Poppy and Auntie Sheila

On Castle Hill again... spotted a kestrel hovering near the cliff edge, presumably after a rabbit for dinner?



And here is another fearsome predator: a bunny-stalking puppy. (He is actually motionless in this photo - frozen in a predator pose!)(I must teach him to strike this pose on cue.)



We walked towards Peacehaven, as usual, and when we came back, we saw Sheila and Poppy gazing at the sea by the cliffs. Someone walking in the area had said to Sheila that they'd seen "Poppy's brother", so Sheila guessed it must have been Zebedee and had decided to wait for us to come back so that Poppy and Zeb can play together.



Zebedee is not that much smaller than Poppy any more!






Zeb is going to be looked after by Sheila when we go to Switzerland for a few days.



I have been worrying about leaving Z behind, and wouldn't have even considered it if I didn't know anyone good I could trust him with... but I think he'll do just fine with Sheila.

Birds

We were driving around South Downs today and came across this magnificent peacock.






Apart from being very loud, he looked extremely stern and pissed off. And it's not that I was too close to it or anything; I took these shots with my 100-400mm lens.






I guess I would be pissed off if I had to drag a ridiculously long tail behind me all the time.



And turning around, we saw Thomas The Tank Engine! (This photo is especially for my sister's kids ;-) Click on the photo to see a bigger version of it.



Then drove to Ditchling Beacon to see the sunset.



...but instead of a beautiful sunset, we saw this gorgeous little thing!



Juvenile kestrel, I believe.






The moon looked more impressive than the sun, really, but even though it wasn't a spectacular sunset, it was a lovely one nevertheless.