{"id":1918,"date":"2011-04-28T00:04:59","date_gmt":"2011-04-27T23:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/1918"},"modified":"2013-11-09T16:05:23","modified_gmt":"2013-11-09T16:05:23","slug":"swallows-and-house-martins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/swallows-and-house-martins\/","title":{"rendered":"Swallows and House Martins"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Location: the pond (yet again). This is a view across the water. The building is home to Falmer parish council.
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And yes I did see ducklings, moorhen chicks and goslings. I'm worried though that too much cuteness may carry a health risk, so today I'm going to post a few shots of two other birds that frequent the pond: swallows and house martins.<\/p>\n

The swallows have been around for a few weeks and have been tormenting the lens as they sweep over the surface of the pond hunting insects. The house martins are late arrivals, though both species will now be around for the summer. Today both species were being relatively lazy, choosing to feed in the soft mud at the edge of the pond. First a swallow.
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Now the house martin.
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And finally the pair together.
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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":[980],"tags":[720,562,1165],"class_list":["post-1918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","tag-falmer-village","tag-house-martin","tag-swallow","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