{"id":6938,"date":"2024-05-30T13:45:24","date_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6938"},"modified":"2024-05-30T13:45:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-30T13:45:24","slug":"out-on-the-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6938","title":{"rendered":"Out On The Survey!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Thursday of the month is the time of our bird survey out by the river. We saw plenty of different species although nothing unexpected. We thought the <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>lapwings<\/strong><\/span> and the <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>redshank<\/strong><\/span> had young the way they kept flying up when other birds were over. We didn&#8217;t want to disturb the birds and steered well clear of that area. A couple of <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>swifts<\/strong> <\/span>flew low over our heads. The <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>skylarks<\/strong><\/span> were busy and again we thought we had located a nest. I think <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>skylarks<\/strong> <\/span>trilling epitomise spring and summer.\u00a0 The pictures below apart from the <strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">swift<\/span> <\/strong>are what I took this morning all a bit distant- a <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\"><strong>reed bunting<\/strong><\/span>, <strong><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">greenfinch<\/span><\/strong>, a <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>goldfinch<\/strong><\/span>, and a <span style=\"color: #cc99ff;\"><strong>deer!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030917.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6939\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6939\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030917.jpg?fit=895%2C637&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"895,637\" 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;1717020227&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;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1030917\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030917.jpg?fit=584%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6939\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030917.jpg?resize=462%2C335&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"462\" height=\"335\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030916.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6940\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6940\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030916.jpg?fit=1177%2C887&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1177,887\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717019480&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1030916\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030916.jpg?fit=584%2C440&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6940\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030916.jpg?resize=423%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"423\" height=\"323\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030914.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6941\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6941\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030914.jpg?fit=1702%2C1229&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1702,1229\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717018087&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1030914\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030914.jpg?fit=584%2C421&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6941\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030914.jpg?resize=431%2C316&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"316\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030912.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6942\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6942\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030912.jpg?fit=1925%2C1303&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1925,1303\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;DMC-FZ330&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1717017258&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"P1030912\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030912.jpg?fit=584%2C395&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-6942\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/P1030912.jpg?resize=578%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"578\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Swift20NE20Wildlife20Photography20480px.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6943\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=6943\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Swift20NE20Wildlife20Photography20480px.jpg?fit=480%2C352&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"480,352\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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Thursday of the month is the time of our bird survey out by the river. We saw plenty of different species although nothing unexpected. We thought the lapwings and the redshank had young the way they kept flying up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6938\">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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6938","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-1NU","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6938","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=6938"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6938\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6944,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6938\/revisions\/6944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}