{"id":1924,"date":"2014-09-23T21:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-23T21:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1924"},"modified":"2014-09-23T21:04:50","modified_gmt":"2014-09-23T21:04:50","slug":"autumn-but-not-as-we-know-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=1924","title":{"rendered":"Autumn – but not as we know it."},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Nuthatch<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nuthatch at Leighton Moss. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Blue<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Tit taking advantage of the remaining blackberries. At first I assumed it was after the grubs that tend to live within the berries however after watching it more closely it became clear it was plucking the individual drupelets off each berry. The grubs will be a tasty treat for an unsuspecting human. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Robin<\/a><\/td>\n\"Robin<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
A Robin enjoying the warm afternoon sunshine \u2013 one of those idyllic early autumn days.<\/td>\nAlmost looks a bit sheepish after being caught preening and sunbathing.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Hoverfly<\/a><\/td>\n\"Worn<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Still plenty of insects taking advantage of the Ivy just coming into flower. <\/td>\nEven a few worn Peacocks and Speckled Woods enjoying the early Autumn sunshine.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Emperor<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Still several Emperor Dragonflies around including a pair mating. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"View<\/a><\/td>\n\"Freshwater<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
View from Lilian\u2019s Hide \u2013 the lack of water the 1st step in an attempt by the RSPB to encourage  the return of breeding Bitterns. Plenty of waders enjoying the newly exposed mud. <\/td>\nAt the Grisedale Hide a similar situation with the Freshwater Mussels left high and dry. It could be a few years before the reedbeds are re-flooded. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n
I was hoping to take a few half decent photo\u2019s of the Little Stints, Pectoral Sandpiper and Great White Egrets however the shimmering haze and distance to the edge of the remaining water put paid to that idea. Still seemed a bit weird watching Godwits, Stints, Sandpipers, Redshanks, Greenshanks and Great White Egrets from Lilian\u2019s Hide instead of out on the saltmarsh pools. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nuthatch at Leighton Moss. Blue Tit taking advantage of the remaining blackberries. At first I assumed it was after the grubs that tend to live within the berries however after watching it more closely it became clear it was plucking the individual drupelets off each Read More …<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[108,4],"tags":[471,472,321,281,407,383],"class_list":["post-1924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-birds","category-insects","tag-blue-tit","tag-emperor-dragonfly","tag-freshwater-mussel","tag-nuthatch","tag-peacock-butterfly","tag-robin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924","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=1924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1925,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1924\/revisions\/1925"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}