Friday, 21 November 2014

The Rut



The ‘red’ theme seems to continue this week. But this time it’s deer    Red Deer, the UK’s largest native mammal.  All the images were taken on my annual October visit to Bushy Park, Middlesex.  Unfortunately the weather conditions meant that there are no mysterious mists or clouds of breath as the stags roar.


My most difficult task has been choosing which pictures to post from the many that I took.















 
 



 






 









 









 







Saturday, 15 November 2014

A touch of Grey; a lot of Red

I start on the 'mainland'  –  the Arne peninsula to be precise  –  at the RSPB reserve there.


Grey Squirrel




I think this is a member of the Chicory family



Robin


Missing the point

Grasping the point




Black-headed Gull (at the beach)




Another day and a short ferry trip from Sandbanks to Brownsea Island ...



Peafowl




Speckled Wood Butterfly



... and what I'd really gone there for ...


Red Squirrel
























... and a second, less acrobatic one: