{"id":1764,"date":"2010-11-01T23:11:17","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T23:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1764"},"modified":"2013-11-10T11:05:55","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T11:05:55","slug":"whooper-swans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/whooper-swans\/","title":{"rendered":"Whooper Swans"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

The start of a new week, and time to introduce another inhabitant of Regent's Park: the Whooper Swan.
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According to my bird book (RSPB Complete Birds of Britain) the Whooper is usually 'shy' and 'far less approachable' than other swans. Hmmm… well every rule has its exception, and these two were certainly far from shy.
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Two other park birds from today. First a rather splendid looking coot, relaxing at the side of the inlet.
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And a passing greylag…
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As for the home front, Bold was back again last night (Sunday), in super-relaxed mood. Just a couple of shots of her to sign off with for tonight.
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Camera note: all the bird shots taken with the EF 200mm f\/2.8L II USM. The fox was photographed with the EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM 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":[4,989],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-foxes","category-water-birds-birds-2","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