When Will it End?

It's difficult to write a wildlife photography blog when you're not actually out there practising the art. Like a lot of Dorset togs, especially those with weekday jobs, the weather at weekends has not been good enough to get out for weeks. Had I not attended a Canon demo day at Kimmeridge by taking a day off work in early November, I would not have used a camera since October 25th. For Rose, it's even worse and she is now approaching two months since she got out.

But there is a silver lining to all of this. With 7500 unprocessed images to go through from this year, I was starting to feel overwhelmed. However I expect that by next weekend, I shall have reduced that to zero and then I shall be looking for decent weather.

Finally, some wildlife news, but not good news. This image is of the very well known and much photographed Frodo. He was one of the resident foxes at the British Wildlife Centre at East Grinstead and this year I had the pleasure of photographing him on two occasions. Indeed, on my second visit in July, while I was laying down in his enclosure and shooting his female companion, Frodo was actually stood on my back to get a better view. Sadly, last Friday week, he passed away through old age. RIP Frodo