{"id":1198,"date":"2008-08-26T23:08:16","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T22:08:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1198"},"modified":"2013-11-20T00:07:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T00:07:33","slug":"buzzards-borde-hill-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/buzzards-borde-hill-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzzards (Borde Hill Gardens)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

We took a trip out to Borde Hill Gardens in Sussex today despite the continuing lack of sunshine. The gardens were pretty, but not spectacular. As well as a woodland area (where we saw a pair of female pheasants) there's a fishing lake and some interesting garden features. The gardens would no doubt have looked better with some decent light!<\/p>\n

<\/span>Italian Garden at Borde Hill<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>Garden statue<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Lake<\/span><\/p>\n

As ever though it is the wildlife that catches my eye, and right at the start of our visit we popped into the 'plant sales' area. Overhead I could hear some birds calling. There were three buzzards circling overhead. Two adults and a youngster, judging by size. Bad light is the curse of these moments, a white\/grey sky and no sunlight to catch the detail. These needed a fairly extensive rescue job, despite pushing exposure compensation to its maximum.
Common Buzzard<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Pair of buzzards<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Camera note: Landscapes all taken with the EF17-40mm f\/4L USM lens. The buzzards were caught in the EF100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS USM 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":[990,1003],"tags":[445,179],"class_list":["post-1198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-landscape-2","tag-borde-hill-gardens","tag-buzzard","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