{"id":26366,"date":"2018-01-31T22:49:07","date_gmt":"2018-01-31T22:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=26366"},"modified":"2018-01-31T22:49:07","modified_gmt":"2018-01-31T22:49:07","slug":"falmer-pond-and-a-blue-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/falmer-pond-and-a-blue-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Falmer Pond and a Blue Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"

That’s bit of a grand title, for what is simply my post this year about Falmer Pond. I was up there briefly this morning (early light, dull with a hint of rain) and then again at lunchtime when a little bit of sunshine appeared. <\/p>\n

Although nothing especially unusual happens there, I like the peace and quiet and that occasionally there are one or two more interesting birds. Today was good day: a cormorant and a heron.<\/p>\n

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The heron was perched on the willow sited on the island in the centre of the pond.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Heron<\/a>
Heron in flight<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cormorant<\/a>
Cormorant swimming on Falmer Pond, East Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Cormorant<\/a>
Cormorant hanging itself out to dry<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And to mark the occasion, it’s what’s known as a blue moon today (the second full moon in the same calendar month). It’s also a super moon (at the closest point in its orbit). To be honest, it looks just like does every other time of the year, but I took a photo anyway.<\/p>\n

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Super Blue Moon<\/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":"

That’s bit of a grand title, for what is simply my post this year about Falmer Pond. I was up there briefly this morning (early light, dull with a hint of rain) and then again at lunchtime when a little bit of sunshine appeared. Although nothing especially unusual happens there, I like the peace and […]<\/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":[980,1031,989],"tags":[1244,449,1159,1179,38,1231],"class_list":["post-26366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-moon-landscape-2","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-blue-moon","tag-cormorant","tag-falmer","tag-heron","tag-moon","tag-supermoon","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