{"id":1581,"date":"2010-02-28T23:02:55","date_gmt":"2010-02-28T23:02:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1581"},"modified":"2013-11-11T22:32:03","modified_gmt":"2013-11-11T22:32:03","slug":"sea-birds-herons-and-some-pond-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/sea-birds-herons-and-some-pond-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Sea birds, herons and some pond life"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

We're still under grey clouds, and the rain has been a constant but there have been one or two highlights since I last posted.<\/p>\n

On Thursday I was in London, just round the corner from Regent's Park. I only had a few minutes, but that was long enough to spot a pair of nesting herons.
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They were perched inside the perimeter of London Zoo, but they roam freely. Unlike these parrots which I photographed through the jungle of fence and enclosure wire. Colourful though!
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Today, it was still overcast but I needed to go down to Rottingdean and spent about 45 minutes watching the sea birds.
<\/span> Oystercatcher<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Great Black Backed Gull<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Ok, not a sea bird… a pipit clinging to the groynes<\/span><\/p>\n

And always, the fulmars…
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Back in the garden, the bold vixen has been around…
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And in the pond, the frogs are rubbing along nicely with the newts…
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Camera note: All shots taken with the Canon 40D. the heron and parrots were taken with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO IS lens. The sea birds and pipit were photographed with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The fox and the frog\/newt shots were with the Sigma 105mm F2.8 EX DG macro lens. Phew!<\/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":[980,4,86,989],"tags":[613,1128,1149,506,1179,114,453,612,459],"class_list":["post-1581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-foxes","category-frog","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-black-backed-gull","tag-fox","tag-frog","tag-fulmar","tag-heron","tag-newt","tag-oystercatcher","tag-parrot","tag-pipit","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