{"id":21085,"date":"2017-07-09T20:19:23","date_gmt":"2017-07-09T20:19:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=21085"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:41:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:41:53","slug":"a-few-hours-of-local-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-few-hours-of-local-stuff\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Hours of Local Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #6aa84f;\"><strong>A few hours were spent this am at Willington Gravel Pits<\/strong><\/span>, in the hope of year ticking a &#8220;Gropper&#8221;, I missed them again. Still singing apparently, but not to me. Reed Warbler and Common Tern seem to be doing OK here and a family party of Raven flew over. Other wise fairly quiet apart from a few fly through Black-tailed Godwit early doors.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21090\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3120.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3120.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3120-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3120-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3120-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3120-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21091\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3194.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3194-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3194-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3194-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3194-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3204.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3204.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3204-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3204-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3204-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Reed-Warbler-_J4X3204-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Reed Warbler<\/strong> &#8211; above 3 images &#8211; Willington GP &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21087\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3313.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3313.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3313-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3313-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3313-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3313-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21088\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3315.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3315-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3315-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3315-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3315-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21089\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3317.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3317.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3317-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3317-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3317-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Common-Tern-_J4X3317-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Common Tern<\/strong> &#8211; above 3 images &#8211; Willington GP &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-21086\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-headed-Gull-_J4X3282.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1650\" height=\"1020\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-headed-Gull-_J4X3282.jpg 1650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-headed-Gull-_J4X3282-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-headed-Gull-_J4X3282-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-headed-Gull-_J4X3282-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/Black-headed-Gull-_J4X3282-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1650px) 100vw, 1650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black-headed Gull<\/strong> &#8211; Willington GP &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9 &#8211; Good numbers have bred here this year with many fledged juveniles.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few hours were spent this am at Willington Gravel Pits, in the hope of year ticking a &#8220;Gropper&#8221;, I missed them again. Still singing apparently, but not to me. Reed Warbler and Common Tern seem to be doing OK here and a family party of Raven flew over. Other wise fairly quiet apart from [&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":[18,643],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-birdsof2017"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21085","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=21085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21085\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}