{"id":8339,"date":"2026-04-20T18:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8339"},"modified":"2026-04-20T18:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T18:24:16","slug":"more-spring-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thestorytraveller.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8339","title":{"rendered":"More Spring Notes!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I love the British Spring<\/strong> lovely fresh green , blossom everywhere and animals busy!.<\/p>\n

Our pond is now full of tadpoles and we are seeing newts regularly – both grandsons spotted them at the weekend. Migrants are arriving all the time I saw my first Whitethroat<\/strong> <\/span>today and I did hear the Nightingale-<\/strong><\/span> which I found quite emotional after such a long time. A few pictures below I took today- a Greenfinch<\/strong><\/span> in the garden, a Speckled Wood<\/strong> <\/span>butterfly, and a disappearing Heron<\/strong><\/span>. I am going out regularly so maybe more pictures tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Finally I am getting a lot of hits on my website from overseas especially the USA<\/strong>. I hope it is not some sort of AI trawling – please send me a message so I know it is not a robot!<\/p>\n

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