{"id":23434,"date":"2015-05-14T23:40:41","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T22:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=23434"},"modified":"2015-05-14T23:40:41","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T22:40:41","slug":"a-vole-rescue-and-other-bits-and-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/a-vole-rescue-and-other-bits-and-pieces\/","title":{"rendered":"A Vole Rescue and other bits and pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been busy with other parts of life recently, hence the intermittent blogging. There are a few things to report though, about hte local wildlife, starting with a rescue of a baby vole. It happened at work where there is some building\/digging going on. One of the site workers discovered a baby vole. It’s likely the nest had been disturbed by heavy digging, but he rescued one and passed it to a colleague of mine who found me in the main building, and from there it was a quick visit to my local animal rescue centre. Nothing very dramatic there, but it was a very tiny, very cute little thing. Sorry that the photo (taken on an iPod Touch) is so poor.<\/p>\n

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Baby vole wrapped in toilet tissue<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Other new babies on the block include these ducklings at Falmer pond. <\/p>\n

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Ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ducklings<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There seem to be two broods, and hopefully they will survive and avoid the predators, one of which – unfortunately – is still lurking in the shallows.<\/p>\n

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Terrapin at Falmer Pond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Predators are also a risk from above, and I was pleased to see a fine peregrine falcon fly over Falmer.<\/p>\n

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Peregrine falcon over Falmer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Meanwhile the badgers and foxes are still making good use of the garden. I’ve not seen any tonight, but will try again in a few minutes.<\/p>\n

All for now…<\/p>\n

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

I’ve been busy with other parts of life recently, hence the intermittent blogging. There are a few things to report though, about hte local wildlife, starting with a rescue of a baby vole. It happened at work where there is some building\/digging going on. One of the site workers discovered a baby vole. It’s likely […]<\/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":[990,638,1121,989,3],"tags":[1176,300,1189,337],"class_list":["post-23434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-terrapin","category-vole","category-water-birds-birds-2","category-wildlife","tag-duckling","tag-peregrine-falcon","tag-terrapin","tag-vole","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