{"id":8308,"date":"2026-03-30T20:33:26","date_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8308"},"modified":"2026-03-30T20:33:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T20:33:26","slug":"no-stories-but-birds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8308","title":{"rendered":"No Stories but Birds!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A week with no story telling for a change! Hopefully it will be a chance to learn some new stories to tell and to write. But pigs might fly!!!<\/p>\n<p>Had a lovely time with our two wonderful grandsons at the weekend but tired now!<\/p>\n<p>Took<strong> Clare<\/strong> on our bikes to see the <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>Common Cranes<\/strong><\/span> this morning and lucky to see 3 <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Swallows<\/strong><\/span> and a <span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><strong>House Martin<\/strong> <\/span>(first for me for this year) My pictures below are not as good as<strong> Paul&#8217;s<\/strong> last week! Also a <span style=\"color: #993366;\"><strong>Dunnock<\/strong> <\/span>I took last week! I ended up getting a thorn in my tyre so had to walk home!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P1040843.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"8309\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=8309\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/P1040843.jpg?fit=1603%2C1454&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1603,1454\" 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;1774475917&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;}\" 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