{"id":23654,"date":"2018-04-16T21:09:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-16T21:09:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=23654"},"modified":"2018-04-16T21:11:38","modified_gmt":"2018-04-16T21:11:38","slug":"an-influx-of-little-gull","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/an-influx-of-little-gull\/","title":{"rendered":"An Influx of Little Gull"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #38761d;\">On Sunday 15th of April there was an obvious influx of<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Little Gull<\/span> <span style=\"color: #38761d;\">in Derbyshire and the surrounding counties.<\/span><\/strong> A flock of 14 was found at Willington Gravel Pits during the early morning and I spent several hours at my local patch in the hope of finding an odd one there, but with no luck. I managed to get up to Willington in the early evening just in time to see one bird, along with a Common Tern. There was a clear sunny spell during late afternoon and I guess the majority of birds took advantage of the break in the weather and moved on. The single Little Gull was always distant and into the sun, making photography rather difficult.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23657\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8520.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8520.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8520-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8520-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8520-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8520-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23658\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8521.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8521.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8521-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8521-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8521-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8521-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8562-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8562-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8562-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8562-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8562-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8562-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23660\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8682-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8682-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8682-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8682-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8682-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8682-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8509-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8509-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8509-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8509-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8509-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8509-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8514-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"989\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8514-copy.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8514-copy-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8514-copy-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8514-copy-768x475.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Little-Gull-_J4X8514-copy-700x433.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Little Gull<\/strong> &#8211; A moulting adult at Willington Gravel Pits, Derbyshire &#8211; <em>Tony Davison\u00a9<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday 15th of April there was an obvious influx of Little Gull in Derbyshire and the surrounding counties. A flock of 14 was found at Willington Gravel Pits during the early morning and I spent several hours at my local patch in the hope of finding an odd one there, but with no luck. [&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-23654","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\/23654","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=23654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23654\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}