{"id":2158,"date":"2012-01-10T23:01:30","date_gmt":"2012-01-10T23:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2158"},"modified":"2013-11-06T23:51:25","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T23:51:25","slug":"early-morning-in-sheepcote-valley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/early-morning-in-sheepcote-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Early morning in Sheepcote Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

A slight change of early morning scenery. This is Sheepcote Valley, and here are two of the sheep.
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Brighton racecourse sits at the edge of the valley, and most mornings the local stables give their thoroughbreds a run out.
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But the morning is about bird song as much as anything else, and I don't mean the cackle of the mapgpie…
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Or even the bright calling of the robin…
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The song that dominated this morning was from the aptly named song thrush. Smaller than the mistle thrush it has suffered a sharp decline in numbers in recent years and is now on our 'red list'. The song thrush has a bright repetitive song. It's simple but with a few small flourishes. You can listen to it here<\/a>.
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D EF and 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,167,1003,1041],"tags":[1155,109,78,135,212],"class_list":["post-2158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-horse","category-landscape-2","category-sheep-wildlife","tag-horse","tag-magpie","tag-robin","tag-sheep","tag-song-thrush","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