{"id":1691,"date":"2010-08-11T00:08:27","date_gmt":"2010-08-10T23:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1691"},"modified":"2013-11-10T16:28:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T16:28:51","slug":"kestrels-of-sheepcote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/kestrels-of-sheepcote\/","title":{"rendered":"Kestrels of Sheepcote"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Despite the gloom (we were, and still are, shrouded in mist for most of the day) I stopped off at Sheepcote Valley.
<\/span> Sheepcote Valley<\/span><\/p>\n

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There weren't many kestrels about, but one is enough. This male was out hunting crickets (a main secondary diet at this time of the year).
<\/span> Kestrel with cricket<\/span><\/p>\n

I tracked him to his landing site…
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Snack over, he took to the air again to hunt for more morsels….
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\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 40D and 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":[990,1003,1004],"tags":[1152,1190],"class_list":["post-1691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-landscape-2","category-south-downs-national-park-landscape-2","tag-kestrel","tag-sheepcote-valley","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