{"id":23583,"date":"2018-04-02T21:02:10","date_gmt":"2018-04-02T21:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=23583"},"modified":"2018-04-02T21:02:10","modified_gmt":"2018-04-02T21:02:10","slug":"easter-in-northumberland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/easter-in-northumberland\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter in Northumberland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #38761d;\"><strong>We spent our Easter break in Northumberland, at Bamburgh<\/strong><\/span>. Despite some atrocious weather, Sunday turned out to be a superb day of weather and managed a few birds whilst out and about in the general area. A stunning coast line between Bamburgh and Newton-by-the-Sea. Best birds were <strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Grey Phalarope<\/span><\/strong>, 2 self find <strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Black Redstarts<\/span><\/strong>, including a stunning male, 4 Whooper Swan, lots of Eider, a huge flock of Pink-footed Geese, Purple Sandpiper and Red-breasted Merganser.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23584\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Black-Redstart-_M2A5268.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Black-Redstart-_M2A5268.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Black-Redstart-_M2A5268-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Black-Redstart-_M2A5268-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Black-Redstart-_M2A5268-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Black-Redstart-_M2A5268-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Black Redstart<\/strong> &#8211; One of 2 birds I found at Low-Newton-by-the-Sea, whilst visiting the area for the Grey Phalarope &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5516.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5516.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5516-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5516-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5516-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5516-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23586\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5605-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5605-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5605-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5605-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5605-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5605-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23587\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5366-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5366-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5366-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5366-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5366-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5366-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23588\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5369.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5369.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5369-150x99.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5369-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5369-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5369-700x462.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23589\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5424-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5424-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5424-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5424-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5424-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5424-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5481-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5481-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5481-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5481-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5481-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-_M2A5481-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eider<\/strong> &#8211; drakes &#8211; above 6 images &#8211; Plenty of these stunning sea ducks along the coast &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23591\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5318.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5318.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5318-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5318-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5318-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5318-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23592\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5327-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5327-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5327-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5327-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5327-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Eider-Duck-female-_M2A5327-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eider<\/strong> &#8211; female &#8211; above 2 images &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23593\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bamburgh-Castle-_M2A5641.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bamburgh-Castle-_M2A5641.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bamburgh-Castle-_M2A5641-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bamburgh-Castle-_M2A5641-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bamburgh-Castle-_M2A5641-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Bamburgh-Castle-_M2A5641-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bamburgh Castle &#8211; <\/strong><em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent our Easter break in Northumberland, at Bamburgh. Despite some atrocious weather, Sunday turned out to be a superb day of weather and managed a few birds whilst out and about in the general area. A stunning coast line between Bamburgh and Newton-by-the-Sea. Best birds were Grey Phalarope, 2 self find Black Redstarts, including [&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":[653,18,651,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-653","category-birds","category-birdsof2018","category-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23583","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=23583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23583\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}