{"id":19109,"date":"2017-04-24T18:18:45","date_gmt":"2017-04-24T18:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=19109"},"modified":"2017-04-24T18:18:45","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T18:18:45","slug":"a-black-white-jewel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-black-white-jewel\/","title":{"rendered":"A Black &#038; White Jewel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #6aa84f;\">Mid April is the time of the year when our local<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Pied Flycatchers,&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"color: #6aa84f;\">little black and white jewels, arrive back in the Sessile Oak Woods of Derbyshire&#8217;s Peak District<\/span><\/strong>. Their arrival also coincides with other early spring migrants such as <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Redstart<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Tree Pipit<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Cuckoo, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">Northern Wheatear&nbsp;<\/span><\/span>and <span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Ring Ouzel<\/span> and so often leads to a great mornings birding in my home county of Derbyshire, catching up on all these attractive&nbsp;birds. By the end of the morning and a trip onto the moors for Red Grouse, <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">my year list has moved on to 186.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19110\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7423.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7423.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7423-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7423-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7423-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7423-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/>&nbsp;&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19114\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7450.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7450-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7450-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7450-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7450-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19113\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7347.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1018\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7347.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7347-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7347-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7347-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher_M2A7347-700x432.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19112\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7414.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1117\" height=\"1600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7414.jpg 1117w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7414-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7414-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7414-768x1100.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7414-489x700.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1117px) 100vw, 1117px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19111\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7169.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7169-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7169-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7169-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Pied-Flycatcher-_M2A7169-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Pied Flycatcher<\/strong> &#8211; male &#8211; above 5 images of two different birds &#8211; Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19115\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stonechat-_M2A7485.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stonechat-_M2A7485.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stonechat-_M2A7485-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stonechat-_M2A7485-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stonechat-_M2A7485-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Stonechat-_M2A7485-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Stonechat<\/strong> &#8211; male &#8211; Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mid April is the time of the year when our local Pied Flycatchers,&nbsp;little black and white jewels, arrive back in the Sessile Oak Woods of Derbyshire&#8217;s Peak District. Their arrival also coincides with other early spring migrants such as Redstart, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo, Northern Wheatear&nbsp;and Ring Ouzel and so often leads to a great mornings [&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":[644,18,643,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-644","category-birds","category-birdsof2017","category-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19109","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=19109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19109\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}