Everything is Permuted

December is generally a relatively quiet month in the garden. Fox sightings go down. Whether that's because they are not around as much, or whether it's because they tend to arrive late at night I'm not sure. Certainly though, I tend to spend less time outside waiting for them in cold weather. But the nicked ear vixen is around, and the wood mouse has also put in an appearance.

The greedy peanut thief appeared in the early hours of Friday morning.




It didn't stay around for too long, but with a bit of care I'm sure it will become more tolerant of the camera. I've filled up the peanut feeder as an incentive for return visits. There are a couple more shots from Friday in The Wood Mouse Files album.

It was a similar hour yesterday (i.e. early hours of Saturday) when the nicked-ear vixen re-appeared, looking as gloriously healthy as ever. I'm not sure who was more surprised when she pushed her way through the hedge. We both froze, and for a moment I thought she would disappear again. She didn't. She was in one of her better (or bolder) moods and spent some time exploring the edge of the pond.






All of the above much needed update means that I don't really have room for anything from today. And today accounted for about 200 photos. If you like photographs of seagulls and blue skies you might want to take a look at the small selection from Brighton Beach over on my Flickr site. Here's one sample image of a black-headed gull in winter plumage as a taster...



Camera note: the fox photos, and the second wood mouse shot, were all taken with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens. The first shot of the mouse was caught with the EF70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM lens (which I also used for the Brighton Beach shots on Flickr).