{"id":5089,"date":"2022-02-27T20:15:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T20:15:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5089"},"modified":"2022-02-27T20:15:27","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T20:15:27","slug":"out-on-the-weekend-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5089","title":{"rendered":"Out On The Weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A weekend blog so the old <strong>Neil Young<\/strong> song is today&#8217;s title.<\/p>\n<p>Friday we went with our friend <strong>Dave<\/strong> to the <strong>Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge.\u00a0<\/strong> (we had given him membership for his significant birthday). It was the best day of half term weather wise so the <strong>WWT<\/strong> was heaving with happy inquisitive families. We had a great morning initially checking out the <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>Glossy Ibis<\/strong> <\/span>that has been around for over a month. The first hide we sat in awe watched a <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Peregrine<\/strong><\/span> that literally had just made a kill. We watched with macabre fascination as the <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Peregrine<\/span> <\/strong>enjoyed his meal and feeling sorry for the poor <span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>Godwit<\/strong> <\/span>that was being demolished in front of us. (the pictures below are <strong>Dave&#8217;s)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5090\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5090\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C2274&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,2274\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX400V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1645790568&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;191.9&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC01538\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C519&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5090\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538.jpg?resize=338%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C266&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C910&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C682&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1364&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1819&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?resize=338%2C300&amp;ssl=1 338w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?w=1168&amp;ssl=1 1168w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01538-scaled.jpg?w=1752&amp;ssl=1 1752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01550-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5091\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01550-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1983&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1983\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;6.3&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DSC-HX400V&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1645794533&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;215&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.004&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"DSC01550\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01550-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C452&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5091\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/DSC01550.jpg?resize=408%2C319&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We even went out for two nights on the trot &#8211; a party and a cricket dinner.<\/p>\n<p>Saturday I also watched the <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Mighty Hatters<\/strong><\/span> win again. It wasn&#8217;t a great game but now suffering with a nosebleed brought on by our lofty position. Keep pinching myself is this really happening. A club that was in non league football a few years ago is now in a play off position in the Championship. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">COYH!!!!!!!!\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today we were relieved to do our last Winter Bird square (recording every bird we see in an OS Map Square). This time we were sent up to near <strong>Tewkesbury.<\/strong> We do enjoy being sent to places we wouldn&#8217;t normally go to bird watching.<\/p>\n<p>This afternoon I went to a play rehearsal for the play we are performing towards the end of April (more details later).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A weekend blog so the old Neil Young song is today&#8217;s title. Friday we went with our friend Dave to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust at Slimbridge.\u00a0 (we had given him membership for his significant birthday). It was the best &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5089\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2D5Gc-1k5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5089"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5092,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5089\/revisions\/5092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}