{"id":25725,"date":"2017-03-30T23:27:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T22:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=25725"},"modified":"2017-03-30T23:27:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T22:27:27","slug":"morning-pond-lunchtime-buzzard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/morning-pond-lunchtime-buzzard\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Pond, Lunchtime Buzzard"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was up at Falmer this morning (early meeting, but I got there with enough time to spend 20 minutes at the pond). Not much wildlife in evidence (some geese and ducks and the gulls) so I ended up taking a few shots of the pond itself. The light was great, and the two moorhens just add enough detail to this shot for me to like it.<\/p>\n

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Falmer Pond, East Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>
\nIt was genuinely warm at lunchtime, sufficient for me to take the short trek up to the Downs (I was back at Moulsecoomb by then). I had 30 minutes of nothing at all, but just before I headed back a number of buzzards appeared (six in total). A couple came in close enough for workable shots.<\/p>\n
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Buzzards at Moulsecoomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Buzzards at Moulsecoomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Buzzards at Moulsecoomb<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I’m back at Falmer tomorrow (training day), but will hit the pond again in the morning if the weather holds out.<\/p>\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":"

I was up at Falmer this morning (early meeting, but I got there with enough time to spend 20 minutes at the pond). Not much wildlife in evidence (some geese and ducks and the gulls) so I ended up taking a few shots of the pond itself. The light was great, and the two moorhens […]<\/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":[990,980,1003],"tags":[179,1159,220],"class_list":["post-25725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-birds-2","category-landscape-2","tag-buzzard","tag-falmer","tag-pond","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