{"id":20252,"date":"2014-03-17T23:17:10","date_gmt":"2014-03-17T23:17:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=20252"},"modified":"2014-03-17T23:17:10","modified_gmt":"2014-03-17T23:17:10","slug":"geese-falmer-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/geese-falmer-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Geese and other birds at Falmer Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"

After the brief hiatus of the weekend, it’s a new week and new photos from Falmer Pond. No rats today (I promise), but the greylags did themselves proud so get featured a fair bit. The scene first thing this morning was perfect. Sunny, but not too bright, and calm. No sign of the recent fog, thankfully.<\/p>\n

\"Falmer<\/a><\/p>\n

The No Fishing sign was deserted. Not even a gull to disturb the peace.<\/p>\n

\"No<\/a><\/p>\n

The greylags were gathered around the edge of the pond. I suspect they were waiting to be fed, but they are out of luck with me. <\/p>\n

\"Greylag<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Greylag<\/a><\/p>\n

Thing s became a little more active later in the day. <\/p>\n

\"greylag<\/a><\/p>\n

\"greylag<\/a><\/p>\n

But mainly it was quiet. This duck is a relative newcomer to the pond. It was sheltering under some trees close to the water’s edge.<\/p>\n

\"Hybrid<\/a><\/p>\n

To close, another peaceful photo: a moorhen sitting on her nest.<\/p>\n

\"moorhen<\/a><\/p>\n

Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After the brief hiatus of the weekend, it’s a new week and new photos from Falmer Pond. No rats today (I promise), but the greylags did themselves proud so get featured a fair bit. The scene first thing this morning was perfect. Sunny, but not too bright, and calm. No sign of the recent fog, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1003,989],"tags":[1160,814,1172],"class_list":["post-20252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-landscape-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-duck","tag-greylag-geese","tag-moorhen","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