{"id":22169,"date":"2014-11-27T00:54:32","date_gmt":"2014-11-26T23:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=22169"},"modified":"2014-11-27T00:54:32","modified_gmt":"2014-11-26T23:54:32","slug":"goldcrest-at-seven-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/goldcrest-at-seven-sisters\/","title":{"rendered":"Goldcrest at Seven Sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"

The light was awful today, and the rain was light but more or less constant. Despite the gloom, I stopped off at Seven Sisters. A little egret was quietly hunting for tiddlers in the shallows.<\/p>\n

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Little egret (ISO 3200)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several little grebe (dabchicks) were also out feeding.<\/p>\n

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Little Grebe (ISO 2000)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A robin rested on a post.<\/p>\n

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Robin (ISO 2000)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And a pigeon sheltered from the drizzle…<\/p>\n

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Woodpigeon (ISO 2000)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Outshining all of these though was a tiny goldcrest, flitting in and out of the hedgerow. The goldcrest is the UK’s smallest bird (along with the firecrest). These were taken at ISO 1600.<\/p>\n

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Camera note: all photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The light was awful today, and the rain was light but more or less constant. Despite the gloom, I stopped off at Seven Sisters. A little egret was quietly hunting for tiddlers in the shallows. Several little grebe (dabchicks) were also out feeding. A robin rested on a post. And a pigeon sheltered from the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[980,989],"tags":[476,702,1104,78,955],"class_list":["post-22169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-goldcrest","tag-little-egret","tag-little-greb","tag-robin","tag-woodpigeon","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