{"id":31091,"date":"2025-03-26T23:48:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/?p=31091"},"modified":"2025-03-26T23:52:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T23:52:58","slug":"spring-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/spring-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today, with warm sunshine, it really felt as though spring had arrived. Here&#8217;s a few photos from the garden, in keeping with the season. My favourite is this first image of a bee on the White Icicle flowering currant shrub. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bee_currant_2603250391.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"850\" height=\"889\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bee_currant_2603250391.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31092\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bee_currant_2603250391.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/bee_currant_2603250391-287x300.jpg 287w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 850px) 100vw, 850px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Bee on White Icicle flowering currant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kestrels are very common locally, but it&#8217;s unusual for one to fly over the garden. They usually keep to the more open fields on the Downs which I suspect is where this male was headed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kestrel_2603250467.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kestrel_2603250467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31093\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kestrel_2603250467.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/kestrel_2603250467-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A male kestrel flew over garden<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And of course there has to be a fox. Lopa (our friendly vixen) is clearly nursing a litter. Whether we will ever get to see them is more uncertain but she&#8217;s doing well.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fox_lopa_2603250549.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fox_lopa_2603250549.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31094\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fox_lopa_2603250549.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/fox_lopa_2603250549-300x202.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lopa the vixen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, with warm sunshine, it really felt as though spring had arrived. Here&#8217;s a few photos from the garden, in keeping with the season. My favourite is this first image of a bee on the White Icicle flowering currant shrub. Kestrels are very common locally, but it&#8217;s unusual for one to fly over the garden. 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