{"id":22398,"date":"2017-10-30T17:45:04","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T17:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=22398"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:42:48","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:42:48","slug":"a-2nd-visit-to-pwll-du","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-2nd-visit-to-pwll-du\/","title":{"rendered":"A 2nd Visit to Pwll-Du"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #38761d;\"><strong>This was the first weekend that Barrie &amp; Anita could get to see the Rock Thrush<\/strong><\/span>. It was a &#8220;British Tick&#8221; for Anita, so I offered them a lift and we set off for the quarry at Pwll Du, Blaenavon on Sunday 29th October. The Rock Thrush was still performing in the disused quarry and &#8220;rightly or wrongly&#8221; depending on your view point, the bird was thriving on dried meal worms that had been put down by local birders. I&#8217;m not sure which camp I sit in here, but certainly without the food being put out, I have a suspicion that the Rock Thrush would have been long gone. Many birders from far and wide have had the pleasure in seeing it and now in it&#8217;s 4th week, there were still plenty of admirers turning up. From a photographic point of view, there was absolutely no need for any photographer to miss-behave as the bird was quite happy performing in front of the small crowd.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22399\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6751.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6751.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6751-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6751-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6751-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6751-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6789.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6789-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6789-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6789-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6789-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22401\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6763.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6763.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6763-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6763-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6763-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6763-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-22402\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6795.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6795.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6795-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6795-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6795-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Rock-Thrush-_J4X6795-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Rock Thrush<\/strong> &#8211; adult male &#8211; above 4 images &#8211; Pwll Du Quary, Blaenavon, Gwent &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This was the first weekend that Barrie &amp; Anita could get to see the Rock Thrush. It was a &#8220;British Tick&#8221; for Anita, so I offered them a lift and we set off for the quarry at Pwll Du, Blaenavon on Sunday 29th October. The Rock Thrush was still performing in the disused quarry and [&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-22398","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\/22398","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=22398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}