{"id":7301,"date":"2024-11-07T14:06:17","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7301"},"modified":"2024-11-07T14:06:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:06:17","slug":"a-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=7301","title":{"rendered":"A Win!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nuthatch-a.jpg?ssl=1\">\u00a0 \u00a0 <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7302\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=7302\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nuthatch-a.jpg?fit=800%2C533&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"nuthatch-a\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nuthatch-a.jpg?fit=584%2C389&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-7302\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/nuthatch-a.jpg?resize=584%2C397&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"584\" height=\"397\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Had a surprisingly bumper time bird watching with young people from <strong>Charles Dickens School South London.<\/strong> With the mist and mizzle I wasn&#8217;t expecting too much but we spotted a record 29 different species including a rarity for us a <strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">nuthatch<\/span><\/strong>. The previous best I had with a school was 28. Saw plenty of <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>winter thrushes<\/strong> <\/span>as well. I am story telling for them later.<\/p>\n<p>Talking birds I have been looking out for <span style=\"color: #808000;\"><strong>starling murmurations<\/strong> <\/span>over the reed beds near the canal. Numbers are building up hopefully we will get some good displays in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n<p>I travelled up with my friend <strong>Mick<\/strong> to watch the <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\"><strong>Mighty Hatters<\/strong> <\/span>last night. Good to see us win even if the football wasn&#8217;t great. Once again a referee missed a stonewall penalty! Resigned to watching Saturday&#8217;s game on TV as we have yet another ridiculous kick off time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 Had a surprisingly bumper time bird watching with young people from Charles Dickens School South London. 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