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<\/a><\/p>\nThe butterflies were doing their best to shelter from the wind, and in the relative security of the garden they didn't have to contend with the worst of it. Not so, the coastal birds. It was somewhat less windswept a few hundred yards inland, where we came across a family of moorhens on a village pond. The day ended back on the downs, trying in vain to find some shelter from the winds. The kestrels were about, hunting over the long grass with a fair degree of success. Usually they carry prey in their talons, so it was a surprise to see this.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/span> Moorhen feeding its young<\/span><\/p>\n<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>
Camera note: the butterflies were photographed with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens. The rest were taken with the EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM.<\/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":[990,980,992,1044],"tags":[1144,68,1152,1172],"class_list":["post-1433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-butterfly-insects-2","category-coastal","tag-butterfly","tag-gull","tag-kestrel","tag-moorhen","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