{"id":5213,"date":"2022-04-13T14:13:01","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5213"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:13:01","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T14:13:01","slug":"spring-migrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5213","title":{"rendered":"Spring Migrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020745-scaled.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \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=\"5214\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5214\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020745-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1916&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1916\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1649802266&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;108&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=\"P1020745\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020745-scaled.jpg?fit=584%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5214\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020745.jpg?resize=424%2C321&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"321\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I cycled out to the <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Severn<\/strong><\/span> today near Hock Cliff to search for migrants. I eventually found the <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Wheatear<\/strong> <\/span>and was able to take the pictures attached. One <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Swallow<\/strong> <\/span>passed over but the exciting moment just as I was about to leave two <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Sandwich Terns<\/strong><\/span> flew out to the <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>River.<\/strong><\/span> I have only seen these birds on a couple of occasions previously in <strong>Gloucestershire<\/strong>&#8211; I have seen them more often on the South and East Coast.<\/p>\n<p>Off for another rehearsal for <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Between Severn Tides<\/strong><\/span> tonight &#8211; we are concentrating on our singing tonight (sic)! I then rush off to <strong>Book Club<\/strong> to discuss <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>Uncle Tom&#8217;s Children<\/strong><\/span> by <strong>Richard Wright<\/strong>. A disturbing book on the harsh racial world of the Deep South in the USA between the two wars.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020743.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \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=\"5215\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5215\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020743.jpg?fit=1751%2C1415&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1751,1415\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1649802243&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;108&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1020743\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020743.jpg?fit=584%2C472&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5215\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020743.jpg?resize=437%2C355&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020743.jpg?resize=371%2C300&amp;ssl=1 371w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020743.jpg?zoom=2&amp;resize=437%2C355&amp;ssl=1 874w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/P1020743.jpg?zoom=3&amp;resize=437%2C355&amp;ssl=1 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 I cycled out to the Severn today near Hock Cliff to search for migrants. I eventually found the Wheatear and was able &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5213\">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-5213","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-1m5","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213","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=5213"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5219,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5213\/revisions\/5219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}