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<\/a><\/p>\nBut mainly it was a day for the birds, with the gulls featuring heavily. In the morning I spied a herring-gull-spat on a nearby rooftop. This evening we saw two gulls settle by the pond. They rarely land in the garden and I have a worrying suspicion that they were after the tadpoles \ud83d\ude41 We still have some<\/i> in the pond, so all may not be lost, but the mass of tadpoles in the centre seems to have vanished. That may be because they've dispersed but the density does seem reduced.<\/p>\n Less of the threat are the wood pigeons, and this one took a leisurely stroll through the garden.<\/p>\n Among the other visitors were blackbirds, a robin (hiding in the thick of the branches), a great tit (also hiding) and some chirruping blue tits. But the current stars are without doubt the greenfinches, so no apologies for including some more photos, this time on the branches above the feeder.<\/p>\n Camera note: all shots taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,992],"tags":[33,1144],"class_list":["post-1099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-butterfly-insects-2","tag-birds","tag-butterfly","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
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