Todays Meet

[Boddie]

Another great meet today at Rutland Water, to commence with, where along with the usual shots of various birds I got a water vole, with a tick on its forehead (poor thing) and a lovely big rat. Then at Priory I got a good picture of geese in-flight and a lovely little owl.

Steve was on good form as usual and we met up with Mark (MTR) later on in the afternoon.

[Boddie]

I dont know why I said water vole. I think it is probably a mouse, of kinds. Anyway, here it is



And the little owl came out quite well too, considering its distance



I like ratty though

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Boddie

I dont know why I said water vole. I think it is probably a mouse, of kinds. Anyway, here it is

I like your owl - Nice one , I must see if I can get down to priory sometime , is it open to the public or do i need an invite ?

btw top shot is a woodmouse

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by eeyore

I must see if I can get down to priory sometime , is it open to the public or do i need an invite ?

Its a strictly private site with no public access Pete, but if you talk to me nicely!!

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by Boddie

Another great meet today at Rutland Water, to commence with, where along with the usual shots of various birds I got a water vole, with a tick on its forehead (poor thing) and a lovely big rat. Then at Priory I got a good picture of geese in-flight and a lovely little owl.

Steve was on good form as usual and we met up with Mark (MTR) later on in the afternoon.

It was a great day out, perfect weather and excellent company.

If only everyone could have seen us trying to get an image of that Woodmouse, it must have looked comical , still at least you got a good image mate, I bet that darn great Tick is giving the poor little chap a bit of pain!

[eeyore]

course I have a private site for getting images of wood mice too, its my back garden

[Boddie]

Originally Posted by Fourwings

It was a great day out, perfect weather and excellent company.

If only everyone could have seen us trying to get an image of that Woodmouse, it must have looked comical , still at least you got a good image mate, I bet that darn great Tick is giving the poor little chap a bit of pain!

I dont like looking at that picture of the wood mouse. I have deleted the original as it upsets me. Is that strange?

[matt_xyz]

that's one heck of a tick. Lovely owl shot though.

Matt

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by Boddie

I dont like looking at that picture of the wood mouse. I have deleted the original as it upsets me. Is that strange?

No, not really pal, it is a pretty huge tick and looks very painful.

Here are my best images from today, not brilliant by any standard but what can a guy do when he's only got a Sigma 150mm Macro lens to play with







I've not downloaded the S7000 yet so there may be a few others.

[cherrybee]

Originally Posted by Boddie

I dont like looking at that picture of the wood mouse. I have deleted the original as it upsets me. Is that strange?

Awww Boddie you are a big softy really No it doesnt seem strange at all.Poor little mouse.You obviously dont like to see animals hurt in any way