my birthday meet

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by Boddie

Hows the weather looking for Saturday over that way?

Doesn't look too bad at this stage, not ideal, but what can you expect at this time of year. I just hope the light is a bit better than it was last Saturday.

[Boddie]

Yep. If not we really should consider a different discipline

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Boddie

Yep. If not we really should consider a different discipline

i've had pretty nice pics from the little birds hide regardless of weather - you are in a scrubby area anyway - rather like the one at carsington - so light is never all that

still if it goes belly up there is irchester countrypark just up the road , and if all else fails there are some nice pubs

[eeyore]

Well the weather was absolutely shocking - or possibly not quite that good, but it takes more than a little rain to keep hardy wabbites indoors and we marked my 34th year regardless.

The rain also provided an ideal excuse for an extended lunch in the local hostelry once we had braved the elements

Below are my best shots from the day - the weather made for low light and thus long shutter speeds but litte bigma still came through for me , even if i did had to set iso to 800.

Can any agricultural lads or lasses provide an id on the bottom pic ? - and yes i know its a cow - but they were very small and I would be interested in learning what breed they are.

[Fourwings]

Originally Posted by eeyore

Can any agricultural lads or lasses provide an id on the bottom pic ? - and yes i know its a cow - but they were very small and I would be interested in learning what breed they are.

Hi Pete,

The animal in question looks like a Charolais, a beef breed that originates in France. It looks like it is quite a youngster probably no more than 12 - 15 months old, that would account for the small size.

Steve.

[eeyore]

Originally Posted by Fourwings

Hi Pete,

The animal in question looks like a Charolais, a beef breed that originates in France. It looks like it is quite a youngster probably no more than 12 - 15 months old, that would account for the small size.

Steve.

cheers mate - for some reason I had in my head that they might be dexters - which I know are widely touted as a "mini cow" for conservation grazing - but I have never seen one...