{"id":26666,"date":"2018-05-22T23:35:13","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T22:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=26666"},"modified":"2018-05-22T23:35:13","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T22:35:13","slug":"cygnets-at-woods-mill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/cygnets-at-woods-mill\/","title":{"rendered":"Cygnets at Woods Mill"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent part of the day over at Woods Mill, the Sussex Wildlife Trust centre. They currently have some nesting kestrels but the stars of this visit were the young cygnets. <\/p>\n

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Swan and cygnets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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On the nest, taken from a safe distance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Swan and cygnets<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Cygnet<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There was also a family of little grebes. The light made photographing them all but impossible, but I did get a couple of nice shots.<\/p>\n

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Little Grebe<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Little Grebe and chicks at Woods Mill, Sussex<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I also saw a red kite (plus one on my way there). It seems they may have finally made it to Sussex. I’ll be keeping an eye out for them. That’s three or four sightings this year.<\/p>\n

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Red Kite at Woods Mill. Next time I’ll try to photograph one coming towards me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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

I spent part of the day over at Woods Mill, the Sussex Wildlife Trust centre. They currently have some nesting kestrels but the stars of this visit were the young cygnets. There was also a family of little grebes. The light made photographing them all but impossible, but I did get a couple of nice […]<\/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":[990,989],"tags":[1249,709,1092,433,339],"class_list":["post-26666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bird-of-prey","category-water-birds-birds-2","tag-cygnet","tag-little-grebe","tag-mute-swan","tag-red-kite","tag-swan","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