All the other blackbirds that come to our garden are really quite neat and tidy (they might have the odd feather askew), but Mr Scruffy is, well, somewhat scruffy looking! I don't know if he's had a particularly stressful time bringing up kids, or whether he's started his moult earlier than the others, but he certainly stands out! :D Personally, I ( Read more... )

Macro shots of a dandelion on our front lawn that went to seed (shortly before its removal). I've been playing with the contrast and colours. Just experimenting really!

( Under here )

So there was this stand off going on next door! In the top left hand corner, a grey squirrel, on the bottom right, a cat. They sat like this for several minutes, the cat's tail waving, the squirrel waving its tail in agitation and moving about the tree branch. Wasn't sure if it was worried, teasing the cat or what ( Read more... )

Some photos of a green shield bug, using the macro lens. Not as good as I like, but then I didn't have time to grab the small tripod, but not too out of focus all the same! I do love my macro lens, just got to get better with it ( Read more... )

Last post from the Cat Survival Trust, but not cats! There was a lovely pony and her week old foal being moved from one area to another and we happened to be in the right place, right time to take some photos! Such a cute foal!

( New to the world! )

Today we have some lovely racoon dogs, a couple of ring tailed lemurs and an eagle owl!

( Other animals )

Last of the cats from the Cat Survival Trust, but there are still some photos to go, as they have other animals there too. This time we have the jaguarundi, servals, ocelot and various domestic moggies that roamed the grounds freely!

( Other cats )

Here are some photos of the two bobcats at the Cat Survival Trust. They are male and female and are a pair, but they have to separate them at feeding time because otherwise they fight over the food!!

I think the slightly light coloured one is the male, and the one being fed is the female, but I could have got that wrong.

WARNING: Raw meat being ( Read more... )

Today we have the Amur leopards and the fishing cat.

( Amur leopards and fishing cat )

The snow leopards spent most of the time sleeping, so enjoy the first photo of an awake one, because the rest are either sleeping or yawning shots!! I think we were lucky that all the cats weren't sleeping, considering how many hours a day cats sleep!

( Snow leopards )