{"id":2175,"date":"2012-01-27T23:01:49","date_gmt":"2012-01-27T23:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2175"},"modified":"2013-11-06T22:45:30","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T22:45:30","slug":"buzzards-deer-and-goats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/buzzards-deer-and-goats\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzzards, deer and goats"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

There was promise in the air this morning. Sun rising over the pond, and blue skies overhead.
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It stayed bright and at lunchtime I headed out into the fields.
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Overhead I could hear the weak but distinctive calls of buzzards. And eventually I located them. Six were in the air.
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As I headed out further along the (muddy) footpaths, I spotted a pair of roe deer in one of the lower fields. It's a long while since I've seen the local deer, though I always keep an eye out for them.
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The biggest surprise though were a small group of goats, roaming free in a small wooded area along the edge of the field. Obviously farm animals, but very pretty and certainly not something I expected to see.
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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":[990,980,440,829],"tags":[179,1200,828],"class_list":["post-2175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-deer","category-goat","tag-buzzard","tag-goat","tag-roe-deer","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