{"id":1300,"date":"2009-02-02T23:02:24","date_gmt":"2009-02-02T23:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1300"},"modified":"2013-11-16T00:25:13","modified_gmt":"2013-11-16T00:25:13","slug":"winter-wonderland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/winter-wonderland\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter wonderland"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Well the south of England closed down today…
<\/span> A blackbird early this morning<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> And a female greenfinch<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> This afternoon, the horses were out in the fields<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

<\/span> And the South Down walks were picturesque<\/span><\/p>\n

Around the time of the previous photo, I saw an interesting bird fly past. I followed it to a nearby mast where it had landed.
<\/span> Can you see what it is?<\/span><\/p>\n

Well I was astounded….
<\/span> A wooden woodpecker!<\/span><\/p>\n

Clearly that wasn't the bird I'd seen fly in that direction. I moved to the other side of the tower.
<\/span> That's more like it. A kestrel<\/span><\/p>\n

And no winter scene would be complete without a robin.
<\/span> Winter robin<\/span><\/p>\n

There are several fox tracks criss-crossing the garden, but the fox itself remains elusive. Odds are it's been through the garden while I've been here typing this.
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
Camera note: the first two photos were taken with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens in poor light. The remainder were taken with the EF70-300mm f\/4.5-5.6 DO 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":[980,16,1004],"tags":[33,155,1136,368],"class_list":["post-1300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-snow","category-south-downs-national-park-landscape-2","tag-birds","tag-horses","tag-snow","tag-winter","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