{"id":5680,"date":"2013-05-10T20:13:57","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T20:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/?p=5680"},"modified":"2013-05-10T20:30:09","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T20:30:09","slug":"a-black-white-lifer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/a-black-white-lifer\/","title":{"rendered":"A Black &#038; White Lifer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t<strong><span style=\"color:#FF8C00;\">My first opportunity of the year for a &quot;Lifer&quot; arrived Wednesday 8th May at the tiny village of Low-Newton-by-the-Sea in Northumberland<\/span><\/strong>. It was a first summer&nbsp;male <strong><span style=\"color:#FFFF00;\">Collard Flycatcher<\/span><\/strong>, unmistakable and a superb little bird. Many thanks to the finder and I am sure a well deserved find.&nbsp;I decided that if it was still present Thursday morning (9th May), I would go. Sure enough the pager announced that the bird was still present&nbsp;and by 7:30am I was on my way. I was watching the bird around 11am&nbsp;as it performed, in front of a relatively small crowd, along a gorse hedge and in bushes running alongside a field.The bird could be well watched from the roadside but was allways at it&#39;s closest around 50-60 yards away and around a 100&nbsp;yards or more at it&#39;s furthest distance and so was difficult to obtain any decent images.&nbsp;The Collard Flycatcher is a summer migrant to Eastern Europe and a rare migrant to Britain, with&nbsp;May being&nbsp;the prime time for an over-shoot&nbsp;arrival. The bird was not present today (10th May) but another, this time an adult&nbsp;male, had arrived on Whalsay, one of the Shetland Islands. A new bird for me, my first British Tick for over 12 monthsd and not far off the magic 500 now!!\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collard-Fly-39432738\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5684\" height=\"452\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432738.jpg\" width=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432738.jpg 650w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432738-150x104.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432738-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collard-Fly-39352744\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5683\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39352744.jpg\" width=\"732\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39352744.jpg 732w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39352744-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39352744-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39352744-700x518.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collard-Fly-39162742\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5682\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39162742.jpg\" width=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39162742.jpg 799w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39162742-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39162742-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39162742-700x525.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 799px) 100vw, 799px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collard-Fly-39132740\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5681\" height=\"598\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39132740.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39132740.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39132740-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39132740-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39132740-700x523.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Collard-Fly-39432746\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5685\" height=\"539\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432746.jpg\" width=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432746.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432746-150x101.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432746-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Collard-Fly-39432746-700x471.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAbove images &#8211; 1st summer male <strong>Collard Flycatcher<\/strong> &#8211; Low-Newton-by-the-Sea, Northumberland &#8211; <em>Tony Davison&copy;<\/em>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My first opportunity of the year for a &quot;Lifer&quot; arrived Wednesday 8th May at the tiny village of Low-Newton-by-the-Sea in Northumberland. It was a first summer&nbsp;male Collard Flycatcher, unmistakable and a superb little bird. Many thanks to the finder and I am sure a well deserved find.&nbsp;I decided that if it was still present Thursday [&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":[203,18,529,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5680","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-203","category-birds","category-birdsof2013","category-year"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680","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=5680"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5680\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5680"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5680"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.simplybirdsandmoths.co.uk\/sbam\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5680"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}