{"id":23532,"date":"2015-06-08T23:06:08","date_gmt":"2015-06-08T22:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=23532"},"modified":"2015-06-08T23:06:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-08T22:06:08","slug":"buzzard-and-herring-gull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/buzzard-and-herring-gull\/","title":{"rendered":"Buzzard and Herring Gull"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s a lot of this going on the skies above Sussex at the moment. The buzzards are up high, enjoying the summer thermals and the herring gulls are in their most dedicated defence mode (young chicks to protect). The result? buzzards being chased all over the skies. These shots were taken early this morning.<\/p>\n

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Buzzard being chased or mobbed by a herring gull<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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And here’s one of the vulnerable chicks \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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One bonus photo for tonight as I always enjoy seeing the Painted Ladies arrive from Europe. The butterfly that is. Not many around yet, but if the weather holds this could be a good year for butterflies.<\/p>\n

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Painted Lady Butterfly<\/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":"

There’s a lot of this going on the skies above Sussex at the moment. The buzzards are up high, enjoying the summer thermals and the herring gulls are in their most dedicated defence mode (young chicks to protect). The result? buzzards being chased all over the skies. These shots were taken early this morning. And […]<\/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":[990,992,989],"tags":[1144,179,1158,737,544],"class_list":["post-23532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-butterfly-insects-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-butterfly","tag-buzzard","tag-herring-gull","tag-herring-gull-chick","tag-painted-lady","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