{"id":5104,"date":"2012-12-30T20:48:02","date_gmt":"2012-12-30T20:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=5104"},"modified":"2013-01-14T19:59:29","modified_gmt":"2013-01-14T19:59:29","slug":"end-of-the-year-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/end-of-the-year-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"End of the Year &#8211; 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<span style=\"color:#FF8C00;\"><strong>This may well prove to be my last post for&nbsp;2012 &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/span>What better way to end the year than to observe, at close quarters, a bird that is usually viewed miles out at sea with other seaduck. Velvet Scoter are not often seen inland but this winter a small number have found their way onto a few land-locked waters, including this immature female that has been at Swithland Reservoir in Leicestershire for a number of weeks. Very confiding if one is prepared to wait and put some time in.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tI would like to take this opportunity to wish all the birders and moth-ers that visit my site, a happy new year and many thanks for taking time out to view Simplybirdsandmoths.. <span style=\"color:#FF0000;\">My British Bird year list looks like finishing on 247.<\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Velvet-Scoter-69002260\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5105\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-69002260.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-69002260.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-69002260-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-69002260-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-69002260-700x434.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Velvet-Scoter-68332255\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5108\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68332255.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68332255.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68332255-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68332255-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68332255-700x451.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Velvet-Scoter-68452256\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5109\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68452256.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68452256.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68452256-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68452256-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68452256-700x434.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Velvet-Scoter-68552257\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5110\" height=\"496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68552257.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68552257.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68552257-150x93.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68552257-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68552257-700x434.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Velvet-Scoter-68682254\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5111\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68682254.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68682254.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68682254-150x96.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68682254-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68682254-700x451.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Velvet-Scoter-68932261\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5112\" height=\"516\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68932261.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68932261.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Velvet-Scoter-68932261-150x96.jpg 150w, 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Velvet Scoter are not often seen inland but this winter a small number have found their way onto a [&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":[19,18,262],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5104","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-19","category-birds","category-birdsof2012"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104","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=5104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5104\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}