{"id":2211,"date":"2012-03-10T00:03:12","date_gmt":"2012-03-10T00:03:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2211"},"modified":"2013-11-06T20:57:29","modified_gmt":"2013-11-06T20:57:29","slug":"churchyard-ducks-and-local-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/churchyard-ducks-and-local-woods\/","title":{"rendered":"Churchyard Ducks and Local Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I took a quick detour to the local churchyard this morning. No jackdaws to talk about, but a very pretty female blackbird made up for their absence.
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The ducks also seem to like an early morning stroll through the gravestones…
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That wasn't my main destination though. There have been reports that the owls may have reappeared in some local woods. I didn't see any sign of them, but the woods proved a good location and I will re-visit. The photos I managed today are on the low side of poor, the best of the batch being this green woodpecker.
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Photography in wooded areas is tricky. As well as struggling for light (and that will get worse as the trees come into leaf), everything is masked by a dense network of branches. Yes, I'm getting the excuses in early for what are among the worst photos I've posted here. Treat these as a 'diary entry' and no more. I spotted this next bird twice during the day. Both times I scarcely had time to raise the camera as it flew out through the trees, and focusing was near impossible. It's nothing more exotic than a buzzard, but to have one more or less literally on my doorstep is quite exciting. If I'm right and it has taken up residence I hope to do better in the future.
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