{"id":1653,"date":"2010-06-14T00:06:43","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T23:06:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1653"},"modified":"2013-11-10T20:42:09","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T20:42:09","slug":"a-walk-to-the-marina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/a-walk-to-the-marina\/","title":{"rendered":"A Walk to the Marina"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Things have been hectic lately which is why the blog has been somewhat neglected. Today though was quiet and we went for a walk along the Undercliff walk between Rottingdean and Brighton Marina.
<\/span> View of the Marina from Rottingdean<\/span><\/p>\n

There were gulls (of course), but the tide was in when we set off and most of the sea birds were absent. A few fulmars were skimming the cliffs.
<\/span> Fulmar<\/span><\/p>\n

Further along we spotted more fulmars, but these were displaying a heavy moult. I need to read up more about whether these are juveniles, or adults that have moulted during incubation. There were several in this condition. Also noticeable was that they appear 'legless'. They're not, but compare this with the previous shot.
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The Marina is about a mile and half from Rottingdean (I could be wrong about that, but it took about an hour to amble our way along the walk). It's possible to walk out to sea along the outer wall, but that's for another day.
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Heading back we spotted a kestrel hovering above the cliffs, and the rather startling sight of a paraglider emerging from a flock of seagulls.
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The tide had retreated by this time, and although the wading birds had not yet appeared we did see some activity.
<\/span> Low tide<\/span><\/p>\n

A week or so ago I featured some rock pipits along the cliff face. This time they were down among the rocks.
<\/span> Rock pipit<\/span><\/p>\n

And so were their fledglings \ud83d\ude42
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Back home the fox cubs are still parading through the garden. There are two in particular that seem to dominate, a young female and her brother.
<\/span> Sister and Brother<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> The young male<\/span>
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Camera note: all daytime shots taken with the Canon 40D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens. The foxes were photographed with the EF70-300mm 4.5-5.6 DO 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":[1044,4,1003,989],"tags":[633,1142,1128,506,360,459,632],"class_list":["post-1653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coastal","category-foxes","category-landscape-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-brighton-marina","tag-cub","tag-fox","tag-fulmar","tag-paraglider","tag-pipit","tag-rottngdean","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