Run And Hide

Run And Hide, a photo by julian sawyer on Flickr.

With four Kestrels and a young Peregrine hunting over the meadows this morning, it was a bad time to be small and furry.

It's All In The Preperation

It's All In The Preperation, a photo by julian sawyer on Flickr.

Weather permitting, I have a field trip planned for the middle of the week and so today was a good time to see how my potential subjects were getting on.
Durlston is a great place to visit at any time of year, but now the meadows are bursting with flowers and countless little beasts and bugs.

Feeling The Heat

Feeling The Heat, a photo by julian sawyer on Flickr.

Every now and again, the Sun comes out and we have a little bit of summer!
This young Thrush (I think it's a Thrush), was doing its best to keep cool without going to the trouble of getting into the shade!

The Race

The Race, a photo by julian sawyer on Flickr.

Watching Otters in the wild is a real privilege but already these animals are getting blamed, by some course fishermen, for a drop of fish numbers in our rivers.
I had a chat with a very opinionated chap about just this subject, the other day.
Now, I am all for people having fun in the countryside, but it may be handy to remember that Otters catch fish to live, not just for something to do on a Sunday afternoon.

The Young Need Boundaries

The Young Need Boundaries, a photo by julian sawyer on Flickr.

This is one of the three young Roe Deer fawns that I saw last night.
It was happily wandering around, picking fights with the butterflies and causing trouble for his mum.
After a while she hopped overt the wall and left him to play on his own for while.

Eat Buttercups, Stay Beautiful

Eat Buttercups, Stay Beautiful, a photo by julian sawyer on Flickr.

With the promise of a blue sky evening, I went off in search of our Roe deer youngsters.
There were three seperate mums with fawns but I don't get too close when they are tiny, so I stayed with this one instead.
Now this may look very similar to the deer shot that I took couple of days ago, but it is totally different.
This one is eating a buttercup!

Short Walks and Loud Voices

Short Walks and Loud Voices, a photo by julian sawyer on Flickr.

Short walks are all I seem to manage these days which is very frustrating and my poor old camera is feeling a little unloved.
Still, I did manage a walk to the cliffs when the Sun came out and that is always good.
On full-time backing vocals duty was the Whitethroat, plenty about and very noisy!