{"id":1350,"date":"2009-03-31T00:03:06","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T23:03:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1350"},"modified":"2013-11-14T23:57:54","modified_gmt":"2013-11-14T23:57:54","slug":"distant-raptors-its-just-a-hobby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/distant-raptors-its-just-a-hobby\/","title":{"rendered":"Distant Raptors – It’s just a hobby"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Yes they're back after their winter holidays. I saw a pair fly over the garden on Sunday. As ever they were too far off for more than a quick reference shot, but nice to see them back over the Sussex skies.<\/p>\n

\"hobby\"Hobby<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

They weren't the only raptors about. A pair of sparrowhawks circled overhead, until the local gulls ganged up on them and sent them packing.<\/p>\n

\"sparrowhawks\"A pair of sparrowhawks<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

This morning provided yet another opportunity for a ridiculously long shot. This time, it was a pair of buzzards coming in to land in a field. This is one of them.<\/p>\n

\"buzzard\"Buzzard coming in to land<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

To complete the set I have managed one rather better shot recently (not forgetting the owl<\/a>), which takes me back to Saturday when I grabbed a shot of a passing kestrel.<\/p>\n

\"kestrel\"Kestrel<\/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":[990],"tags":[179,434,1152,527,1154],"class_list":["post-1350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","tag-buzzard","tag-hobby","tag-kestrel","tag-raptors","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