Preparations & wildlife

I've found a interesting looking place for wildlife watching, standing on a bank with  wetland on one side and open woodland on the  other. There are plenty of rabbit size holes for wildlife to appear from.

I've cleared the area where I'm going to stand of twigs and stuff, looking around I've also cleared any branches that look like they could get in the way of photos. On the way out I've cleared a lot of the twigs to create a path so I can get to my stand point without making to much noise.
Moving out of the woods I saw a Grey Heron take flight from further up the field and missed a photo opportunity because my camera was still set for the darker wood area.

Following the Herons flight took my eye to a brown form moving across the field it took me a moment to realise it was a deer. As I bent to rest my camera on my monopod it must have seen the movement and it came to a stop to look at me, I was happily snapping a way at this point, in the past when I was wearing grey clothing deer would usually bolt, but I think my new green gear paid off today as it just moved off with the same pace as it had been using across the field.

Moments like this are great to see something as wonderful as a deer up close it gived me a kind of adrenalin rush that lasts for ages.