caught these shots of a Pied Wagtail near a local stream.

Tamron SP 300mm on Pentax K10D

Bright Eyes

Chicks

And another Summer Sight.

Too Close

I set up a simple hide and had a 400mm lens on the camera. Then the deer came right up close and this is all I could see.

Swan trouble

Our Swan gets angry about other visitors to the lake
This is what is heading your way

The reason he is being so nasty

Roe Deer