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Black headed gulls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nAs well as the gulls, there were several coots around.<\/p>\n And of course no visit to a pond is complete without the ubiquitous mallards.<\/p>\n Still no fox updates, other than a discarded egg shell in the garden. So they are around, but still being evasive. I spent the best part of an hour outside tonight, standing motionless with the camera pre-focused (I won't even risk using a torch for fear of startling them). No luck though, and I eventually gave up as the frost started forming beneath my feet. There'll be other days, and warmer nights…<\/a><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\nCoot<\/span><\/a><\/p>\nMr & Mrs<\/span><\/a><\/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":[989],"tags":[1175,1160,49],"class_list":["post-1294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-coot","tag-duck","tag-gulls","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t