{"id":1857,"date":"2011-02-24T22:02:13","date_gmt":"2011-02-24T22:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1857"},"modified":"2013-11-09T18:36:36","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T18:36:36","slug":"buzzards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/buzzards\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzzards"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

After yet another misty start to the day the skies cleared, and by lunchtime there was even a touch of blue. I headed over to one of the local fields where buzzards can sometimes be seen. I was in luck! At least half a dozen were circling in the vicinity. Some were distant, but three flew directly overhead, and later on four were strung out across the horizon. These are some shots of the ones that came in fairly close.
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There's a nesting site on the far side of the field. It's too early for mating<\/a>, but a pair were circling above the trees.
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Another buzzard swooped low across the field…
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At the roadside (where I took these from) the smaller birds were active in the hedgerow. A flock of yellowhammers proved near impossible to photograph as a group (but were great to watch), and a blue tit screamed for attention!
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But nothing could compare to the splendour of the buzzards. Good weather permitting, I'll be heading back there very soon \ud83d\ude00
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM 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],"tags":[45,179,471],"class_list":["post-1857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","tag-blue-tit","tag-buzzard","tag-yellowhammer","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