{"id":20494,"date":"2014-04-22T23:25:21","date_gmt":"2014-04-22T22:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=20494"},"modified":"2014-04-22T23:25:21","modified_gmt":"2014-04-22T22:25:21","slug":"woodpecker-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/woodpecker-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Woodpecker Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Woodpecker sightings are, for me, still a rare enough phenomenon to be worthy of note, and a photo or two. Today was doubly special as I spotted two woodpeckers within a few yards of each other while out in Westlain Plantation, a small wood at the edge of Falmer. The first was a male great spotted woodpecker.<\/p>\n

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Approaching woodpeckers is a mug’s game. They are literally flighty, and sure enough as I edged towards the great spotted it took off to a more distant tree. Less true to form, a second woodpecker edged around a tree directly in front of me. It was a large female green woodpecker.<\/p>\n

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As you can see from the third shot, it too finally took to the wing. Nice though to see both species at one site, not least because it’s located no more than 50 yards from where I park the car in the morning. With luck and some patience I hope to see them again soon.<\/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":"

Woodpecker sightings are, for me, still a rare enough phenomenon to be worthy of note, and a photo or two. Today was doubly special as I spotted two woodpeckers within a few yards of each other while out in Westlain Plantation, a small wood at the edge of Falmer. The first was a male great […]<\/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":[980],"tags":[198,222],"class_list":["post-20494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","tag-great-spotted-woodpecker","tag-green-woodpecker","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