{"id":23486,"date":"2015-05-30T23:39:01","date_gmt":"2015-05-30T22:39:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=23486"},"modified":"2015-05-30T23:39:01","modified_gmt":"2015-05-30T22:39:01","slug":"cute-badger-video-plus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/cute-badger-video-plus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cute Badger Video plus&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another mainly badger post this weekend, but if I have time I&#8217;ll slip in some daytime wildlife as well. I&#8217;m going to start with a short clip taken by trail camera a few nights ago. It&#8217;s a sequence which shows some behavioural traits as two badgers meet in the garden.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WETLRFaGS2M?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Cute, eh?<\/p>\n<p>Now for a few photos&#8230; This is the bolder of the pair. We spotted him at the rear of the garden. He backed off when I went out to lay out some peanuts for him, but soon returned. Their sense of smell is acute. He stood at the rear of the garden sniffing for while, and hten headed down the path straight to the small supply of food. I was 10-15 feet further down the garden with the camera.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23487\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23487\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157012-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Badger on steps\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157012-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157012.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Badger on steps<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157025-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Badger on the path\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157025-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157025-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157025.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157030.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157030-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Badger on the path\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157030-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157030-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157030.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157035.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157035-503x600.jpg\" alt=\"Badger on the path\" width=\"503\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157035-503x600.jpg 503w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157035-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/badger_2805157035.jpg 755w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 503px) 100vw, 503px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ok, some daytime stuff from last week. The current pick of the birds at Falmer are the house martins, swifts and swallows. Mostly they are sweeping the skies overhead for insects, but they also skim the pond (though getting decents shots of that is even trickier than following hteir erratic flight paths against the sky. Hence, sky shots.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23491\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23491\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156577.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156577-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"House martin\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156577-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156577-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156577.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23492\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23492\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156582.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156582-600x398.jpg\" alt=\"House martin\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156582-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156582-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/house_martin_2705156582.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23492\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23493\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swallow_2705156797.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swallow_2705156797-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Swallow\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swallow_2705156797-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swallow_2705156797-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swallow_2705156797.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swallow<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23494\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23494\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156770.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156770-600x404.jpg\" alt=\"Swift\" width=\"600\" height=\"404\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156770-600x404.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156770-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156770.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23495\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23495\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156787.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156787-600x401.jpg\" alt=\"Swift\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156787-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156787-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/swift_2705156787.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23495\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swift<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>More next week, but probably not daily for a while. You can follow me on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/permuted\">Twitter<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permuted\">Facebook<\/a>, or subscribe via <a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/contact-2\/\">email<\/a> if you want to keep up to date.<\/p>\n<p><em>Camera note: all badger photos taken with the Canon 7D  Mark II and EF 200mm f\/2.8L II USM lens. Birds and rats with the EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM  lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another mainly badger post this weekend, but if I have time I&#8217;ll slip in some daytime wildlife as well. I&#8217;m going to start with a short clip taken by trail camera a few nights ago. It&#8217;s a sequence which shows some behavioural traits as two badgers meet in the garden. Cute, eh? Now for a [&hellip;]<\/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":[994,980],"tags":[160,562,1165,1186],"class_list":["post-23486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-badger-wildlife","category-birds-2","tag-badger-2","tag-house-martin","tag-swallow","tag-swift","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}