{"id":1838,"date":"2011-02-03T23:02:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-03T23:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1838"},"modified":"2013-11-09T19:31:44","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T19:31:44","slug":"sunshine-in-the-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/sunshine-in-the-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunshine in the Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

This is more or less the identical shot that I used to open Tuesday's post<\/a>. What a difference a little sunshine makes.
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The birds excelled themselves and I really am spoilt for choice today.
<\/span> Juvenile herring gull with a plastic cap (fortunately it didn't try to swallow it)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Whooper swan, dozing at the edge of the water<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> A flock of black-headed gulls (to make up for not posting yesterday's shots)<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> Coot on the run<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span> A great-crested grebe about to dive<\/span><\/p>\n

For all those shots, I spent most of my time watching a pair of cormorants high in the treetops on the far side of the lake. Cormorants, and herons that is… sharing the space.
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That's the first time I've seen cormorants in trees, and watching them perch alongside herons is really quite a bizarre sight. Both species have a deeply atavistic aspect to them. <\/p>\n

Is this really central London in the 21st century?
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Lastly. the little male fox came by a second time last night and I caught a little bit of the visit on video. I'll try to process the footage at the weekend. Here's a very brief snippet for now \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n