{"id":1032,"date":"2013-04-30T20:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1032"},"modified":"2013-10-26T20:00:40","modified_gmt":"2013-10-26T20:00:40","slug":"blackcaps-and-chiffchaffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1032","title":{"rendered":"Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A quick round-up from the last few days of April and the arrival of a couple of Summer migrants.<\/p>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5104.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Blackcap (male)\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Blackcap (male)\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5104_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a>           <br \/>Male Blackcap           <br \/>Nevermind the swallows the song of the male Blackcap is one of the first signs of summer arriving. This year the late Spring and lack of insects has been really noticeable. I hope the Blackcaps will be fine. It looks like the local hawthorn is at least 2 weeks late coming into leaf. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\" width=\"600\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5166.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"DSC_5166\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSC_5166\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5166_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/a>           <br \/>A male Marsh Harrier. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">&#160;<a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5076.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chiffchaff again probably a male\" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Chiffchaff again probably a male\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5076_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"903\" \/><\/a>           <br \/>A male Chiffchaff singing from the top of a local Willow. Easily overlooked makes catching flying insects looks simple.           <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5061.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Chiffchaff \" style=\"border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border-top-width: 0px\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Chiffchaff \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/DSC_5061_thumb.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/>             <br \/>A<\/a> very welcome arrival. Hopefully they\u2019re onto something and summer won\u2019t be far behind <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wlEmoticon wlEmoticon-smile\" style=\"border-top-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-right-style: none\" alt=\"Smile\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/wlEmoticon-smile.png\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick round-up from the last few days of April and the arrival of a couple of Summer migrants. &#160; Male Blackcap Nevermind the swallows the song of the male Blackcap is one of the first signs of summer arriving. 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