{"id":32173,"date":"2023-02-01T15:23:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T15:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=32173"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:48:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:48:45","slug":"a-rare-falcon-arrives-in-kent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-rare-falcon-arrives-in-kent\/","title":{"rendered":"A Rare Falcon arrives in Kent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<p>An Eleonora&#8217;s Falcon, a 2nd summer female, was discovered in Kent during the end of May. A long awaited &#8220;Twitchable&#8221; bird for many UK birders. The arrival of this bird coincided with my planned visit to Kent to see some of the rare orchids with a friend who lives in the village where the falcon was located. In fact we were able to view it from his back garden, albeit a little distant!<\/p>\n<p>Also at the same site was a superb Red-footed Falcon, and several Hobby. So along with a weekend of rare orchids, a British Lifer and another rare bonus falcon, it was a great weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8821-564x700.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32174\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8821-564x700.jpg 564w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8821-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8821-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8821-768x953.jpg 768w, 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https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A9021-116x150.jpg 116w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A9021-768x997.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A9021-1183x1536.jpg 1183w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A9021.jpg 1386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 539px) 100vw, 539px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8856-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8856-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8856-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8856-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8856-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8856-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Eleonoras-Falcon-_U8A8856.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Red-footed-Falcon-_U8A8669-700x467.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Red-footed-Falcon-_U8A8669-700x467.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Red-footed-Falcon-_U8A8669-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Red-footed-Falcon-_U8A8669-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Red-footed-Falcon-_U8A8669-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Red-footed-Falcon-_U8A8669-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Red-footed-Falcon-_U8A8669.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Red-footed Falcon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Eleonora&#8217;s Falcon, a 2nd summer female, was discovered in Kent during the end of May. A long awaited &#8220;Twitchable&#8221; bird for many UK birders. The arrival of this bird coincided with my planned visit to Kent to see some of the rare orchids with a friend who lives in the village where the falcon [&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":[18,725],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-birdsof2023"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32173","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=32173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}