The Lookout, near Belle Tout

Teasel near the Belle Tout tumult. The mild autumn weather with low cloud obscuring the higher hills to the east.

Possibly lichen growing on the chalk heath
 

Birling Gap

Rock Pipit

Bathing House Sparrows

A very high tide and rough sea had forced the local Rock Pipits up into the car park. The local House Sparrows were making good use of a puddle from the recent rain.
 

Hill Road Sunrise

Warm wind from the south brought a magnificent late autumn sunrise
 

Sovereign Harbour

 

The winds from Storm Bert were still wild at dusk. Too strong to get to the sea.

Storm Bert

  Wild weather, driving the sea in from the west just before low tide.

 

The End of Autumn

 Arctic air giving the sunrise rare clarity and a heavy frost. The end of autumn. 

Jevington Plantation

 The mild, dry Autumn continues, and the leaves in the wood lie thickly on the ground. The Hazel and Elm are yet to colour, while the Walnut are briefly distinctive, with smaller specimens revealing themselves in dark brown and yellow.

Blue sky moving south, brings cooler weather.
 

Mist across the Low Weald

 

Fox and Magpies, Hill Road

 I was intrigued to see these Magpies so relaxed and close to the Fox. I think a pair of Foxes had raised a litter near the field earlier in the year, so perhaps the animals were familiar with each other.

Song Thrush, Hill Road

 

West Rise Marsh

Female Gadwall

Female Wigeon

Little Grebe

Juvenile Marsh Harrier