{"id":431,"date":"2007-04-03T22:04:34","date_gmt":"2007-04-03T21:04:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/archives\/431"},"modified":"2013-11-26T22:44:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-26T22:44:37","slug":"black-and-white-with-a-sur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.permuted.org.uk\/photography\/black-and-white-with-a-sur\/","title":{"rendered":"Black and white with a surprising spot of colour"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n

I took the camera out at lunchtime today, not expecting too much. The sky was heavily overcast, and there were a few drops of rain threatening. And for about half an hour I was right. All I'd seen were the usual gulls and crows, and a few magpies flitting across the sky.<\/p>\n

Magpie<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

As I was walking back toward work, a flash of yellow\/green caught my eye. I wasn't sure, but I had the feeling I'd seen something I'd been after for a while now. I headed in the direction I'd seen it go, and saw another movement. I was fairly sure by now that it was a Green Woodpecker. Approaching slowly I finally spotted it high in some trees. I was much to far away, but I didn't think I'd get any closer. From the way it had been flitting along, it was easily going to out run me if I tried to approach. So here it is… my first Green Woodpecker.<\/p>\n

Green Woodpecker from a great distance<\/span>
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I took a short cut back, making my way past the dew pond. Usually it's devoid of wildlife (at least when I go there), but today there were some crows, and flitting along the edge of the water, a pair of pied wagtails. These are the tiny black and white birds that never keep still. There were at the far side to me, but there's a handy fence for resting on, and I was able to watch quietly as the pair jumped back and forth. <\/p>\n

Pied wagtail at the edge of the dew pond<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mid hop<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

On the wing (just)<\/span><\/a><\/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":[980],"tags":[33,222,120],"class_list":["post-431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds-2","tag-birds","tag-green-woodpecker","tag-pied-wagtail","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