{"id":1329,"date":"2009-03-05T00:03:33","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T00:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1329"},"modified":"2013-11-15T19:32:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T19:32:20","slug":"london-calling-i-live-by-the-river","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/london-calling-i-live-by-the-river\/","title":{"rendered":"London Calling (I live by the river)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I had a few minutes to spare in London today. The cormorants were – for once – conspicuous by their absence (I saw only one, fleetingly, as it flew past). The gulls, on the other hand, were there in number… and variety.<\/p>\n

The black-headed gulls were the most numerous, with small flocks gathered on the mud at the river's edge<\/p>\n

\"blackBlack-headed gulls, adult and juvenile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

\"blackBlack-headed gull by the Thames<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The herring gulls were fewer in number, but this pair seemed intent on addressing the population imbalance.<\/p>\n

\"herringHerring gulls<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

The highlight though, for me, was a pair of lesser black backed gulls. Note their yellow legs (probably the easiest means of identification).<\/p>\n

\"lesserLesser black backed gull<\/span><\/a>
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
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":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[989],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-1329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-gulls","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