S0, What’s Been Happening?

It seems like this has been a long holiday break. I haven’t ventured too far from home but I’ve managed to get a few days in the woods.

On boxing day I managed to stalk up to a small herd of fallow. There was an annoying open patch of ground which stopped me getting closer and had to be content with quite a long shot of a three or four year old buck, laying down ruminating and watching over his does.

Most of the time I was content with just wandering along the fields picking up a few tracks. This is a nice brown hare print…

..and a badger.

I’ve had some fun with Mrs P’s camera I bought her for Christmas. She left it on the dining room table when she went for a bike ride, so I snaffled it up and had a play! It’s got a pretty good macro and zoom function.

And the sports burst shot is also very good. Notice Billy’s right rear leg in pics 5 and 8 as he goes into a rotary gallop. I gave the camera back when I finished with it. Honest!

To get some peace from the festivities, I sought refuge in my study where the table is looking more like a mad professor’s laboratory every day! In fact. I’m sewing and cleaning up Woodlife Trails’ Table of Death exhibits. Not an easy task trying to sew a shrew’s foot back onto its body.

I nearly forgot to mention that I’ve got a rat in the garden; what am I gonna do? (sorry UB40.) Needless to say it has been the subject of intense study and I’ve managed to find out where it goes and how it gets there. I think it’s living in the compost heap. I let you know more next time.

Happy New Year to everyone.