Wildcat Kittens

Our wildcat kittens have grown up fast, and it won't be long until they are moved on to their new homes to aid with the breeding and conservation efforts going on to help try and save our remaining native cat.

Here are a few photos from a few weeks a go of all three of them, all now becoming quite bold and "wildcatty"

Braveheart, above and below, is becoming a favourite. It will be a real shame to see him go... Such a character already, and really trying to be the 'Big vicious" wildcat, just like his dad. He is practising his scowl and hiss as you can see.

And here is his dad, Macavity, above and below... just to show that little Braveheart  has a little way to go yet to perfect both :-)

Thanks for looking :-)

Hugo the Hedgehog

"Hugo" the Hedgehog

Autumn is here, the leaves are falling and beautiful in colour, so as with most years I found some time to take full advantage and take some photos. I have quite a few pictures of our hedgehogs completely surrounded by leaves, and in amongst dried leaves, so this year used some freshly dropped yellow leaves.

We found a spot just next to our fox enclosure with a patch of grass and some lovely coloured leaves. Not too many, but enough to show a hint. The spot was perfect for a bit of back light too. "Hugo" the hedgehog was the model for the afternoon, and he was a star as always!

After a few autumnal photos, we took Hugo to a clean bit of grass for some very simple portraits... all for the office stock library.

Thanks for looking :-)

Weasels

It's been a while... several months in fact... since I got my new camera, a Nikon D500. Work has been so busy though this year with various comings and goings that I have only really had time to start playing around properly with it the last few days. Still a lot to learn, and although it is still Nikon like my other camera, I am finding it hard to get the settings right for what I am after, but still it is a learning curve. Hopefully with time I will get there :-)

Although I have more time, we are still very busy at work, so I have had to do short bursts. Twenty minutes here and there. My first couple of goes were with our weasels, see below, but I have a few of the kittens and our hedgehog Hugo too that I want to share at some point.

Thanks for looking :-)