Mammal of the day

[shirl]

Originally Posted by The Black Rabbit

Sorry Shirl.
Maybe I wasn't clear!
I meant DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE FOCUS! (FORGET ABOUT THE FOCUS!)
What a fantastic shot!

Doug

Thanks Doug, you are too kind, I am still quite proud of it for my first attempt at snapping them, I think I might be going down to the canal rather a lot more now!

Shirl

[vole-woman]

I'm so enjoying this thread! Shirl, you're so lucky - I've always wanted to see a water shrew. Smashing little animals.

[shirl]

Originally Posted by vole-woman

I'm so enjoying this thread! Shirl, you're so lucky - I've always wanted to see a water shrew. Smashing little animals.

Couldn't sleep last night, bit too excited, so I have decided to ignore the housework and the shopping and I am off to the canal this afteroon. They are fantastic animals, so fast and they tumble and swirl around whilst diving under sediment, spectacular. Such a find!

Shirl

[badgerwatcher]

Oh, I'd be lurking in the river with a snorkel by now. If it wasn't for this dreadful cold, and the arthritis!

[The Black Rabbit]

No water shrew for me today...

I've erected a woodpecker attracting post in our back garden, which has got a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers visiting regularly in the mornings.
A day off today - so I thought I'd try and get a nice shot of one.

Unfortunately, the light was TERRIBLE (it was like NIGHT at 9am), and my bridge camera doesn't do over ISO200.

Then this little blighter decided to rub salt into my wounds.

My mammal of the day (reluctantly) is this fat, cheeky Grey Squirrel...








Doug.

[Ukwildlifeo]

Originally Posted by shirl

Today's mammal is a water shrew, taken this morning. Not what you call in focus I am afraid so declined from posting in the galery. Took 35 shots mainly of sediment!



Shirl

Cool Pic. The only sighting I've had of one was running across the road at Stodmarsh. Would love a view like that

[shirl]

Nearly got it! These water shrews will not stay still and don't go in the direction you expect. Of course it's not in focus, but you can see it's little feet quite well just before it dived under the water again. I am determined to get a good shot of one - you could be waiting a long time!

Shirl

[jennyb]

The herd is getting bigger. There were 6 roe deer in the garden today.

You may have trouble spotting the sixth near the fence.



The sixth wandered off and I decided to very carefully open the landing window to remove 2 layers of glass to try to get a better photo. You can see that 3 of them could hear my camera! The light conditions were very bad so these were taken at ISO 1600.



Jenny

[Pete Collins]

My Mammal of the Day was this Muntjac deer, which I saw near Bradenham in Buckinghamshire early this afternoon. It was about 100 yards away so the photo is heavily cropped.

I see them quite often on my walks in the Chilterns and other parts of the northern Home Counties. In fact I got a fleeting glance of another one an hour or so later on. I've only had a camera with a reasonable zoom for a couple of months, so this is the best photo of a Muntjac that I've managed so far.

[shirl]

Originally Posted by Pete Collins

My Mammal of the Day was this Muntjac deer, which I saw near Bradenham in Buckinghamshire early this afternoon. It was about 100 yards away so the photo is heavily cropped.

Hi Pete

Great to see and a good shot despite the distance, we lived in Herts for a few years and of course were always in the Chilterns, never really got close to the Muntjac though, and I haven't seen once since we left. Memories eh?

Shirl