{"id":23589,"date":"2015-06-23T23:16:22","date_gmt":"2015-06-23T22:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=23589"},"modified":"2015-06-23T23:16:22","modified_gmt":"2015-06-23T22:16:22","slug":"herring-gull-chicks-and-a-heron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/herring-gull-chicks-and-a-heron\/","title":{"rendered":"Herring Gull Chicks (and a heron)"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a damp start to the week, today turned out nice and sunny. There was a heron down by Falmer Pond at lunchtime. I’ve not seen them there too often this year (and very few cormorants), so it was something of a treat. A couple of other cameras were also taking advantage of its presence.<\/p>\n

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Only a short break today, but time enough to take a few shots of the young herring gulls by the car park before I headed back in to work. They are always good fun to watch (if they are awake, which they were). <\/p>\n

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Proud parent with its chicks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Playtime with a discarded plastic ring (they stayed safe)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A quick scratch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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First flight attempts (not successful)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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And a final stretch of these weird things called wings<\/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":"

After a damp start to the week, today turned out nice and sunny. There was a heron down by Falmer Pond at lunchtime. I’ve not seen them there too often this year (and very few cormorants), so it was something of a treat. A couple of other cameras were also taking advantage of its presence. […]<\/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":[989],"tags":[1179,737],"class_list":["post-23589","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-heron","tag-herring-gull-chick","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