{"id":2134,"date":"2015-02-24T18:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T18:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2134"},"modified":"2015-02-25T22:14:39","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T22:14:39","slug":"the-frozen-meres-of-lancashire-and-cheshirepart-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2134","title":{"rendered":"Frozen Meres – Part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Pintail<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pintail negotiating the ice at Martin Mere.  Another day in February\u2019s tour of the frozen meres of  Lancashire and Cheshire. I was hoping that being relatively close to the coast Martin Mere would be relatively ice free.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Song<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Unusually the highlight was the walk through the woodland edge down to the Ron Barker Hide. With few visitors the normal stampede was missing allowing a great opportunity to watch one of the local Song Thrushes hopping between the molehills stopping, listening and waiting as fresh mounds magically appeared.  <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Redwing\"<\/a><\/td>\n\"On<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Joining the Song Thrush one of its close relatives the Redwing.<\/td>\nFar more wary the slightly smaller Redwing was also on the lookout for the appearance of a tasty morsel<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Tree<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tree Sparrow \u2013 one of Martin Mere\u2019s specialities. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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One of a pair of Tawny Owls in one of its more frequently used daytime roosts.   <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Common Shelduck amongst the chaos and feeding frenzy at Martin Mere. I usually tend to give feeding time a miss however on an otherwise quiet day and with a new  teleconverter to try out it was too good an opportunity to miss. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Whooper<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Whooper Swan brushing the Mallards aside. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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