This week I am posting the images from my Photographic Day visit to the British Wildlife Centre in Surrey. I say, "the images", but these are only some. I took over 900 and have kept a little fewer than 10%. That's not as drastic as it reads. Some of the images were taken in short continuous bursts and each burst produced perhaps the one image that I have kept.
Red Squirrels (Sciurus vulgaris)
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| What do you mean, 'No touching'? |
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| Gimme |
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| Please, Sir |
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| My client denies the charges |
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| You want a 'classic pose'? |
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| ... I'm thinking about it |
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| ... What'll you pay? |
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| ... OK, then |
Red Fox (Vulpes vulpes)
He was still a bit shy in the first four images:
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| What's going on today? |
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| Am I tempted? |
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| What's that? |
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| Naturally wary |
... but then he came out and started to interact with us.
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| A bit of loping, perhaps ... |
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| ... and a spot of looking fierce? |
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| Lovely teeth |
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| Have you got your shots? |
Harvest Mouse (Micromys minutus)
These are all images of the same, female Harvest Mouse on her modelling début. This species is really tiny and the images were taken with a macro lens. The end of the lens-hood was often <15cm away from the subject.
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| Oops |
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| The Début |
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| O.T.T. |
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| Has the owl gone? |
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| Is it a bird? Is it a plane? ... |
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| Wow! |
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| Looking down |
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| Whoopee! |
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| Hanging on |
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| Going down |
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| Sniff, sniff |
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| Looping the loop |
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| I'm saying nothing |
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| Poised |
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| Nail-biting |
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| Where next? |
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| ♫ Why not take all of me? ♫ |
Tawny Owl (Strix aluco)
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| Camouflage |
Barn Owl (Tyto alba)
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| Looking out |
