{"id":25073,"date":"2016-06-08T22:34:42","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=25073"},"modified":"2016-06-08T22:34:42","modified_gmt":"2016-06-08T21:34:42","slug":"kestrels-lizards-and-some-rural-street-art","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/kestrels-lizards-and-some-rural-street-art\/","title":{"rendered":"Kestrels, Lizards and some rural street-art"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve not posted for a few days, but on and off I’ve been out and about with the camera. The local short-eared owls seemed to have moved away for the summer (no reports of sightings for a week or so), but there are some cuckoos in the area. I’ve neither seen nor heard them yet, but I’ve had reliable reports from two sources. If I do see them that would be an absolute thrill. I don’t think I’ve ever seen or knowingly heard one before!<\/p>\n

Anyway, Sheepcote Valley may have lost its owls for now, but the kestrels seem to be back in force. <\/p>\n

\"Female<\/a>
Female kestrel at Sheepcote Valley, Brighton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And here are a couple of a male kestrel (note the grey head feathers).<\/p>\n

\"Kestrel<\/a>
Kestrel at Sheepcote Valley, Brighton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Male<\/a>
Male kestrel hovering over Sheepcote Valley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The little common lizards are still enjoying the warmth of the brickwork at the edge of the car park at work. Here’s one from today enjoy the sunshine.<\/p>\n

\"Common<\/a>
Common lizard at Watts bank, University of Brighton, Moulsecoomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Watts bank, which my office<\/del> desk overlooks also attracts butterflies. Nothing too extravagent at the moment, but the common blues are quite abundant. This is a female.<\/p>\n

\"Common<\/a>
Common blue butterfly (female), Watts Bank, University of Brighton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As for the rural street art… I came across this in the middle of a local field. The burnt out wreck has been there for a while apparently. It seems that someone decided to give it a paint job to make it less of an eye-sore.<\/p>\n

\"Burnt<\/a>
Burnt out car painted by graffiti artists, Brighton<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Detail<\/a>
Detail of graffiti car<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A second abandoned car nearby had also been given the same treatment. It doesn’t solve the issue of abandoned vehicles (Brighton Council take note), but I did appreciate the creative tocuh of the unknown artist.<\/p>\n

Last shot… Eye of Lizard!<\/p>\n

\"Eye<\/a>
Eye of Lizard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camera note: kestrel and car photos taken with the Canon 7D Mark II and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens. Butterfly and lizard taken with the EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM lens. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve not posted for a few days, but on and off I’ve been out and about with the camera. The local short-eared owls seemed to have moved away for the summer (no reports of sightings for a week or so), but there are some cuckoos in the area. I’ve neither seen nor heard them yet, […]<\/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":[990,992,1224,1219,1003,555],"tags":[1144,1225,959,1152],"class_list":["post-25073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-butterfly-insects-2","category-graffiti","category-kestrel","category-landscape-2","category-lizard","tag-butterfly","tag-common-lizard","tag-graffiti","tag-kestrel","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