{"id":2243,"date":"2012-04-12T23:04:15","date_gmt":"2012-04-12T22:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2243"},"modified":"2013-11-05T21:30:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-05T21:30:50","slug":"sparrowhawk-on-falmer-parish-council-roof","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/sparrowhawk-on-falmer-parish-council-roof\/","title":{"rendered":"Sparrowhawk on Falmer Parish Council Roof"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

Three almost identical shots today, the only difference being in the extent of the crop (from none, to quite a lot). <\/p>\n

I'd gone to Falmer Pond before work. It was quiet apart from the ducks which have taken to sitting on the churchyard wall, but then in the distance I noticed a lone bird perched on the roof of the parish council building. At first glance I assumed a pigeon, or maybe a collared dove; but something told me otherwise. I was right to look again: it was one of the local sparrowhawks. It quickly moved away, but not before I'd taken a few shots. The first shot is uncropped.
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And that was more or less that for the day. Lunchtime was another exercise in dodging showers (successfully), and I've discovered some new areas to explore over the coming weeks. The only notable wildlife sighting was this yellowhammer.
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I even managed to get a shot of it on the wing.
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Those last two shots were taken high on a hill overlooking the two university campuses. Brighton University is in the foreground; and Sussex is just behind it (there's actually a four-lane road and a railway track in between them).
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Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 400mm f\/5.6L USM lens except the 'two universities' which was taken with the EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro 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":[990,980,1003],"tags":[1154,471],"class_list":["post-2243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-landscape-2","tag-sparrowhawk","tag-yellowhammer","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