{"id":527,"date":"2012-04-22T15:52:50","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T15:52:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=527"},"modified":"2024-08-07T16:20:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T16:20:32","slug":"a-trickle-of-spring-migrants-22nd-april-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-trickle-of-spring-migrants-22nd-april-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"A Trickle of Spring Migrants &#8211; 22nd April 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"font-size:14px;\">A day of mixed weather, cold wind, April showers and warm sunshine, when the sun was out! Spring migrants are now beginning to arrive.<\/span><\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2012\/04\/22\/a-trickle-of-spring-migrants-22nd-april-2012\/shapeimage_2-12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-528\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-528\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/shapeimage_210.png\" title=\"shapeimage_2\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/shapeimage_210.png 400w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/shapeimage_210-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Chiffchaff&rsquo;s seem to be in good numbers this year, with plenty singing at both Willington &amp; Attenborough. Several were very obliging. A few Reed Warblers , several Common Whitethroat and Sedge Warbler and small numbers of Blackcap. Cetti&rsquo;s Warbler were present at both sites. Willow Warbler seems to be thin on the ground. <\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">We only had 2 singing birds.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">Plenty of Common Tern, 3 Ruff, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Little Ringed Plover all at Attenborough. 3 Common Sandpiper at Willington.&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">I had five year ticks this morning so my year list creeps along to 182.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">IMAGES &#8211; Nos 1&amp; 2 &#8211; Cetti&rsquo;s Warbler \/ No:3 &#8211; Chaffinch (male) &nbsp;\/ Nos: 4-7 &#8211; Chiffchaff \/&nbsp;<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<span style=\"font-size:14px;\">No:8 &#8211; Wood Pigeon.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<a 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300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 689px) 100vw, 689px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/index.php\/2012\/04\/22\/a-trickle-of-spring-migrants-22nd-april-2012\/chiffchaff87091294\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-531\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-531\" height=\"440\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chiffchaff87091294.jpg\" title=\"Chiffchaff87091294\" width=\"684\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chiffchaff87091294.jpg 684w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Chiffchaff87091294-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 684px) 100vw, 684px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t&nbsp;\n<\/div>\n<div>\n\t<a 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Spring migrants are now beginning to arrive. &nbsp; &nbsp; Chiffchaff&rsquo;s seem to be in good numbers this year, with plenty singing at both Willington &amp; Attenborough. Several were very obliging. A few Reed Warblers , several Common Whitethroat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","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":[198,200,199,97],"class_list":["post-527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-19","category-birds","category-birdsof2012","tag-cettis-warbler","tag-chaffinch","tag-chiffchaff","tag-wood-pigeon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527","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=527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}