{"id":2666,"date":"2013-07-24T23:07:19","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T22:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/2666"},"modified":"2013-10-31T18:22:46","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T17:22:46","slug":"some-seaside-variety-and-one-of-the-foxes-takes-to-the-roof-tops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/some-seaside-variety-and-one-of-the-foxes-takes-to-the-roof-tops\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Seaside Variety, and one of the foxes takes to the roof tops"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->It&#39;s been some little while since I&#39;ve been down to Rottingdean. Life has intervened and at weekends it can be tricky to find anywhere to park. I did manage to get down there today. It was relatively quiet when I arrived there (it was overcast and muggy), and as well as a relative lack of people, the sea birds were also keeping themselves hidden. A few solitary herring gulls were circling overhead, and the occasional black-headed gull bobbed by on the sea.  I walked towards Saltdean.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/saltdean_2407133215.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/saltdean_2407133215-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Saltdean\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3688\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/saltdean_2407133215-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/saltdean_2407133215-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/saltdean_2407133215.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>About two-thirds of the way there I heard a familiar cackling sound coming from the cliffs. I wasn&#39;t expecting to see any fulmars at this time of year (they should be off on their summer holidays, out at sea), but sure enough a lone pair were nestled into a small nook in the cliffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fulmar_2407133141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fulmar_2407133141-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Fulmar\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fulmar_2407133141-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fulmar_2407133141-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fulmar_2407133141.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The one other reasonable sighting while I was there was a kestrel, hunting along the top of the cliffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kestrel_2407133228.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kestrel_2407133228-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Kestrel\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3687\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kestrel_2407133228-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kestrel_2407133228-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/kestrel_2407133228.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the afternoon heated up, I headed back home and was rewarded with a very welcome (and very small) garden visitor: a hummingbird hawk moth. Seeing this in flight entirely explains their name. They hover and feed on the wing, like their namesakes. They are especially partial to lavender.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133323.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133323-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Hunningbird hawk moth\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3686\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133323-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133323-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133323.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133282.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133282-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"Hummingbird hawk moth\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3685\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133282-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133282-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/hummingbird_hawk_moth_2407133282.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As for the foxes, these are all shots of Bully Boy. He ventured out into the sunshine, late in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_24071333831.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_24071333831-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"Fox\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_24071333831-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_24071333831-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_24071333831.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_2407133397.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_2407133397-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"fox\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3681\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_2407133397-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_2407133397-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_2407133397.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This though is where he was in the early hours of the morning. It&#39;s a while since we&#39;ve had the pleasure of a roof top fox. It will be interesting to see if he makes a habit of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133703.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133703-600x400.jpg\" alt=\"fox on roof at night\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133703-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133703-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133703.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133704.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133704-600x399.jpg\" alt=\"fox on roof at night\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-3683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133704-600x399.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133704-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/fox_cub_roof_2407133704.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Camera note: all shots taken with the Canon 7D and EF 100-400mm f\/4.5-5.6L USM IS lens apart from the roof top fox shots which were taken with the EF 100mm f\/2.8L macro IS USM lens.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1142,1128,506,746,1152,236,664],"class_list":["post-2666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cub","tag-fox","tag-fulmar","tag-hummingbird-hawk-moth","tag-kestrel","tag-roof","tag-saltdean","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2666\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}