I parked the car and scattered some dog biscuits, now I just have to wait. It's 7.45pm and the car park is quiet with just two cars here. I did start to feed the foxes some weeks ago but gave up when it became obvious my spot had been discovered and I found it difficult to keep up the feeding regime.

It's my second visit of the day; I was here at 9.00am struggling to get some shots in difficult light using the 7D.

The Mk4 will be ready in 7 to 10 days when I will be £440 pounds lighter, (Isn't life great).

The morning visit did not go well; I was waiting for a chance to photograph a Kingfisher and Little Grebe... The light has to be just right and with no ripples on the water. That didn’t happen.

The end result, poor shots of the Little Grebe; the Kingfisher was just too far away to get any detail. After spending most of the morning in the hide I decided to move on.

Little Grebe

Later in the day at one of the other hides a pair of Black Swans turned up and a family of Little Grebes with chicks.  I was not happy with the shots so I deleted them.

8.25pm and already the good light has gone off the car park, rabbits have started to venture out to feed things starting to look good...........

By 9.00 I was on my way home empty handed.