{"id":23544,"date":"2015-06-11T23:14:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-11T22:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=23544"},"modified":"2015-06-11T23:14:41","modified_gmt":"2015-06-11T22:14:41","slug":"lots-of-cuteness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/lots-of-cuteness\/","title":{"rendered":"Lots of Cuteness!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Summer is here (storm clouds threatened for tomorrow, but I can live with that). Anyway, today I took some proper time to watch the local youngsters&#8230; house martins and herring gulls.<\/p>\n<p>These are a couple of the young martins, snug in their nest. There are several of these under the eaves of the row of cottages at Falmer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23546\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23546\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_1106159842.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_1106159842-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"house martin chicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_1106159842-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_1106159842-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_1106159842.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23546\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">House martin chicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_11061599181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_11061599181-600x356.jpg\" alt=\"house martin chicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_11061599181-600x356.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_11061599181-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_chicks_11061599181.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23547\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23547\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_1106159876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_1106159876-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"house martin chicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_1106159876-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_1106159876-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/house_martin_1106159876.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23547\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the adult house martins on a flint wall below the roof.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The real local characters though are the young herring gulls. There are small clutches all over the roofs at work, but these two are in my favourite spot (by the car park), and are just hitting that stage where they look faintly absurd!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23549\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23549\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_122.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_122-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"herring gull chick\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_122-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_122-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_122.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23549\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I do art impressions: The Scream<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_375.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_375-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Herring gull chicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23551\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_375-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_375-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_375.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\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_264.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_264-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Herring gull chicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_264-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_264-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_264.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23553\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23553\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_214-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Herring gull chicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"size-large wp-image-23553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_214-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_214-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_214.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23553\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">And the adults always keep a watchful eye on them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_467-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Herring gull chicks\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-23550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_467-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_467-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/herring_gull_chick_1106159999_467.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>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":"<p>Summer is here (storm clouds threatened for tomorrow, but I can live with that). Anyway, today I took some proper time to watch the local youngsters&#8230; house martins and herring gulls. These are a couple of the young martins, snug in their nest. 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