{"id":2100,"date":"2015-02-19T21:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T21:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2100"},"modified":"2016-02-19T20:29:55","modified_gmt":"2016-02-19T20:29:55","slug":"tranquillity-basecamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2100","title":{"rendered":"Tranquillity basecamp"},"content":{"rendered":"<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1040317.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"P1040317\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1040317_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"P1040317\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">A few highlights from earlier on this month with another chilly day at Leighton Moss. In fact it was so ridiculously cold that I almost had the place to myself.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0553.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Snipe huddled together close to the Lower Hide a Leighton Mos\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0553_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Snipe huddled together close to the Lower Hide a Leighton Moss\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Snipe huddled\u00a0around together at the edge of the reedbeds. Humans in short supply<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0521.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Mute Swans taking a walk on the wild side\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0521_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Mute Swans taking a walk on the wild side\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Out on the water the resident Swans looking slightly bemused. With the normal cacophony of ducks missing the muted colours and silence created an unusual serene atmosphere.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1040310.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Tower Hide - for an American Sniper?\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1040310_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Tower Hide - for an American Sniper?\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">Blimey, I wasn\u2019t expecting this. A new Tower Hide\/Platform under construction close to the main reception building. It should allow some excellent views into the reedbeds. Unfortunately the views are unlikely to include Red Deer due to the recently announced cull.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0572.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Nuthatch in the woodland at Leighton Moss\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0572_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Nuthatch in the woodland at Leighton Moss\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">A wander through the woodland revealed plenty of our more common woodland birds. Always a pleasure to see the Nuthatches. Likewise the Dunnocks and various Tits.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0597.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"The unobtrusive Dunnock - again in the Alder and Willow Carr\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0597_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"The unobtrusive Dunnock - again in the Alder and Willow Carr\" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0575.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Blue Tit \" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/DSC_0575_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Blue Tit \" width=\"298\" height=\"198\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"600\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\"><a href=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1040314.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"background-image: none; float: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; padding-right: 0px; border: 0px;\" title=\"Oakmoss close to the Allen hide on the edge of Morecambe Bay\" src=\"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/P1040314_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"Oakmoss close to the Allen hide on the edge of Morecambe Bay\" width=\"399\" height=\"600\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" width=\"600\">An interesting specimen of Oakmoss or more correctly a fairly common lichen <em>Evernia prunastri. <\/em>Although the flat, strap shape thallus is often described as being shaped like antlers I can\u2019t recall seeing one quite as extreme as this.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few highlights from earlier on this month with another chilly day at Leighton Moss. In fact it was so ridiculously cold that I almost had the place to myself. Snipe huddled\u00a0around together at the edge of the reedbeds. 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