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A touch of spring?

Thursday, February 25, 2010 12:53:34 AM

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I'm always suspicious when the weather is like it was today. Mostly rain and more rain, but at lunchtime the skies cleared and it was actually quite pleasant.

There were some deer out in a nearby field.


And a lone buzzard flew overhead.


A horse ambled gently across a distant field.


There was even a surprise at home, when the newts appeared for the first time this season.



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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D. The daytime shots were captured with the EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. I used the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro for the newts.

A quiet period...Sea birds, herons and some pond life

Comments

Darkogdare Thursday, February 25, 2010 6:00:56 AM

Real spring day, with blue skies and sun. I don`t know about animals, but people must be glad for it bigsmile

studio41 Thursday, February 25, 2010 7:47:16 AM

what a tree in that first picture! wow!- and the picture is so nice... I also really like the frog photo.

Loiscakkleberrylane Friday, February 26, 2010 12:46:27 PM

The frog looks pretty happy about it too!

Adele BrandSittingFox Friday, February 26, 2010 7:05:29 PM

Great to see the newt! smile

ERWINWulpen Friday, February 26, 2010 8:20:12 PM

Great Pict

Words Friday, February 26, 2010 11:16:54 PM

Darko, we've had so few days like that recently. It was a real pleasure.

Words Friday, February 26, 2010 11:17:45 PM

Jill, the trees struggle to grow on the downs because of the winds. It's a nice shape though. And the frog... it's a newt wink

Words Friday, February 26, 2010 11:18:22 PM

Lois, it's a happy little thing (but a newt, not a frog) wink

Words Friday, February 26, 2010 11:31:24 PM

Adele, nice to have them back!

Words Friday, February 26, 2010 11:31:40 PM

Thanks Erwin!

NeilUkwildlife Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:09:58 PM

Nice photos. Im yet to see any amphibians or reptiles this years. I especially liked the newt entering the water

Mark JonesFlying Red Fox Blog Saturday, February 27, 2010 8:15:42 PM

Yay nice photos and Spring is definatly on the way after the coldest/wettest winter for 30 years! bigsmile

I will get started on my trip report soon, lovelly Fox photos Words! yes

Words Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:42:58 AM

Neil, the pond amphibs are getting quite lively now. Several frogs have shown up, as well as the newts.

Words Sunday, February 28, 2010 10:44:59 AM

Mark, as long as we don't also have the coldest/wettest spring for 30 years I don't mind. It was quite nice to have a real winter for a change. Looking forward to your report on your trip!

Unregistered user Monday, April 25, 2011 1:24:47 PM

Alan Mackenzie writes: I think there are six Roe up there. Two does and four bucks, although there seems to be a maximum of one doe and three bucks, including the eldest buck, in any single group. I'm running a spring photo diary at present, which I'm sure you and your followers will love: http://thinkingwithpictures.blogspot.com/2011/04/spring-diary-2011.html

Words Monday, April 25, 2011 11:26:56 PM

Alan, yes that number sounds about right. And I hadn't realized that outrageously good photo of an adder was yours.

Unregistered user Thursday, April 28, 2011 11:50:22 PM

Alan Mackenzie writes: I noticed that the Roe deer have ceased their winter grouping. Now that the does are just one month away from giving birth and just two months from the mating season, they can be observed with an attendant buck. The Roe deer are beginning to shed their winter coats and the bucks are no longer in velvet. The network of veins supplying the growing antlers over winter has died off, leaving fully-formed antlers.

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