{"id":1208,"date":"2008-09-09T00:09:29","date_gmt":"2008-09-08T23:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1208"},"modified":"2013-11-19T19:25:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-19T19:25:03","slug":"little-egret-a-rock-pipit-and-a-sparrowhawk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/little-egret-a-rock-pipit-and-a-sparrowhawk\/","title":{"rendered":"Little Egret, a Rock Pipit and a Sparrowhawk"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Just a few shots from today's visit to the beach, starting with a lone little egret which was feeding down on one of the more deserted areas of beach.<\/p>\n

Little Egret<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Now the egret is unmissable, the white plumage and size of the bird meaning that if you see it, you really see it. Much more difficult to spot is this next bird. It's small, and blends in perfectly with the scrub which runs along the top of the beach. I was fortunate that it decided to climb on to a pebble. It got a better view, and so did I \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

Rock Pipit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

While we were watching the sea birds, a flock of starlings took to the air. A quick scan of the horizon showed the reason for their sudden movement:<\/p>\n

Sparrowhawk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

That was actually the second sparrowhawk of the day (it seems to be a good time of year for them). This one came in rather closer over the garden this morning, sending flocks of pigeons into alarm mode.<\/p>\n

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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":[990,980,989],"tags":[33,458,459,1154],"class_list":["post-1208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-birds","tag-egret","tag-pipit","tag-sparrowhawk","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