{"id":2350,"date":"2012-08-03T23:08:57","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T22:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2350"},"modified":"2013-11-03T23:49:17","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T23:49:17","slug":"kipling-gardens-and-rottingdean-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/kipling-gardens-and-rottingdean-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Kipling Gardens and Rottingdean Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->Another day punctuated by uncertain weather conditions. Heavy downpours and leaden skies eventually gave way to warmer sunny conditions, perfect for spending a few hours down at Rottingdean. <\/p>\n<p>For once we didn&#39;t head straight to the coast, but paused by the village pond and then went on to wander around the gardens of Rudyard Kipling&#39;s home which are always worth a visit. <br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/duck_0308123633.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>The gardens are beautiful at this time of year, but as ever my attention (and camera) was focused on what animal life I could see. I missed the shot of woodpecker flying across the croquet lawn, but did spot a rose chafer as it flew past (no doubt in search of the rose garden).<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/rose_chafer_0308123709.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>Numerous thrushes were busy feeding. This one had just excavated a slug.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/thrush_0308123656.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/thrush_0308123682.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p>We&#39;d parked near the seafront, so it seemed silly not to step down to the beach as we were heading home. I&#39;m glad we did. Out on the concrete groyne, which doubles as a walkway out over the beach, I spotted a cormorant. It&#39;s very unusual for them to park themselves this close to the beach, but it was a perfect opportunity for me. I even managed some video.<br \/><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cormorant_0308123843.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cormorant_0308123813.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span class='imgcenter'><img alt='' src='https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/cormorant_0308123981.jpg' \/><\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"reactr-oembed-wrap clr\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Cormorant at Rottingdean (HD)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0_P9OAeXvwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>And to end the day, the young fox Shy Boy showed up this evening. I&#39;ll post photos tomorrow.<br \/><span class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/natureblognetwork.com\/button.php?u=Words\" width=\"0\" height=\"0\" alt=\"Nature Blog Network\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><br \/><a title=\"site stats\" href=\"http:\/\/statcounter.com\/free-web-stats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/c.statcounter.com\/7187219\/0\/2c644058\/1\/\" alt=\"site stats\" style=\"border:none;\" \/><\/a><br \/><i>Camera note: all shots and video taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS 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":[980,1044,1003,989],"tags":[449,1160,891,892,889,55],"class_list":["post-2350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-coastal","category-landscape-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-cormorant","tag-duck","tag-kipling-gardens","tag-rose-chafer","tag-rottindean","tag-thrush","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350","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=2350"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2350\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}