{"id":1565,"date":"2010-01-24T01:01:04","date_gmt":"2010-01-24T01:01:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1565"},"modified":"2013-11-11T22:48:33","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T22:48:33","slug":"counting-sheep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/counting-sheep\/","title":{"rendered":"Counting Sheep"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I was back at Sheepcote Valley today. It was cold, and the light was poor. Not a good day for photographing birds, but the sheep are still there and in poor light it's much better to have a larger subject and one you can get near.
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The magpies were still hovering in and out among the sheep, but I wasn't granted as good a spectacle as last week<\/a>. So I stayed with the sheep.<\/p>\n

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As I headed back towards the car, a small flock of linnets caught my eye. They were circling around a tree, and every so often would settle in its branches.
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And finally, a kestrel flew by…
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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":[980,1041],"tags":[33,135],"class_list":["post-1565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-sheep-wildlife","tag-birds","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