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<\/p>\nIt was bleak this morning. The Downs had been covered with a light dusting of overnight snow. Not too severe, but it was cold and bleak when I finally made it into work this morning. <\/p>\n
By lunchtime though, the weather had improved, although the thermometer was barely hovering above freezing. But the light was good \ud83d\ude09 Plus a heating breakdown at work meant it was as 'warm' outside as it was in. ![](\"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/blog\/fields_0501098126.jpg\")
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It was a day for the smaller birds. Smaller, red birds to be precise. A small flock of redwings were flitting between the woodland alongside one of the local fields. Redwings (Turdus iliacus<\/i>) are small thrush-like birds. They have a distinctive light bar over the eye, but get their name from the reddish underwing. Both features are visible in this shot. Here you can see the resemblance to the more common thrush. There were numerous smaller birds flitting among the trees, and several blackbirds and magpies, but my eye was taken with this little robin, trying its best to hide in open view by pretending to be a teasel seed head. I think it needs a new strategy \ud83d\ude09![](\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/redwings_0501098176.jpg\")
<\/a><\/p>\nRedwing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\nRobin on teasel<\/span><\/a>
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":[980,1003],"tags":[395,78],"class_list":["post-1280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-landscape-2","tag-redwing","tag-robin","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