{"id":1551,"date":"2010-01-06T00:01:10","date_gmt":"2010-01-06T00:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1551"},"modified":"2013-11-12T00:33:27","modified_gmt":"2013-11-12T00:33:27","slug":"re-wind-to-christmas-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/re-wind-to-christmas-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Re-wind to Christmas Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

There's snow on the ground outside, but no sight yet of the foxes so I'm going to post a few stray photos from Christmas Day. These were trapped on the laptop and I was only able to rescue them today. The main reason for adding them are that there are several birds I've not featured here before.<\/p>\n

But not this first one, a swan. It is the first 'in flight' shot though. A pair came past as we were walking on the path along the edge of the marina.<\/span> <\/p>\n

This next is (I think) a first for me. It's a grey plover, one of the numerous wading birds that were grazing in the shallows.
<\/span> Grey Plover<\/span><\/p>\n

The plover is displaying its winter plumage, and the identification largely relies on this in-flight shot which shows the white under-belly and darker plumage near the body.
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Next up are some dunlins. Definitely a first for me. A small group of them were feeding, though I think these shots were taken at Dell Quay (just a mile away from marina).
<\/span> Dunlins<\/span><\/p>\n

Finally, a shot of a redshank. I did feature these in the previous Christmas posts, but this is a better shot. Also taken at Dell Quay.
<\/span> Redshank<\/span><\/p>\n

If I see the vixen, I'll post photos tomorrow. Meanwhile there's a shot from a couple of nights ago on the Fox of the Day<\/a> page. But be quick. That picture will change tomorrow night. \ud83d\ude09
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and 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":[980],"tags":[33,496],"class_list":["post-1551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","tag-birds","tag-chichester","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