{"id":15402,"date":"2016-04-26T21:10:23","date_gmt":"2016-04-26T21:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=15402"},"modified":"2016-04-26T21:10:53","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T21:10:53","slug":"a-mixed-bag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-mixed-bag\/","title":{"rendered":"A Mixed Bag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Saturday 23rd April 2016 turned out to be a mixed bag of birds<\/strong><\/span>. We headed off for Spurn in the hope of finding something. All we found was cold and windy weather but the sun was shining. After a long walk out to Sammy&#8217;s from the Crown and Anchor, we managed to find a couple of male <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Ring Ouzel<\/span>, a stunning male Yellow Wagtail and a few Wheatear, Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff. A nice pint of Timmy Taylor&#8217;s, Sandwiches and Chips at the Crown and Anchor, rounded off our trip to Spurn. We called in at North Cave Wetlands, before we headed back into Derbyshire, for the <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"><strong>Dotterel,<\/strong><\/span> near Ashover. Finishing off at Ogston Reservoir for an unseasonal <strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Jack Snipe<\/span><\/strong>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>My year list moves on to 170.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0459.jpg\" alt=\"Dotterel_J4X0459\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0459.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0459-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0459-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0459-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0459-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0456.jpg\" alt=\"Dotterel_J4X0456\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0456.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0456-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0456-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0456-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0456-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15406\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0457.jpg\" alt=\"Dotterel_J4X0457\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0457.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0457-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0457-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0457-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Dotterel_J4X0457-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dotterel<\/strong> &#8211; male &#8211; Above three record images of this two day bird &#8211; Near Ashover, Derbyshire &#8211; Always very distant. <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0564.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Snipe_J4X0564\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0564.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0564-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0564-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0564-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0564-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15411\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0566.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Snipe_J4X0566\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0566.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0566-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0566-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0566-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0566-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15412\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0639.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Snipe_J4X0639\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0639.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0639-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0639-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0639-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Jack-Snipe_J4X0639-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jack Snipe<\/strong> &#8211; Above three images &#8211; Ogston Reservoir, Derbyshire &#8211; Unusual that this little Snipe is still around in April &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Great-Crested-Grebe_J4X0427.jpg\" alt=\"Great Crested Grebe_J4X0427\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Great-Crested-Grebe_J4X0427.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Great-Crested-Grebe_J4X0427-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Great-Crested-Grebe_J4X0427-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Great-Crested-Grebe_J4X0427-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Great-Crested-Grebe_J4X0427-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Great Crested Grebe<\/strong> &#8211; Treading very carefully as she returned to the nest &#8211; North Cave Wetlands, Yorkshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15409\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Grey-Heron_J4X0504.jpg\" alt=\"Grey Heron_J4X0504\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Grey-Heron_J4X0504.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Grey-Heron_J4X0504-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Grey-Heron_J4X0504-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Grey-Heron_J4X0504-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Grey-Heron_J4X0504-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Grey Heron<\/strong> &#8211; Ogston Reservoir, Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15404\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Cormorant_J4X0484.jpg\" alt=\"Cormorant_J4X0484\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Cormorant_J4X0484.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Cormorant_J4X0484-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Cormorant_J4X0484-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Cormorant_J4X0484-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Cormorant_J4X0484-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cormorant<\/strong> &#8211; Ogston Reservoir, Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15403\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Coot_J4X0518.jpg\" alt=\"Coot_J4X0518\" width=\"1200\" height=\"742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Coot_J4X0518.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Coot_J4X0518-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Coot_J4X0518-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Coot_J4X0518-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Coot_J4X0518-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coot<\/strong> &#8211; Ogston Reservoir, Derbyshire &#8211; Having a Yawn &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 23rd April 2016 turned out to be a mixed bag of birds. We headed off for Spurn in the hope of finding something. All we found was cold and windy weather but the sun was shining. After a long walk out to Sammy&#8217;s from the Crown and Anchor, we managed to find a couple [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[624,18,623,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-624","category-birds","category-birdsof2016","category-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15402","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}