{"id":2180,"date":"2012-02-03T00:02:27","date_gmt":"2012-02-03T00:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2180"},"modified":"2013-11-06T22:22:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T22:22:14","slug":"greater-spotted-woodpecker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/greater-spotted-woodpecker\/","title":{"rendered":"Greater Spotted Woodpecker"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Another cold winter day and another sunrise…
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That was taken out by the fields, but it was quiet there so I headed over to Falmer Pond. It was frozen (no surprise there).
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But in cold weather even the more cautious animals venture out in search of food, and the darting flight of a woodpecker caught my attention. And I was in luck. It found a perch on a nearby tree, just catching the morning light, but slightly masked by branches.
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It then flew to another tree, with a slightly better line of sight.
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A good start to a cold day. It wasn't around at lunchtime (I looked) but there were plenty of gulls.
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There were lots of ducks too, making the most of the gaps in the ice.
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And one brave soul attempting a 'hard' landing!
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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":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,989],"tags":[378,1160,1185,1199],"class_list":["post-2180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-black-headed-gull","tag-duck","tag-greater-spotted-woodpecker","tag-sunrise","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