{"id":25255,"date":"2016-08-05T18:28:17","date_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=25255"},"modified":"2016-08-05T18:29:22","modified_gmt":"2016-08-05T17:29:22","slug":"pulborough-deer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/pulborough-deer\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulborough Deer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pulborough Brooks is known primarily for the variety of bird life that can be seen there (it is an RSPB sanctuary), but there is also a small herd of melanistic fallow deer that can occasionally be seen in the distance (it’s astonishing how they can simply disappear from view in the long grasses).<\/p>\n

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Fallow deer at Pulborough Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Once again I ventured off the main walks and cut across the paths to the Arun where a couple of little egrets were out and about.<\/p>\n

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Little egret at Pulborough Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Little egret at Pulborough Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The main proper sighting was this common sandpiper (at least I think it’s a ‘common’, seen from above from one of the smaller hides.<\/p>\n

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Common sandpiper at Pulborough Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Common sandpiper at Pulborough Brooks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One last shot from that visit (Thursday), a fine kestrel who was perched in the wooded ‘heathland’ area which is away from the main nature trails (but worth investigating).<\/p>\n

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Kestrel at Pulborough Brooks<\/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. For the deer, egrets, and sandpiper I added a 1.4 MkIII extender.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Pulborough Brooks is known primarily for the variety of bird life that can be seen there (it is an RSPB sanctuary), but there is also a small herd of melanistic fallow deer that can occasionally be seen in the distance (it’s astonishing how they can simply disappear from view in the long grasses). Once again […]<\/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":[990,980,440,1219,1004,989],"tags":[766,837,1152,702,450],"class_list":["post-25255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-deer","category-kestrel","category-south-downs-national-park-landscape-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-common-sandpiper","tag-fallow-deer","tag-kestrel","tag-little-egret","tag-pulborough-brooks","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