The weather down here last week was to say the least... blustery. Winds gusting to 60 mph is a little unseasonal and although the accompanying rain was much needed, the combination of the two was about as conducive to butterfly activity as it was to photography.
Instead, I spent a bit of time looking up some pictures from earlier in the year which for one reason or another I failed to post here and came up with a visit to Keyhaven with Russ and Maureen dating back to the 18th of April.
The weather does not have the monopoly on unseasonality.
I had hoped to post an animated gif here of the Little Egret below, but unfortunately it doesn't seem to be supported here. I tried flash as well but that didn't work either. Very annoying. Anyhow, this Little Egret had seemingly strayed a little too near to a Black-headed Gull's nest and a noisy squabble broke out. One may assume that an Egret's size and armoury would make this a rather one sided battle... but not a bit of it
Driven away, the Egret carried on fishing and the Gull carried on... gulling. Of course there was a point to this, a Little Egret's diet would happily include Gull chicks given the chance.
A couple of crops of the Egret, showing that just occasionally a bit of wind can make a photograph a lot more interesting.
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