{"id":2261,"date":"2015-05-04T20:26:00","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T20:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2015-05-05T18:30:59","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T18:30:59","slug":"blackcaps-and-bluebells","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naturalbornblogger.co.uk\/?p=2261","title":{"rendered":"Blackcaps and Bluebells"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
\"Blackcap<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The majority of the local Blackcaps appear to have paired up and the nesting season has begun<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n
\"Blackcap<\/a><\/td>\n\"Yet<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Female Blackcap gathering dried grass from below an old, gnarled Elder tree at Chorlton Ees.<\/td>\nYet more grass being gathered. The male was fairly close by fly-catching from the top of the Cherry. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll help later.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
\"Bluebells<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Plenty of Bluebells out at the moment. Most of the local ones tend to be either the Spanish (a garden escapee) or the hybrid. Fortunately down at Marbury the true English Bluebell is flourishing with no signs of the foreign invader.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"Despite<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard to beat a carpet of English Bluebells below the fresh green leaves of a woodland in early May. A superb sight.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"One<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hmm\u2026 we\u2019ve seen a lot of this particular Heron recently. Unfortunately his early morning flight path takes him straight over the garden pond and with hungry mouths to feed he\u2019s dropped in on several occasions. Fortunately the net is doing its job leaving the Heron to fish on the nearby River Mersey.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"The<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Back at the nest his partner continues to wait for his return.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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