{"id":2171,"date":"2012-01-23T22:01:43","date_gmt":"2012-01-23T22:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2171"},"modified":"2013-11-06T22:52:46","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T22:52:46","slug":"a-flock-of-curlews-and-wigeons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/a-flock-of-curlews-and-wigeons\/","title":{"rendered":"A Flock of Curlews (and Wigeons)"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Well it makes a changes from a flock of seagulls! Two fabulous flocks of birds flew overhead today, near Eastbourne. The first was a large group of curlews, our largest wading bird; but these were high over the feeding grounds. I've posted some large versions of some of these which you can get by clicking the relevant photos.
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This is a heavier crop (no large version).
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Shortly after the curlews had left, a second flock of birds came over. Another unusual one for me, though I'm pleased to say that my attempt at identification proved accurate. These are wigeons. They're smaller than mallards, and very pretty little ducks when seen on the water.
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And a closer crop of the same flock…
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Three more shots from today (it was a good day), starting with a beautiful little egret.
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Next, a pair of canada geese.
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And finally, after all the exotic species, a blue tit (feeding 'antipodean' style).
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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":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,1004,989],"tags":[45,499,827,697],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-south-downs-national-park-landscape-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-blue-tit","tag-curlew","tag-little-egretcanada-goose","tag-wigeon","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