{"id":23513,"date":"2015-06-04T23:09:51","date_gmt":"2015-06-04T22:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=23513"},"modified":"2015-06-04T23:09:51","modified_gmt":"2015-06-04T22:09:51","slug":"pretty-wren-and-some-new-herring-gull-chicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/pretty-wren-and-some-new-herring-gull-chicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Wren and Some New Herring Gull Chicks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well we seem to have something resembling summer at the moment, and there is plenty to see in the skies around the South Downs, including a peregrine circling overhead as I arrived at work this morning. That’s not what I’m going post though (too far off for a decent photo). Instead here’s a short sequence of a pretty wren I spotted earlier in the week. <\/p>\n

\"wren\"<\/a>
Wren with insects in its beak at Seven Sisters, East Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\"Wren\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Wren\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The new arrivals were taken today, just at the edge of the car park at work. It’s an annual event, and the adult herring gulls jealously guard this spot. They breed here every year, and usually there are two or three chicks. I haven’t been able to get an accurate count yet as they are still in that handy nesting box, but it won’t be long before they venture out to the main roof.<\/p>\n

\"Herring<\/a>
Herring gull chicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The last shot for today is one of my attempts at motion blur, this time of a collared dove (and again taken today). <\/p>\n

\"Collared<\/a>
Collared dove<\/figcaption><\/figure>\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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Well we seem to have something resembling summer at the moment, and there is plenty to see in the skies around the South Downs, including a peregrine circling overhead as I arrived at work this morning. That’s not what I’m going post though (too far off for a decent photo). Instead here’s a short sequence […]<\/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":[276,737,285],"class_list":["post-23513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-collared-dove","tag-herring-gull-chick","tag-wren","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