{"id":2208,"date":"2012-03-07T00:03:41","date_gmt":"2012-03-07T00:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2208"},"modified":"2013-11-06T21:01:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T21:01:00","slug":"in-and-around-the-churchyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/in-and-around-the-churchyard\/","title":{"rendered":"In and around the Churchyard"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Village churchyards are an ideal habitat for much of our wildlife. They tend to be sheltered, slightly overgrown with plenty of cover to escape predators, and quiet. These rabbits were happily taking advantage of the peace to enjoy some gentle grazing.
<\/span> <\/p>\n

The ducks, on the other hand, were perhaps a little more reticent. Not quite fence-sitting, but the result's the same.
<\/span> <\/p>\n

The tiny wrens have no such qualms. They love the nooks and crannies, and ragged undergrowth, though once in a while they'll pop out for a better view.
<\/span> <\/p>\n

<\/span> <\/p>\n

Likewise with the collared dove, though strictly speaking this shot was taken just outside the churchyard.
<\/span> <\/p>\n

As for the adjacent pond…
<\/span> <\/p>\n

…. a pair of cormorants were scouting the area this morning. One briefly touched down on the water, but these were taken during the fly past.
<\/span> <\/p>\n

<\/span>
\"Nature<\/a><\/span>
\"site<\/a>
Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens apart from the shot across the pond which was taken with the EF 24-105 F4L IS USM 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":[980,8],"tags":[276,449,1160,1159,1130,285],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-rabbit","tag-collared-dove","tag-cormorant","tag-duck","tag-falmer","tag-rabbit","tag-wren","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