{"id":5992,"date":"2023-05-06T17:21:06","date_gmt":"2023-05-06T17:21:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5992"},"modified":"2023-05-06T17:21:06","modified_gmt":"2023-05-06T17:21:06","slug":"swift-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5992","title":{"rendered":"Swift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of pictures of <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Swifts<\/strong> <\/span>I took this afternoon. Amazing birds and the young people I take bird watching can never get their heads around the fact they spend nearly all their time in the air apart from when they nest! Also a surreal picture of a <span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Bat<\/strong> <\/span>I saw flying in the middle of the afternoon! Also saw a <span style=\"color: #339966;\"><strong>Little Gull<\/strong><\/span> but couldn&#8217;t snap it!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift1.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=\"5993\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5993\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift1.jpg?fit=677%2C473&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"677,473\" 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;1683349793&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;10.5&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.002&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swift1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift1.jpg?fit=584%2C408&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5993\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift1.jpg?resize=365%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift2.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5994\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5994\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift2.jpg?fit=1329%2C606&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1329,606\" 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;1683349661&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"swift2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift2.jpg?fit=584%2C266&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5994\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/swift2.jpg?resize=366%2C175&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"175\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bat2.jpg?ssl=1\">\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=\"5995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=5995\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bat2.jpg?fit=1567%2C971&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1567,971\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1683258237&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;108&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;125&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bat2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bat2.jpg?fit=584%2C362&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-5995\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Bat2.jpg?resize=367%2C233&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of pictures of Swifts I took this afternoon. 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