{"id":1743,"date":"2010-10-08T00:10:31","date_gmt":"2010-10-07T23:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1743"},"modified":"2013-11-10T12:13:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T12:13:25","slug":"central-london-wildlife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/central-london-wildlife\/","title":{"rendered":"Central London Wildlife"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

We were in London today, enjoying the late autumn sunshine in Regent's Park. The park is renowned for its water fowl, but however often I visit (and it may become a slightly more regular haunt) I still find the juxtaposition of London's human masses with such a variety of wildlife disconcerting. That said, the first creature featured today is an inevitable companion of human development. It's also the first time I've had the opportunity to feature one on the blog. Mrs W spotted it running along the path as we entered the park. She was not persuaded by my protestations that it was a squirrel with mange :whistle:
<\/span> Rat by the water side<\/span><\/p>\n

The rodent trotted by and then diverted to the water…
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And just so there's no doubt (about the mangy squirrel idea), here's a typical park squirrel!
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The most spectacular of the water birds are the herons, which lurk around the edge of the lakes.
<\/span> Adult heron<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Juvenile heron<\/span><\/p>\n

There are also numerous species of geese, including the elegant egyptian goose.
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And the bar-headed goose…
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And to my surprise, Egyptian goslings (these seem very late in the season!)
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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":[781,50,989],"tags":[191,1179,1183,515,1141],"class_list":["post-1743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rats","category-squirrel","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-goose","tag-heron","tag-rat","tag-regents-park","tag-squirrel","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