{"id":2043,"date":"2011-05-02T21:21:59","date_gmt":"2011-05-02T21:21:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2012-10-09T21:27:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-09T21:27:00","slug":"on-the-chase-of-spring-migrants-1st-may-2nd-may-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/on-the-chase-of-spring-migrants-1st-may-2nd-may-2011\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Chase of Spring Migrants &#8211; 1st May &#038; 2nd May 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2011\/05\/02\/on-the-chase-of-spring-migrants-1st-may-2nd-may-2011\/woodwarbler\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2047\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2047\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/woodwarbler.jpg\" title=\" \" width=\"399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/woodwarbler.jpg 399w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/woodwarbler-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/woodwarbler-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 399px) 100vw, 399px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"PADDING-TOP: 0pt\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#ffa500;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">A morning birding on <span class=\"style_1\">Cannock Chase, Staffordshire<\/span> for spring migrants. <\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"PADDING-TOP: 0pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">No sooner had we started our walk, we quickly encountered a superb Wood Warbler, followed by Redstart, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo and several Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap &amp; Garden Warbler. At the favoured location, we found a pair of Pied Flycatcher, more Redstarts and Tree Pipits. Eventually the elusive Dartford Warbler was found and along our route we had many Green Hairstreak butterflies and the Common Heath, a day flying moth.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\" style=\"PADDING-TOP: 0pt\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">Elsewhere, at <\/span><span class=\"style_1\" style=\"font-size: 14px; \">Blithfield Reservoir<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \"> 4 Arctic Tern, a distant drake Garganey, a Greenland Wheatear and a Yellow Wagtail. The day was rounded off with the discovery of a singing Nightingale, a few miles from where I live. Only my second Derbyshire Nightingale. My first Swift of the year was also seen on the way to the Pub for a well deserved pint.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">2nd May 2011 an evening visit to <\/span><span class=\"style_1\" style=\"font-size: 14px; \">Willington Gravel Pits<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \"> produced a summer plumaged Grey Plover, several Redshank &amp; Little Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper and a Hobby.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_2\">\n\t<span style=\"color:#ff0000;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; \">The year list is now on 197.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_3\">\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Below: &#8211; <span class=\"style_2\" style=\"\">Wood Warbler and Green Hairstreak.<\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_3\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2011\/05\/02\/on-the-chase-of-spring-migrants-1st-may-2nd-may-2011\/woodwarbler09100296\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2046\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2046\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WoodWarbler09100296.jpg\" title=\"WoodWarbler\" width=\"651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WoodWarbler09100296.jpg 651w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WoodWarbler09100296-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/WoodWarbler09100296-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 651px) 100vw, 651px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_3\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2011\/05\/02\/on-the-chase-of-spring-migrants-1st-may-2nd-may-2011\/greenhairstreaka08990293\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2048\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2048\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GreenHairstreaka08990293.jpg\" title=\"GreenHairstreak\" width=\"649\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GreenHairstreaka08990293.jpg 649w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GreenHairstreaka08990293-150x114.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/GreenHairstreaka08990293-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 649px) 100vw, 649px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_style_3\">\n\t&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A morning birding on Cannock Chase, Staffordshire for spring migrants. No sooner had we started our walk, we quickly encountered a superb Wood Warbler, followed by Redstart, Tree Pipit, Cuckoo and several Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap &amp; Garden Warbler. At the favoured location, we found a pair of Pied Flycatcher, more Redstarts and Tree [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[20,18,218,17,171,176,172],"tags":[255,511,510,452],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-20","category-birds","category-birdsof2011","category-britishbutterflies","category-butterflies","category-european-butterflies","category-year","tag-cannock-chase","tag-green-hairstreak","tag-nightingale","tag-wood-warbler-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043","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\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}