Waresley Wood

The bluebells were just out, the primroses were blooming, and the blooming badgers were making toilets everywhere.  Very neat, but musky-smelling.

Charlie's Hide

A sunny and almost windless morning at Burwell Fen, where haze was the only drawback to photography.  The fox was an unexpected gem.  

Re-Tern-ees

The terns were back at Paxton Pits today, and the nightingales were in full song, but neither were amenable to being photographed.  I used a 2x converter on the 400mm but could not keep the terns in the frame; the gulls were easy-peasy in comparison.

Easter Fillies 2

Sadie posed for this snap but Meredith was caught unawares.

Easter Fillies 1

Geoff showed us round the Stanley House Stud to see the new foals.  We met Tommy the Teaser (the white stallion) whose job it is to let the stable staff know when the mares are in season, but whose fate it is never to mate with them.  The bottom pic is also of a stallion recovering from being kicked in the head.  

Waterbirds

We went to RSPB Fowlmere today and there was little but geese, so I'm putting up some other waterfowl.  Close crops seem to work better than a wider view; we lose the big spray but the background is more uniform.  Top two are of an unknown rider, the rest are Lucy Gadsby.  (Top three pix with 600mm, others with 400mm.)

Bittern At Last

For the first time since 2014 I've seen a Bittern at Lakenheath, and not just one - two were in the sky together.  And the resident raptors, Harry and Marcia, had a breakfast of rabbit that Harry brought in.