Mice at night

While exploring a small woodland between a motorway and a farmers field I spotted signs of wildlife in a small pile of garden waste. I set up my camera on the tripod and waited, knew I was onto something when I saw the grass moving as something moved through it.

As I waited I saw a pheasant wandering through the area.

Later that night I saw several mice but only got one decent photo.

Unfortunatly not the best of settings the next night I changed my position  managed to get a couple of pictures and saw a lot of scurring about. I noticed that when I reached forward to zoom in and focus they would run away.

The third night I changed my set up, l attached the light to the tripod and extended it as hight as it would go that lite the area much better for general wildlife watching. I stepped back into the dark to hide my movements and used the monopod for support. Got my best pictures yet.

That seemed like a good way to set up and I will try it again. Time to move to a new field where I've seen some other small interesting holes.

Annitsford mole hill

Today on my way back from a visit to Annitsford Pond I was walking past some mole hills when I saw one move.  I stood for quite a while in the rain watching the soil move waiting for a mole to pop its head out the hill was heaving so much at one point a golf ball sized chunk of clay rolled down the hill. I was waiting with my hand in my camera bag holding my camera to keep it dry until the mole came out. Imagine a balloon buried under some loose soil and air being pumped in and out and it might give some idea of how much the hill was moving.

Unfortunately I had to leave before anything happened due to the heavy rain.

A walk through to Annitsford pond.

Today I had a walk to Annitsford Pond there was a lot of bird activity on the way. In Fordley plantation I saw blackbirds, blue tits, Great tit and a Goldfinch, later in Annitsford I saw Starlings, Rooks and Blue tit. The pathway into Annitsford Pond was alive with blackbirds they seem to be the most common bird in the area. Today on the pond there was mute swan, moorhen, mallard, coot and teal.

Annitsford pond

I've been going to Annitsford pond a small nature reserve near were I live.

On the water I have spotted, 2 adult mute swan and 1 juvenile, 3 mallard,  1 coot, 1 Teal and several unidentified birds that took off from the water and flew away.

I have been told that otters have been spotted by the allotments at the far side of the lake.