{"id":14482,"date":"2013-11-15T23:23:33","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T23:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=14482"},"modified":"2013-12-01T01:18:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T01:18:14","slug":"water-rat-plus-some-time-on-the-farm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/water-rat-plus-some-time-on-the-farm\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Rat plus some time on the farm"},"content":{"rendered":"

The rats are becoming ever more elusive as the water level rises, but they are nothing if not adaptable and I spotted this one today perched on a thick branch overhanging the water. I had to struggle to gain a clear line of sight to it through all the overhanging branches. These are the best I could do.<\/p>\n

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This final shot of the rat gives a better idea of its location. Its taken directly into the sun bouncing of the water’s surface.<\/p>\n

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Those were this morning. Later in the day I went out to the fields where the sheep were forming an orderly queue as the farmer arrived with their feed.<\/p>\n

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Over head a small flock of fieldfares gave warning of cold weather to come.<\/p>\n

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A pony snuggled down in the weak sunshine…<\/p>\n

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And somewhere in this photo there’s a fox. Can you find it. I didn’t see it until I was processing the pictures. The animals at the top of the photos are horses… that’s the only clue.<\/p>\n

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Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The rats are becoming ever more elusive as the water level rises, but they are nothing if not adaptable and I spotted this one today perched on a thick branch overhanging the water. I had to struggle to gain a clear line of sight to it through all the overhanging branches. These are the best […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,1043,4,167,1041,1004],"tags":[512,1128,1155,1183,135],"class_list":["post-14482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-farming-2","category-foxes","category-horse","category-sheep-wildlife","category-south-downs-national-park-landscape-2","tag-fieldfare","tag-fox","tag-horse","tag-rat","tag-sheep","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