{"id":1069,"date":"2013-05-21T21:57:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T21:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2016-02-13T11:13:16","modified_gmt":"2016-02-13T11:13:16","slug":"shapwick-heath-and-westhay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Shapwick Heath and Westhay"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shapwick Heath is a superb National Nature Reserve but ridiculously busy – even during the week. A bit of local knowledge would have been useful I suspect its one of those areas that rewards regular visitors who\u2019ve got the time and knowledge to escape the maddening crowds.  <\/p>\n

For future reference definitely a reserve where a scope is required. <\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
   
\"Slow-worm<\/a>Slow-worm<\/a> 
Didn\u2019t need a scope for these. One of the benefits of a relatively cat free area is the opportunity to enjoy superb views of what is supposed to be the UK\u2019s most common lizard. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 
\"Slow-worm<\/a> 
Superb little lizards<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
  \"Slow-worm<\/a> 
I was hoping to take a decent close up of the head and eyes but unfortunately the early morning sunshine light wasn\u2019t bright enough to freeze the movement of these not so slow-worms.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
 \"Round
Round-leaved Sundew at Westhay Moor
Great to see a small area of bog survived the peat extraction. Hopefully now its being managed by the Somerset Wildlife Trust it\u2019ll have chance to spread. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
 
\"Freshwater
Freshwater mussel dragged up on a grassy bank. Also a very fresh wet trail down a nearby footpath. Unfortunately on this occasion no Otter <\/td>\n		\"Dandelion
Dandelion clocks \u2013 a fantastic display. Great to see them in their natural environment rather than our lawn. The following day they were gone.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
After enjoying a pleasant but distant day\u2019s birdwatching we called back to Shapwick at dusk. Unfortunately no Barn Owls this year however a superb view of an Otter crossing the road and the sight of Badgers foraging close to the car park was a great way to end the day.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Shapwick Heath is a superb National Nature Reserve but ridiculously busy – even during the week. A bit of local knowledge would have been useful I suspect its one of those areas that rewards regular visitors who\u2019ve got the time and knowledge to escape the Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1060,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[183,58],"tags":[322,321,416,21,323,205,26],"class_list":["post-1069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flora","category-reptiles","tag-dandelion-clocks","tag-freshwater-mussel","tag-may","tag-round-leaved-sundew","tag-shapwick-heath","tag-slow-worm","tag-westhay-moor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1070,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions\/1070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}