{"id":32500,"date":"2023-02-22T16:57:38","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T16:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=32500"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:51:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:51:54","slug":"a-new-year-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-new-year-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"A New Year begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here are a few highlights of my year so far. From 1st Jan to Feb 2023.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I have been watching a local Kingfisher on and off for a few weeks, and after some searching, I managed to find its regular favoured spot during early January.<\/p>\n

A trip to north Norfolk on 5th January, kick-started the year list, and all the long staying rarities were still around. So Barrie & I picked up Hume’s Warbler, Pallid Harrier, Shorelark, Snow Bunting, Red-necked Grebe, Russian White-fronted Goose, Hen Harrier and a stunning White-tailed Eagle. We had 80 odd species during the day.<\/p>\n

So far local patch birding at Staunton Harold Res has resulted in me find a juvenile Mediterranean Gull on 14th Jan, and 3 fabulous Avocets, a new bird for the site, made a brief appearance on  10th Feb.<\/p>\n

I eventually saw a few distant Hawfinch at Cromford on 21st Jan and a very obliging Little Grebe.<\/p>\n

A trip into Cambridgeshire on 18th Jan resulted in some good views of Barn Owl, and a flock of 20+ Corn Buntings.<\/p>\n

A visit to Welney WWT Reserve on 24th January was slightly disappointing, due to foggy conditions, but calling in at Eyebrook Reservoir on our way home, salvaged 5 Smew (3 Redheads and 2 Drakes).<\/p>\n

On 28th January a “Twitch” to Langstone Harbour in Hampshire, for a stunning adult summer plumaged Sabine’s Gull. Such an unusual occurrence at this time of year.<\/p>\n

Finally a morning spent with Dippers in the Derbyshire Dales, and another “Twitch” to Bradford on 19th February to see four long staying Waxing that were feeding on berries on a local housing estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Kingfisher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Kingfisher<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A painting I did of the three Avocets at Staunton Harold Reservoir on 10th February 2023<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Little Grebe – Cromford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Little Grebe – Cromford<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Marsh Tit – Calke Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Great Spotted Woodpecker – Calke Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barn Owl – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barn Owl – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barn Owl – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barn Owl – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Barn Owl – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fieldfare – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fieldfare – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fieldfare – Cambridgeshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whooper Swan – Welney WWT, Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whooper Swan – Welney WWT, Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whooper Swan – Welney WWT, Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whooper Swan – Welney WWT, Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whooper Swan – Welney WWT, Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Whooper Swan – Welney WWT, Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tree Sparrow – Welney WWT, Norfolk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabine’s Gull – Langstone Harbour, Hants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabine’s Gull – Langstone Harbour, Hants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabine’s Gull – Langstone Harbour, Hants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabine’s Gull – Langstone Harbour, Hants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabine’s Gull – Langstone Harbour, Hants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sabine’s Gull – Langstone Harbour, Hants <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dipper – Derbyshire Dales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dipper – Derbyshire Dales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dipper – Derbyshire Dales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Dipper – Derbyshire Dales<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waxwing – Bradford, West Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waxwing – Bradford, West Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waxwing – Bradford, West Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waxwing – Bradford, West Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waxwing – Bradford, West Yorkshire<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here are a few highlights of my year so far. From 1st Jan to Feb 2023. I have been watching a local Kingfisher on and off for a few weeks, and after some searching, I managed to find its regular favoured spot during early January. A trip to north Norfolk on 5th January, kick-started the […]<\/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":[18,764],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-birdsof2024"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32500","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=32500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32500\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}