raphaels and bedfords park
Tuesday, 4. November 2008, 22:56:44
Last Wednesday I was free and the weather was good, a rare combination, so I headed out to try photograph some more squirrel close ups. But being half term the park was packed and the squirrels unusually scare. I did get a surprise at the lake: the water level has been lowered about 1-2m so repair work can be carried out on the bank and this has created some shallow areas, shallow enough for a heron to hunt. This is the closest I've got to a heron in Essex 
The mallards are going around in gangs now breeding is done with...and courtship round the corner
I then headed (unsurprisingly) up to Bedfords Park where the red deer have finished rutting and become far more friendly to each other and those with carrots
Wandering around I came across this juvenile wood pigeon
The only other thing I saw was this carrion crow on the way in, next to the lake. It just sat there in a very photographic postion. I actually walked past it as the sun wasn't perfect and I expected it to take off. But I went back and manged this rather nice shot - the photo of the day for me
WIDGETIZE
By Dudley, # 4. November 2008, 23:36:59