{"id":26629,"date":"2018-05-16T22:53:07","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T21:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=26629"},"modified":"2018-05-17T23:56:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-17T22:56:25","slug":"reds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/reds\/","title":{"rendered":"Reds…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ok, it’s a long while since I’ve simply themed a page like this, but everything here is red… (even when they don’t look like they are).<\/p>\n

The first is a red-eared terrapin. They are feral (discarded domestic animals). The terrapins have survived for a number of years in Falmer Pond as – essentially – they are at the top of the local food chain with no natural predators. There are several, and this one is close to the size of a dinner plate. It’s unlikely that they’ll be able to breed in our climate as the eggs are laid on the ground and need a consistent temperature<\/a> above 25C for a couple of months. <\/p>\n

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Red-eared Terrapin basking at Falmer Pond, East Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The next little sequence is another non-native species, but rather less damaging to local wildlife. This one was sharing calls with a mate (who was out of sight). It’s a red-legged partridge.<\/p>\n

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Red-legged partridge crossing the road at at Falmer Village, East Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Red-legged partridge basking in the sun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Red-legged partridge in the shade of the trees<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This one is easy… red sky!<\/p>\n

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Sunset over Woodingdean<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Lastly, the inevitable red fox (to give its proper name). It’s a short sequence of Pretty sharing a markie biscuit with one of the cubs.<\/p>\n

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Pretty sharing with a cub<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Fox cub begging<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Whoops.. they’ve dropped it<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Camera note: all daytime photos taken with the Canon 1DX Mark II and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L IS II USM lens. The EF 200mm f\/2.8L II USM was used for the foxes.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ok, it’s a long while since I’ve simply themed a page like this, but everything here is red… (even when they don’t look like they are). The first is a red-eared terrapin. They are feral (discarded domestic animals). The terrapins have survived for a number of years in Falmer Pond as – essentially – they […]<\/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":[980,1240,4,1022,638],"tags":[1128,284,524,710,1139,1189],"class_list":["post-26629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","category-fox-cub","category-foxes","category-sunset-landscape-2","category-terrapin","tag-fox","tag-fox-cub","tag-partridge","tag-red-legged-partridge","tag-sunset","tag-terrapin","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